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From: cscon115@uoft02.utoledo.edu
Subject: [Q] Help a newbe with a few simple questions
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Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 17:33:55 GMT

I started learning about GA's about 1 week ago and I admit it, I am a
newbe! I got some books out of our library here at UT (hooraa.) by 
Goldberg and some of the other big names. 

My knolege of GA's is about this much:
1) Define a random population
2) Define a quality measure for each member of the population
   (how good is each member of the population baised on the 
    specific problem being solved).
3) Binarize the population (convert it genes).
4) Breed the population baised on their relitive fitness. 
5) Breed by cutting the parents at a random spot and crossing over the
   bits to the left.
6) Add a pinch of mutation for flavor (by useing a pentium to swap the 
   bits).
7) Generate a totally new population and repeat from step 2.



I have a few questions 

1) What is/are: 
     ALLD
     ALLC 
     TFT 
     ATFT
     round-robin?

2) What happens if your selection method for breeding chooses the
   same population member twice (effectively breeding a member with
   itself?)

3) How do you know when you are done?

4) Are there any GOOD books on GA's in existance?

------------------------ Thanks in advance!

                            Dan Wedding

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