This volume of Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing highlights papers presented at the
12th International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computing (ICGEC 2018). Held from 14
to 17 December 2018 in Changzhou Jiangsu China the conference was co-sponsored by Springer
Changzhou College of Information Technology Fujian Provincial Key Lab of Big Data Mining and
Applications Fujian University of Technology National Demonstration Center for Experimental
Electronic Information and Electrical Technology Education Fujian University of Technology
Tajen University National University of Kaohsiung and Shandong University of Science and
Technology China. The conference is intended as an international forum for the researchers and
professionals in all areas of genetic and evolutionary computing.