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Re:Parametric Study of a Genetic Algorithm (2003) [pdf] by amelius on Sunday August 06, 2017 @02:43PM (#14942730)
Perhaps genetic algorithms could be useful for hyperparameter optimization of deep learning methods? ;)
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Re:Parametric Study of a Genetic Algorithm (2003) [pdf] by thearn4 on Monday August 07, 2017 @02:12PM (#14949756)
I remember using GAs to tune SVM kernel hyperparameters a few years ago. They worked well enough, but I mostly did it because I was lazy.
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Re:Parametric Study of a Genetic Algorithm (2003) [pdf] by R_haterade on Sunday August 06, 2017 @11:39PM (#14945155)
It's been looked into. I'm really struggling to remember who was doing the looking though, but it exists.
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Re:Parametric Study of a Genetic Algorithm (2003) [pdf] by bstamour on Sunday August 06, 2017 @10:13PM (#14944843)
If you have the horsepower to test a population of deep nets, then absolutely.
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