genetic programming

    (GP) A programming technique which extends the
   genetic algorithm to the domain of whole computer programs.
   In GP, populations of programs are genetically bred to solve
   problems.  Genetic programming can solve problems of system
   identification, classification, control, robotics,
   optimisation, game playing, and pattern recognition.

   Starting with a primordial ooze of hundreds or thousands of
   randomly created programs composed of functions and terminals
   appropriate to the problem, the population is progressively
   evolved over a series of generations by applying the
   operations of Darwinian fitness proportionate reproduction and
   crossover (sexual recombination).

   (1995-03-31)