What is a GA? GAs are adaptive heuristic search algorithm based on the evolutionary ideas of natural selection and genetics. ▣ As such they represent an intelligent exploitation of a random search used to solve optimization problems. Although randomized,GAs are by no means random, instead they exploit historical information to direct the search into the region of better performance within the search space.What is a GA? ❑ GAs are adaptive heuristic search algorithm based on the evolutionary ideas of natural selection and genetics. ❑ As such they represent an intelligent exploitation of a random search used to solve optimization problems. ❑ Although randomized, GAs are by no means random, instead they exploit historical information to direct the search into the region of better performance within the search space