RE: [Epic] First Epic 40k battle

From: John Erickson <erickson_at_...>
Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 11:49:35 -0500

duckrvr_at_... wrote:
>
> At 02:18 PM 5/24/97 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >Those systems that survive get to breed. But sexually, which means that
> >the offspring contain 50% of the rules of one parent, and the other 50%
> >from the other parent. This causes a MASSIVE speed-up of evolution
>
> Ah. Cool. That's an idea that would not have occurred to me.

Yes, I heard it first proposed as applied to Blackboard systems (where
rules get proposed/disposed). But the idea of creating Genetic Sexual
Animal Systems and putting them through a hostile environment is my own.
FWIW.

-- 
aebrain_at_...     <> <>    How doth the little Crocodile
-----> Isn't what you are describing a genetic algorithm?  I saw them applied to circuits
in a magnetic field.  You start out with a bunch of children, mix them take the best results
and so on.  I do remember you had to introduce a random mutation factor along the way.
It was a pretty interesting subject that I got to read up on when I was in school but like 
many other things I've lost the time to do now.  If you have more cool things rolling around 
in your head spout them out I like reading this stuff.
John

Received on Tue May 27 1997 - 16:49:35 UTC