Re: Typical Genetic Algorithm Example

sotnet wrote:

Don't we have to think of a representation where small changes
> in repr, make small changes in actual value?

If the mutation makes huge changes in the actual value, we get some
kind of a random search. And where does the "evolution" come in play?

"Evolution means change in living things by descent with
modification" - Mark Ridley, Evolution.

"Evolution means change, change in the form and behaviour of
organisms between generations" - Mark Ridley, Evolution.

"Recently, Harrison (2001) defined evolution as "change over
time via descent with modification."" - Mark Ridley, Evolution.

"Most of the processes in this book concern change between
generations within a population of a species, and it is this
kind of change we shall call evolution." - Mark Ridley, Evolution.

"Thus, evolution in a broad sense is descent with modification,
and often with diversification." - Douglas Futuyma, Evolutionary
Biology.

"Thus, biological (or organic) evolution is change in the properties
of populations of organisms, or groups of such populations over the
course of generations." - Douglas Futuyma, Evolutionary Biology.

Biological Evolution entails inherited changes in populations of
organisms, over a period of time, that lead to differences among
them." - Monroe Strickberger, Evolution.

HTH,
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