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genetic algorithm library
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How HN took it
1 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score -0.09.
Execution: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clear presentation and blog post that helps explain genetic algorithms.
From 2 comments
The author clearly put a lot of work into both the implementation and the presentation as well as the accompanying blog post (I love the quotes interspersed; reminds me of my…
cgs1019 on HNThe code's fairly messy, but I hope the blog post and online demo will be enough to give the absolute beginner a good idea of how GAs work. One day I hope to apply machine…
user24 on HN
Objections
Code is messy.
From 1 comment
The code's fairly messy, but I hope the blog post and online demo will be enough to give the absolute beginner a good idea of how GAs work. One day I hope to apply machine…
user24 on HN
Fitness function description did not match the actual implementation.
From 1 comment
Update Looks like the guy's description of his function is different from his actual function. You're right, there is a single global optimum and no local optima.
SeanLuke on HN
Requests
Evolve an actual program that prints Hello World rather than a string.
From 1 comment
The author clearly put a lot of work into both the implementation and the presentation as well as the accompanying blog post (I love the quotes interspersed; reminds me of my…
cgs1019 on HN
Support for plugging in custom fitness functions.
From 1 comment
Nice! Yeah I was thinking about trying to genericise it so you could plug your own fitness function in, but didn't get around to it. I got an error when playing with the values…
user24 on HN
Questions
What selection method is used?
From 1 comment
Ah, right I see :) > This gives the option to also specify how many survive from one round to the next v.s (correct me if this is wrong) a random amount each time in your…
user24 on HN
Alternatives named
Other JavaScript genetic algorithm demos and string evolvers.
From 3 comments
A few years ago I made up this [generic] genetic algorithm page in javascript. http://icefox.github.com/javascript_genetic_algorithm/?program=JavaScript%2520Genetic%2520Algorithm…
icefox on HNNice. I did something similar in javascript --> https://github.com/JohnIdol/WasDarwinWrong ... and C# --> https://github.com/JohnIdol/typingmonkey
JohnIdol on HNRecently, I also wrote (C#) a string evolver using a GA: https://github.com/dreasgrech/StringEvolver I tried 3 different types of fitness functions: Per-Character error…
agnt666 on HN