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Re:Parametric Study of a Genetic Algorithm (2003) [pdf] by bstamour on Sunday August 06, 2017 @02:00PM (#14942463)
Genetic algorithms and the like are still useful for various combinatorial search problems. Not everything can be mapped to a smooth function, and so there will always be (in my opinion at least) room for metaheuristics.
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Re:Parametric Study of a Genetic Algorithm (2003) [pdf] by R_haterade on Sunday August 06, 2017 @11:35PM (#14945139)
Well put.

I seem to remember encountering some work in ML parameter selection (which can be simplified to a combinatorial problem), which made use of metaheuristics. Having trouble recalling the group who was working on it right now, though.

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