From: ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2004-12-15T00:27:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Implementing Genetic algorithm in Ruby

In article <YsCvd.14841$3U4.403540@news02.tsnz.net>,
Robo  <robo@mars.com> wrote:
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>Hi, I took an interest in genetic algorithm after reading this article:
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>http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-genperl/
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>The code listing is here:
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>http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-genperl/numbers.html
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>To gain a better understanding, I tried the convert the code to Ruby, 
>and on the way I should be able to understand how it works.
>
>Unfortunately my lack of knowledge in genetic and Perl means I couldn't 
>quite get the code working. When it runs, each generation doesn't seem 
>to improve. It would be great if someone could take a look, compare it 
>to the original Perl version and see where I've gone wrong, and the fix 
>require to get it working. The code's attached to this post.
>
>

That's a lot of code. :)

If you're interested I've got some Ruby code I wrote for a GA class I took 
a couple of years ago.  At least I know it works (as in there is 
improvement from generation to generation).  email me if you're interested 
and I'll try to dig it up.

Phil