Kyle R. Burton on 5 Feb 2010 12:20:50 -0800


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Re: Proposal for a talk


For more information (to see if there is interest, and for potential
feedback) I started a more fleshed outline here:

  http://github.com/kyleburton/intro-to-genetic-algorithms

Thanks,

Kyle


On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Chris Conley <chris.m.conley@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah me too. That'd be great.
>
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Steve Eichert <steve.eichert@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I'd definitely be interested!
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Kyle R. Burton <kyle.burton@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Paul (Santa Clara) and I implemented a simple Genetic Algorithm
>>> framework primarily to learn more about GA/GP.  Paul had never done
>>> anything with it before and I had played around with it in the past.
>>>
>>> What we did was based on what I'd done before, we ported the code from
>>> JScheme to Clojure.  The problem isn't really a great example for
>>> applying GA to, but it is easy to understand and see how to GA works -
>>> I think it's a good pedagogical example.
>>>
>>> What I was wondering is if there was interest in me giving an 'Intro
>>> to GA' talk using our example as a guide.
>>>
>>> The outline might be something like:
>>>
>>>  - What is GA in 60s
>>>  - Where did it come from?
>>>  - What have some people done with it? / what's so great about it
>>>  - Ok then, how do you do it?
>>>  - Walk through the example
>>>  - Share some of my observations about GA
>>>    - aspects to watch out for when implementing
>>>    - when not to use it
>>>    - further ideas?
>>>
>>>
>>> What does the group think?  I think I could have something ready in
>>> 3-4wks if there is interest.
>>>
>>> Kyle
>>>
>>>
>>> The sample code is here:  http://github.com/psantacl/ga-sandbox
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> kyle.burton@gmail.com
>>>  http://asymmetrical-view.com/
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>
>



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