In this contribution, different proposals found in the specialized literature for the
application of evolutionary computation to the field of information retrieval will be
reviewed. To do so, different kinds of IR problems that have been solved by evolutionary
algorithms are analyzed. Some of the specific existing approaches will be specifically
described for some of these problems and the obtained results will be critically
evaluated in order to give a clear view of the topic to the reader.CICYT under project TIC2002-03276University of Granada under project ‘‘Mejora de Metaheur ısticas mediante Hibridaci on y sus
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