quote: Original post by fup
GP is an extremely interesting subject but to do it right you really need a LISP(or similar) compiler which most people do not have. (I don't think there are any free ones out there but if you know of one please tell me).

There are lots of free LISP compilers/interpreters. GNU has Guile, a free Scheme interpreter (ok, so it's not exactly LISP, but it's pretty darn close ).


Here are a couple I found with a simple google search:
LISPWORKS
CLISP (by GNU)

Some links to even more LISP compilers and interpreters can be found here.

Edited by - Dactylos on September 21, 2001 7:51:57 AM

The word ''esoteric'' does not mean something is difficult to grasp or that it is full of mathematics. ''Esoteric'' means that something is "intended for an enlightened or initiated minority esp because of abtruseness or obscurity."

I was using the word in the sense that you can only really do GP properly with languages such as LISP. Many people do not know how to program in LISP. Many people do not have a LISP compiler.

Hope this clarifies the point.

fup:

OK, sorry for my misinterpretation of your post(word).

Anyway, I think there is quite much information regarding GPs on the net. Or am I wrong?



/Mankind gave birth to God.

I don''t know what resources are available on the internet for genetic programming. It is only something I have studied in passing from books and papers I have.

It is definately very interesting though and is something I will probably devote some time to in the future.

WOW, that''s the first example of ANN''s i''ve seen in a world full of theory articles! Thanx, because all of the theories confused me and I stopped researching ANN''s. ... NOW, maybe I can get into the theories. =D

fup:

Two things here: First of all, nice tutorial. It helped alot to see an implementation instead of just theory. Then, I went back and read some articles on theory side of things, and they made more sense, and so on.

And the other. You''ve repeatedly mentioned books that you''ve read on AL. Could you please list those? I''m interested in reading some.

Thanks,
Ben

Great tutorial. I left a response in your Gbook about where I had trouble. It''s a great tutorial all in all.
~Wave(Mo)

Good work!
I''ve read both tuts, the one about GAs and the NN tut. It''s a nice and easy-to-read introduction and overview to these subjects. The examples are also very good. You really attracted my interest in NNs.

Thanks,
Mr. Sound

Hey fup, great work. I checked out your guest book on your site, and you must be gettin bombed by positive emails. Some people should take the hint and introduce hard to learn topics the way you have, especially AI where 99% of the articles are just BS theories. Dont get me wrong, w/o theories we would''t have what comes next...examples. But it''s good to see somebody actually taking the balls to goto that next step and help the rest of us lost souls follow you.

Don''t listen to mathematixxx either, s/he is a hater.

quote: Original post by KingPin
Hey fup, great work. I checked out your guest book on your site, and you must be gettin bombed by positive emails. Some people should take the hint and introduce hard to learn topics the way you have, especially AI where 99% of the articles are just BS theories. Dont get me wrong, w/o theories we would''t have what comes next...examples. But it''s good to see somebody actually taking the balls to goto that next step and help the rest of us lost souls follow you.

Don''t listen to mathematixxx either, s/he is a hater.

Just for the record, ''Mathematix'' is a ''he''.

As I said: ''a little more theory.'' not a PhD thesis! If everybody likes this format, then I don''t have a problem - I never did in the first place. I just am firm in the belief that if you are not prepared to enter into the theory of neural nets, then you will not be prepared to venture beyond what is presented in the tutorial. I have seen this type of thing happen too many times, and even as a student, I had ended up tutoring my fellow students in this, as well as other subjects, because they could not be bothered to learn it.

Judging from your post, it looks as though you can''t be bothered either.

Regards,
Mathematix.