10.1 Introduction

Genetic algorithms have been applied in science, engineering, business and social sciences. Number of scientists has already solved many engineering problems using genetic algorithms. GA concepts can be applied to the engineering problem such as optimization of gas pipeline systems. Another important current area is structure optimization. The main objective in this problem is to minimize the weight of the structure subjected to maximum and minimum stress constrains on each member. GA is also used in medical imaging system. The GA is used to perform image registration as a part of larger digital subtraction angiographies. It can be found that Genetic Algorithm can be used over a wide range of applications. In this chapter a few topics of its application are being covered. This includes the application of Genetic Algorithm in to main engineering applications, data mining and in various other image processing applications. Hope the chapter would give the reader a brief idea of how the genetic algorithm can be applied to any practical problems.