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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.
I'm +1000 on this topic/speaker combination. GAs don't get enough play
given how awesome they can be. Same could be said for Mr. Burton, as
well :)
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Toby DiPasquale
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