Unusual Applications of Genetic Algorithms

The Research in Computer Science Seminar Presents: Unusual Applications of Genetic Algorithms

by: Robert Roos

Abstract

Genetic algorithms represent an approach to problem-solving that mimics nature's evolutionary approach to optimization: a "population" of candidate solutions to a problem evolves through processes of selection, mutation, and recombination, giving rise to successively more "fit" individuals.

The genetic algorithm approach has been successfully applied to a number of problems, some of them quite unexpected. We will examine a few of these, such as the ACOVEA project, the Golem project, and others, and briefly survey some of the open problems in the field of genetic algorithms and evolutionary programming in general.

Location:   Campus Center 206
Date:   Friday, December 1, 2006
Time:   12:15 - 1:15

All are welcome to attend!