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by Benedikt Liegener last modified Apr 26, 2012 12:01
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Evolution of Service-Based Application is a long-term history of continuous modification of SBA after its deployment in order to correct faults, to improve performance or other attributes, or to adapt it to a modified environment. [PO-JRA-1.2.1]

Evolution is any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of (biological) populations [Wikipedia].  

(Evolution vs. Adaptation): 

Adaptation is the process, which takes place under natural selection, whereby an organism becomes better suited to its habitat. Also, the term may refer to some characteristic which stands out as being especially significant in the organism's survival. For example, the adaptation of horses' teeth to the grinding of grass, or their capacity to run fast to escape predators .

In biology, evolution is change in the inherited traits of a population of organisms from one generation to the next. These changes are caused by a combination of three main processes: variation, reproduction, and selection. Genes that are passed on to an organism's offspring produce the inherited traits that are the basis of evolution. These traits vary within populations, with organisms showing heritable differences in their traits. When organisms reproduce, their offspring may have new or altered traits. These new traits arise in two main ways: either from mutations in genes, or from the transfer of genes between populations and between species. In species that reproduce sexually, new combinations of genes are also produced by genetic recombination, which can increase variation between organisms. Evolution occurs when these heritable differences become more common or rare in a population [Wikipedia].

 

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Evolution vs. Adaptation

Posted by Martin Treiber at Mar 10, 2009 16:41
Taken from Wikipedia:

Adaptation is the process, which takes place under natural selection, whereby an organism becomes better suited to its habitat. Also, the term may refer to some characteristic which stands out as being especially significant in the organism's survival. For example, the adaptation of horses' teeth to the grinding of grass, or their capacity to run fast to escape predators.

In biology, evolution is change in the inherited traits of a population of organisms from one generation to the next. These changes are caused by a combination of three main processes: variation, reproduction, and selection. Genes that are passed on to an organism's offspring produce the inherited traits that are the basis of evolution. These traits vary within populations, with organisms showing heritable differences in their traits. When organisms reproduce, their offspring may have new or altered traits. These new traits arise in two main ways: either from mutations in genes, or from the transfer of genes between populations and between species. In species that reproduce sexually, new combinations of genes are also produced by genetic recombination, which can increase variation between organisms. Evolution occurs when these heritable differences become more common or rare in a population.

In short, both terms seem to be complementary: we can observe the "evolution" as the result of constant "adaptations" because of the "natural" selection process.

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