
102: Machine Learning in Elixir with Sean Moriarity
Thinking Elixir Podcast
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Genetic Algorithms in Elixir
The idea behind genetic algorithms is more or less an formed search. So for example, one of the problems we talk about in the book is the end queen's problem. And what a genetic augrithm doess it looks at multiple those solutions at once and then evaluates them based on their fitness. It uses the principles of evolution, evolution cross over and mutation where it combines solutions and mutates solutions to make even better solutions.
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