Re: [tlug] genetic algorithm/optimization framework

[Lars Kotthoff <lists@example.com>]

Hi Attila,

 can you give us some more background on what you need to optimise and what the
application is? Are you totally set on GAs? Something else may be more suitable.

Cheers,

Lars


On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 22:22:25 +0200
Attila Kinali <attila@example.com> wrote:

> Moin,
> 
> While i'm writing here anyways... a small question:
> 
> Does anyone have a recomendation for a genetic algorithm/optimization
> framework? I have a problem that would be best solved with such a system
> (intractable, highly non-linear problem, with no way of having anything
> that can be fed into another optimization algorithm).
> 
> I googled a bit but most of the stuff out there is optimized for
> single objective optimization with a very simple model of a genome
> (usually lists of fixed length). While i would ideally use an list
> of variable length of structs, or a tree like structure.
> 
> DEAP seems to be ok, but has the problem that it can support at least
> a tree depth of 80-90, which is way too small. MOEA looks better,
> but any usefull documentation is only available for $$$ which i'm not
> willing to spend before i actually know whether it can do what i want.
> The others are either non-open source or are lacking severly at
> the documentation.
> 
> Of course, i could write my own framework, but that would take
> more time than i want to spend... and reinventing the wheel
> sucks, even if all other wheels are square.
> 
> 
> 			Attila Kinali