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<title>EO - The Algorithm-Based approach</title>
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<a href="eoTutorial.html">Tutorial main
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<a href="eoTopDown.html">Algorithm-Based</a> - <a href="eoBottomUp.html">Component-Based</a>
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- <a href="eoProgramming.html">Programming hints</a> - <b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=+1><a href="../../doc/html/index.html">EO
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documentation</a></font></font></b>
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<font color="#FF0000">EO - The Algorithm-Based approach</font></h1></center>
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<p><br>Congratulations - You have chosen the algorithm-based approach!
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This means that you want to start from something that already works, and
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gradually learn about the more complex constructs. We have prepared a series
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of "lessons" for you.
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<ul>
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<li>
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<a href="eoLesson1.html">Lesson 1 </a>- a gentle introduction to the <font color="#FF6600">EO
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way</font>: your first steps into <b><font color="#999900">EO representations</font></b>
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using a simple generational GA. Please, <b><blink><font color="#FF0000">spend
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the necessary time</font></blink></b> on that one, since all basic constructs
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presented there are used throughout EO.</li>
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<a href="eoLesson2.html">Lesson 2</a> - <font color="#FF6600">encapsulate</font>,
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encapsulate, and try more sophisticated <b><font color="#009900">selection/replacement</font></b>
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mechanisms, as well as <b><font color="#CC33CC">multiple operators</font></b></li>
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<a href="eoLesson3.html">Lesson 3 </a>- The same algorithms, but with <font color="#FF6600">improved
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input/outputs</font>: <font color="#000000">user-friendly input (i.e. without
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the need to recompile!</font>) of <b><font color="#3366FF">algorithm parameters</font></b><font color="#000000">,
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and </font><font color="#FF6600">checkpointing </font>(<b><font color="#3366FF">display</font></b>
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of on-line <b><font color="#3366FF">statistics</font></b>, <b><font color="#3366FF">save
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</font></b><font color="#000000">and
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</font><b><font color="#3366FF">restore</font></b>
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populations,
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<b><font color="#3366FF">restart</font></b> stopped runs,
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...).</li>
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<a href="eoLesson3.html">Lesson 4 </a>- The same algorithms - again! - but now fully operational:
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<font color="#FF6600">every component</font> of the algorithm can be defined
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<font color="#FF6600">on the command-line</font>, except the type of genotype;
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moreover, you now have a full library, i.e. everything except your fitness function is
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<font color="#FF6600">already compiled.</font>
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</li>
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<p><br>Current version (May. 5, 2001) stops here, but ...
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<p>From there on, you don't need to follow the lesson order any more: you
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can go directly to any lesson and experiment. Of course, you will need
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to bring together the different pieces to write exactly what you want -
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but only because we had no idea of what you exactly want :-)
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<li>
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Lesson 4 - More <b><font color="#CC33CC">general operators</font></b>:
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e.g. binary, n-ary, or even specific mate selection (your brain and my
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beauty)! Add your own to the basic algorithm using the template files.</li>
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Lesson 5 - More about <b><font color="#3366FF">checkpointing</font></b>:
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write your first <b><font color="#FF6600">adaptive mechanism</font></b>,
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and find out how easy it is to <b><font color="#3366FF">update</font></b>
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and <b><font color="#3366FF">monitor </font><font color="#FF6600">dynamic
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parameters</font></b></li>
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<li>
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Lesson 6 - Why not go <b><font color="#993300">parallel</font></b>? From
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the simple asynchronous SSGA to the more sophisticated island model (no
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totally distributed population yet).</li>
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Lesson 7 - Use your own <b><font color="#999900">representation</font></b>.
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You need only to write the base individual class, the initilization class
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and the variation operators. EO provides many helps: The <b><font color="#999900">eoExternal</font></b>
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paradigm let you encapsulate into EO classes existing code. And the <b><font color="#999900">eoFixedLength</font></b>
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and <b><font color="#999900">eoVariableLength</font></b> super classes
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allow quick definition of new genotypes that handle identical Atoms.</li>
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</ul>
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Of course, in each lesson, you have links to the corresponding Component-Based
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page. ( ... Well, to tell you the truth, as of today, Jan. 5, 2001, this
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is not exactly true :-)
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<br>
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<hr WIDTH="100%">
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<br><a href="eoTutorial.html">Tutorial main page </a>- <a href="eoTopDown.html">Algorithm-Based</a>
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- <a href="eoBottomUp.html">Component-Based</a> - <a href="eoProgramming.html">Programming
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hints</a> - <b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=+1><a href="../../doc/html/index.html">EO
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documentation</a></font></font></b>
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<br>
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<hr>
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<address>
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<a href="mailto:marc@cmapx.polytechnique.fr">Marc Schoenauer</a></address>
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<br><!-- Created: DATE --><!-- hhmts start -->Last modified: Tue Dec 19
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2000 <!-- hhmts end -->
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