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RE: RE: Genetic Programming or breeding Perls

by Petruchio (Vicar)
on Sep 27, 2000 at 08:09 UTC ( [id://34152]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to RE: Genetic Programming or breeding Perls
in thread Genetic Programming or breeding Perls

I know that the general idea is not new... if I remember correctly, these sort of ideas run at least back to the '60s, when they were known as "branch and bound algorithms". Thus my hunch is that while a particular implementation might well be under active patent, loads of prior art could be found for anything more general. So there's $0.02 worth of insight from someone with only $0.01 worth of knowledge on the topic. :-)

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RE: RE: RE: Genetic Programming or breeding Perls
by gumpu (Friar) on Sep 27, 2000 at 21:46 UTC
    If I remember correctly, these sort of ideas run at least back to the '60s,

    Yup, and even further back. The bibliography of Genetic Algorithms by David Goldberg lists books from 1951 and 1952. Also they basically 'stole' the idea from mother nature :)

    Have Fun

Re: RE: RE: Genetic Programming or breeding Perls
by Anonymous Monk on May 24, 2001 at 19:14 UTC
    No, sorry, branch-and-bound is not genetic. Actual true genetic programming started in the '70's, with Holland.

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