2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/80214Self-adaptation is used in all main paradigms of evolutionary computation to increase efficiency. We claim that the basis of self-adaptation is the use of neutrality. In the absence of external control neutrality allows a variation of the search distribution without the risk of fitness loss.6 pages, 3 figures, LaTeXAdaptation and Self-Organizing SystemsNeural and Evolutionary ComputingQuantitative BiologyNeutrality: A Necessity for Self-Adaptationtext