MATLAB has a wide variety of functions useful to the genetic algorithm practitioner

and those wishing to experiment with the genetic algorithm for the first time.

Given the versatility of MATLAB’s high-level language, problems can be coded

in m-files in a fraction of the time that it would take to create C or Fortran programs

for the same purpose. Couple this with MATLAB’s advanced data analysis,

visualisation tools and special purpose application domain toolboxes and the user is

presented with a uniform environmentwith which to explore the potential of genetic

algorithms.