From: Edwin Van leeuwen <edder@...>
Date: 2007-12-01T00:15:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Genetic Algorithm Library

Peter Laurens wrote:
> Hi,
> So far Google has not been helpful for (2) so I am posting here seeking
> advice on whether I've missed anything. I'm aware of projects like DRP
> which look good for grammatical evolution, but I'm not sure whether they
> support being used for vanilla GAs. If anyone has any experience using
> GAs from Ruby, it would be great to hear of your experience.

Some projects that might be of interest (I have no experience with any 
of them though :) )
http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/uni_genetic/
http://rubyforge.org/projects/gga4r/
http://rubyforge.org/projects/g2a/
http://raa.ruby-lang.org/cat.rhtml?category_major=Library;category_minor=AI

> Alternatively, if there's nothing good that anyone can suggest native,
> I'd be very grateful to hear peoples' opinion on using a C++ library
> like GALib from within Ruby. I.e. - is it feasible without too much
> hassle, and any pointers to any material that may help me build that
> bridge would be great.
> 
Building c extensions for ruby is quite doable. I understand that c++ is 
a bit more hassle, but not too much. Another option would be to use 
jruby and directly access one of the java genetic algorithm libraries (I 
am pretty sure there must be quite a few of those).
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