@conference { koza:1996:96db,
	title = {Design of a 96 Decibel operational amplifier and other problems for which a computer program evolved by genetic programming is competitive with human performance.},
	editor = {Mitsuo Gen and Weixuan Zu},
	year = {1996},
	month = {"4-16 " # oct},
	pages = {30--49},
	type = {inproceedings},
	address = {Ashikaga},
	abstract = {It would be desirable if computers could solve
                 problems without the need for a human to write the
                 detailed programmatic steps. That is, it would be
                 desirable to have a domain-independent automatic
                 programming technique in which "What You Want Is What
                 You Get" ("WYWIWYG" -p; pronounced
                 "wow-eee-wig"). Genetic programming is such a
                 technique. This paper surveys three recent examples of
                 problems (one from the field of cellular automata and
                 two from the fields of molecular biology) in which
                 genetic programming evolved a computer program that
                 produced results that were slightly better than human
                 performance for the same problem. This paper then
                 discusses a fourth problem in greater detail and
                 demonstrates that a design for a low-distortion 96
                 decibel op amp (including both topology and component
                 sizing) can be evolved using genetic programming. The
                 information that the user must supply to genetic
                 programming consists of the parts bin (transistors,
                 resistors, and capacitors) and the fitness measure for
                 the major operating characteristics of an op amp.},
	keywords = {genetic algorithms, genetic programming},
	URL = {http://www.genetic-programming.com/jkpdf/ashikaga1996.pdf},
	author = { Koza, John R.  and  Andre, David  and  III, Forrest H Bennett  and  Keane, Martin A.}
}