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#85: Genetic algorithm: natural selection helps to solve coding problems


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A genetic algorithm is a heuristic approach to solving complex

computational problems. This includes various optimizations, especially
around scheduling and design. For example, NASA designed a radio antenna
for their spacecraft using a genetic algorithm. Its shape is quite
complicated, like nothing that could be designed by hand. So how do
genetic algorithms work their way to the solution? Well, they are
inspired by the natural selection process in living creatures (!)

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Around IT in 256 secondsBy Tomasz Nurkiewicz