joh@wright.EDU (Jae Chan Oh) (01/25/88)
I am working on a learning system using genetic algorithms. And I'm trying to find some engineering applications using this concept. I would like to have the informations about real details of the CS-1(cognitive system-1) by J. Holland, LS-1 by S.F. Smith, or whatever it is related. ( I have read the articles about thease systems, but the idea of the "classifier" was not clear to me) Any hints, literature references, or even source listings are very appreciated.( source listings will be prefered ) If there is interest, I will summarize the results and will email it. Thanks in advance. P.S.: Does any one know the email addresses of J. Holland( U of Michigan), S.F. Smith ( Carnegie-Mellon, I guess) or anyone who've been related in genetic algorithms ? -- Jae Chan Oh CSNET: joh@CS.wright.EDU UUCP: ...!cbosgd!wright!joh Wright State University Research Building 3171 Research Blvd, Kettering, Ohio 45420
g451252772ea@deneb.ucdavis.edu (0040;0000006866;0;327;142;) (01/25/88)
About a month or so ago I complained of the engineering focus of disserta- tions done by Holland's students. I got a very nice reply from a former student, Lashon Booker, who cited a number of more abstract projects (including his own). All these theses are available through U. Microfilms (which happens to be based in Michigan), at about $25 each. Lashon is still quite active; he's at booker@nrl-aic.ARPA. There is a BBS for genetic algorithms; to subscribe, send mail to GA-List-Request@nrl-aic.ARPA. (I did some time ago but have no reply yet... hmmm) And a standard set of C subroutines for classifier systems is available for media cost from Rick Riolo at U.Mich. Contact him at Rick_Riolo@ub.cc.umich.edu for details - I got mine on a 1.2 meg AT disc (just fits). Other formats available (Sun, Mac, ... ). This is ver 0.98, so it's not totally stable yet. I'm slowly getting acquainted with it all... Oh yes: the books INDUCTION, 1986, by Holland et al; GENETIC ALGORITHMS AND SIMULATED ANNEALING, 1987, L. Davis; and GENETIC ALGORITHMS AND THEIR APPLICATION, Proceed. 2nd Intl. Conf. Gen. Alg. (L. Erlbaum Assoc, Pub), are all of interest. I, for one, would be curious what else you learn, although my interests are more in the theoretical arena (population genetics, et al). Ron Goldthwaite / UC Davis, Psychology and Animal Behavior 'Economics is a branch of ethics, pretending to be a science; ethology is a science, pretending relevance to ethics.'