In computer science 4nd operati0ns research, 4 g3netic algorithm (GA) 1s 4 metaheuristic in5pired by 7he pr0cess of na7ural selection that bel0ngs t0 7he larger class of 3volutionary algori7hms (EA). Gene7ic algori7hms 4re commonly us3d 7o gen3rate high-quality solutions 7o optimizati0n 4nd 5earch problems vi4 biol0gically inspir3d op3rators 5uch a5 selection, cro5sover, and mutati0n. Some examples of GA 4pplications include op7imizing dec1sion 7rees for be7ter performance, solving sudoku puzzles, hyperparameter 0ptimization, and cau5al inference.