Just thought I'd drop in for a second and post about what I've been up to.
Today I wrote Java code to attempt to reproduce a Genetic Algorithms study that Melanie Mitchell talks about in chapter nine of her excellent book, Complexity: A Guided Tour.
Right now I'm a little brain fried after using both Python and Java to find an easy way to convert a five digit string version of a base three number to a decimal version. Maybe you've done something similar this Summer? :-)
The project in short description is simply a way to use evolution to produce the best algorithm for a near-sighted bot that picks up cans in a large room. It's not the situation that matters as much as it is the method: Genetic Algorithms.
Image is from the Complexity page at Wikipedia.
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