Mathematics Shows How to Ensure Evolution

Re:Mathematics Shows How to Ensure Evolution by smrk007 on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @08:33PM (#17404993)

Does anyone know if there is work similar to this being applied to machine learning? It seems like there could be a lot of potential.

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Re:Mathematics Shows How to Ensure Evolution by bdamm on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @08:44PM (#17405041)

That was my first thought too. Could it be applied to genetic algorithms? And from my quick review of the article, it seems definitely a yes. Genetic algorithms are asexual, so that's a check. The competitions just need to occur in pools with migration between the pools satisfying an amplifier pattern. Pretty exciting result, and I can't help but wonder if it will find its way into a number of fields.

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Re:Mathematics Shows How to Ensure Evolution by im3w1l on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @11:27PM (#17405566)

There are both sexual and asexual genetic algorithms and people have experimented with constrained breeding.

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