The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

evolutionary computation

   Computer-based problem solving systems that use computational
   models of evolutionary processes as the key elements in design
   and implementation.

   A number of evolutionary computational models have been
   proposed, including evolutionary algorithms, genetic
   algorithms, the evolution strategy, evolutionary
   programming, and artificial life.

   The Hitchhiker's Guide to Evolutionary Computation

(http://cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/bngusenet/comp/ai/genetic/top.html).

   Bibliography
   (http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/Ai/EC-ref.html).

   Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.ai.genetic.

   (1995-03-02)