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Cultural Algorithms are a knowledge‐intensive framework that is based on how human cultural systems adjust their structures and contents to address changes in their environments. While there is wide variety of ways in which the Cultural Algorithms can be implemented, there is a general metaphor that describes the learning process in all of them. The metaphor is termed as the “Cultural Engine.” We can express the Cultural Algorithm Engine in terms of the entropy‐based laws of thermodynamics. This chapter provides the basic laws of classical thermodynamic concerning systems in equilibrium. It also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book focuses on the design of the Cultural Algorithm solutions for the development of complex social and engineering systems for use in dynamic environments. It investigates the use of several knowledge distribution mechanisms using that platform.