> Implementations of GE are hard to come by. At the present time, all > that exists publicly is a partial implementation of GE in C++ called > libGE (see the link to libGE at www.grammatical-evolution.org) but its > documentation is confusing as hell and you still have to use a > separate genetic algorithm library to do the actual searching, > requiring that the user learn and use two complicated libraries to get > a single task done. To me, it is useless. > > I propose that an easy-to-use library implementing full-blown GE be > implemented. Lisp is a great environment for prototyping things like > GE; that's why GP was first developed and used in Common Lisp. I have > a lot of other ideas for what could be done, such as implementing > swarm intelligence algorithms. > > Any takers?
Well, I was trying to use ECJ (the Java thing) but it drove me nuts, and I tried to get a simple thing working, but it didn't seem to work (obviously my fault, but Java made it worse). But it would be wonderful to make a really clean interface, and dump all that Java/C++ syntax in favour of being able to write a few Lisp functions with a preset template, and churn through them. Or build new functions out of building blocks. I dunno if I'm allowed to give a thumbs up on this list, but I'd certainly donate some money to the project. Jeremy. -- | Jeremy Smith BSc (Hons) | Chief Scientist, Decompiler Technologies | <insert title here> at San Fran Systems | Member, British Computer Society | "And it's not just people you have to worry about. Programs write programs too!" - Paul Graham, On Lisp _______________________________________________ Gardeners mailing list [email protected] http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners
