## Chapter 60. Genetic Query Optimizer

**Table of Contents**

[60.1. Query Handling as a Complex Optimization Problem](geqo-intro.html)

[60.2. Genetic Algorithms](geqo-intro2.html)

[60.3. Genetic Query Optimization (GEQO) in PostgreSQL](geqo-pg-intro.html)

[60.3.1. Generating Possible Plans with GEQO](geqo-pg-intro.html#id-1.10.12.5.6)

[60.3.2. Future Implementation Tasks for PostgreSQL GEQO](geqo-pg-intro.html#GEQO-FUTURE)

[60.4. Further Reading](geqo-biblio.html)

### Author

 Written by Martin Utesch (`<[utesch@aut.tu-freiberg.de](mailto:utesch@aut.tu-freiberg.de)>`) for the Institute of Automatic Control at the University of Mining and Technology in Freiberg, Germany.

