[Haskell-cafe] Evolutionary Computing

[Clifford Beshers]

On Jan 24, 2008 3:55 PM, PR Stanley <prstanley at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> Hi
> What does the list think of EC? Genetic algorithm is apparently the
> latest thing.


They've been around for a while, actually.  See below for some work from the
early 1990's.


> Is EC mathematically reasonable?


I'm not sure what that means, but they can be useful, especially when you
are looking for something that is novel, rather than meeting specific,
pre-determined criteria.  Karl Sims made a business out of them for
generating graphics.  "Survival of the prettiest," he called it.

For more info:

http://www.genarts.com/karl/
http://www.genarts.com/karl/papers/siggraph91.html
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