Hi, I've been doing some genetic programming with perl recently but didn't see any modules which help with the drudgery of splicing things in and out of arrays in twenty slightly different ways so have written one. These modules offer base classes which implement a range of mutations suitable for any sequential genes. One (Simple) just ensures that sensible arguments are passed to each method while the other (Sequence) also provides a means to enforce a gene grammar. This has been discussed fairly widely, with requests for comments on usenet, and the perlai mailing list. I've had a couple of emails expressing support and some warnings about the problems associated with genetic algorithms in perl (speed wise) but for some problem areas (eg. music composition) these become less of a problem, so these modules should be useful to someone even if not in any (computationally) serious context. Me: Name: Alex Gough Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Preferred id: AJGOUGH Homepage: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~shug0957/ The modules: Name DSLI Description Info ---------- ---- -------------------------------------------- ----- AI::Gene:: ::Sequence RdpO Base class of mutation methods +gene grammar --- ::Simple RdpO Base class of mutation methods --- -- Alex Gough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://users.ox.ac.uk/~shug0957/
