Thread: genetic algorithms
hi,
i read something about genetic algorithms in the postgres manual and im wondering if it can be used it in some way for data mining purposes.
any relevant info will be highly appreciated.
Ruel Cima.
I'm not an expert, but I think the genetic algorithms are used in regards to generating query plans, so I can't think that they apply in any way to data mining. Sean On Jan 6, 2005, at 10:01 PM, Cima wrote: > hi, > > i read something about genetic algorithms in the postgres manual and > im wondering if it can be used it in some way for data mining > purposes. > any relevant info will be highly appreciated. > > Ruel Cima.
"Cima" wrote: > i read something about genetic algorithms in the postgres manual and im wondering if it can be used it in some way for data mining purposes. > any relevant info will be highly appreciated. Genetic algorithms are optimizers- given an objective function, they search for (near-) optimal sets of parameters. See, for instance: http://web.njit.edu/~cct3/B601/genetic%20algorithm.pdf http://cs.felk.cvut.cz/~xobitko/ga/ http://www.shef.ac.uk/acse/people/p.j.fleming/ifac/ga.pdf http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~genitor/MiscPubs/tutorial.pdf Genetic algorithms can be and are used in data mining. See, for example: http://www.lcc.uma.es/~eva/WASWBE/romero.pdf http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/aaf/pub_papers.dir/Info-Sci-J-2003.pdf http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/aaf/pub_papers.dir/Applied-Soft-Comp.pdf http://cse.unl.edu/~chwang/Home%20Page%20of%20Chang%20Wang_files/master.pdf . -Will Dwinnell http://will.dwinnell.com