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- From: wbdst+@pitt.edu (William B Dwinnell)
- Newsgroups: comp.ai.genetic
- Subject: Re: So, genetic algorithms have nothing to do with genetics?
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- Date: 21 Jan 93 13:36:50 GMT
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- Yes, GAs have learned alot from genetics, but GAs are abstract, and do not
- have to follow the things they imitate exactly. Yes, the field of GAs may
- still have more to learn from genetics, but taking 7 courses towards
- a medical degree hardly seems worthwhile.
- For a look at another field, which has been around a bit longer, try
- neural networks. Neural nets were meant to imitate nervous systems{ in
- animals, but often when neural net technology diverges from actual
- neural systems in concet,xxxx concept, they are most successful.
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