README.TXT


                         *** Introduction ***

Genesis is a Lisp genetic programming library currently in the
prototype stage. You can currently use the (genetic-algorithm) call in
order to run a genetic algorithm. A sample call is as follows:

    (genetic-algorithm 1000 nil #'sample-rule-fun
                       #'sample-fitness-function
                       :population-size 5)


The prototype for the function is as follows:

    (genetic-algorithm (generations starting-rules rule-fun
                        fitness-fun &key (population-size 10))


If you would only like to see an example of this in action, load the
file "square-root-sample.lisp" and run the function
(square-root-sample generations population-size).

To call the function in your population with the best results so far,
use the (funcall-best) function:

> (funcall-best genesis:*CURRENT-POPULATION* #'sample-fitness-fun 16)
 4.abillion

 

A homepage with a tutorial is going to be set up soon at jakevoytko.com!


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