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From: C.M.Sully@cm.cf.ac.uk (Chris Sully)
Subject: Re: NN/GA Hybrids
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In article <387eht$7qa@newsbf01.news.aol.com>, emangman@aol.com (EmanGman) writes:
|> I am a graduate student at George Mason University in Fairfax Virginia.  I
|> am using a NN/GA hybrid for pattern classification in imagery.  
|> 
|> My search of the literature has shown that GA algorithms have been used to
|> develop the weights and/or structure of neural nets.  I have not been
|> able, however,  to locate any other  NN/GA hybrids.  Is anybody aware of
|> any NN/GA hybrids (other than using a GA to develop the weights and/or
|> structure of a NN)?

I've seen GAs used as learning algos for NNs. 

See:

Schaffer et al. A survey of the state of the art
In: Combinations of NNs and GAs symposium Baltimore 92   
IEEE computer society press

If you find any other info where such collaborations seem worthy alternatives
to strictly NN based methods please tell as I didn't find anything appropriate
in my brief review of the literature.

Chris.

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