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Re: Genetic Algorithms?

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg27153] Re: Genetic Algorithms?
• From: Mike Yukish <may106 at psu.edu>
• Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 04:40:41 -0500 (EST)
• Organization: Penn State University, Center for Academic Computing
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drek wrote:

> Hi all,
> I would like to find out if anyone has used genetic algorithms (GA) in the
> course of their programming with Mathematica. If you have, did you write a
> GA code directly in your respective Mathematica programs? Are there any
> resources available (preferably free) for writing these GA codes?
> Or did you "transfer" the values from Mathematica to another program? If so,
> how did you do so and which programs did you use?

The Industrial Optimization package has genetic algorithms in it, but the
package is far from free, and I have not been impressed with its performance.