Technical References

Neural Networks in General:
Rumelhart, D., and McClelland, J., “Parallel Distributed Processing”, Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 1986.

Evolution Strategies:
Michalewicz, Z., "Genetic Algorithms + Data Structures = Evolution Programs", Second, Extended Edition, Springer-Verlag, New York, NY, 1992, chapter 8, Evolution Strategies and Other Methods.

Particle Swarm Optimization:
Eberhart, R. C. and Kennedy, J., A New Optimizer Using Particle Swarm Theory. Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Micromachine and Human Science, Nagoya, Japan, pp 39-43, 1995.

Chaos:
Mandelbrot, B. and Hudson, R. L., The (Mis)Behavior of Markets, A Fractal View of Risk, Ruin & Reward, Basic Books, New York, 2006.

Smith, L., Chaos A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007.

General

Forsyth R., BEAGLE: A Darwinian Approach to Pattern Recognition. Kybernetes 1981;Vol. 10, p. 159-66.

Forsyth R, editor, Expert Systems: Principles and Case Studies, Chapman and Hall Computing,  London, 1984.

Forsyth R., The Evolution of Intelligence, International Expert Systems Conference, June 1987, London, p. 61-75.

Forsyth R. and Rada R, editors, Machine Learning: Applications in Expert Systems and Information Retrieval, Halsted Press, New York, 1986.