Brock COSC 4V82 Evolutionary Computation

COSC 4V82 Evolutionary Computation

Instructor: Brian Ross
Office Hours: TBA

From Steve Bergen's JNetic system (web site)

Textbook: (free!) A Field Guide to Genetic Programming by Riccardo Poli, William B. Langdon, and Nicholas F. McPhee. ISBN 978-1-4092-0073-4. 2008.
- Download a free copy (and order a paperback version) here.
- Book web site: www.gp-field-guide.org.uk
Course outline
Project description
Term test date: Monday March 28 (in class)
Assignment 1
- Example report (local Brock access)
Assignment 2
- Local copy of Wine data (local Brock access)
Assignment 3
- New deadline: 12:00 noon, Friday April 15 2011. No lates accepted!
- Satellite images.
- Zip file of satellite images.

IEEE formatting information. If you use MS Word, then use this file here as a template: TRANS-JOUR.doc. Latex templates are there as well.

Note: Please submit the following for all assignments:
1. Hard copy of report, source code (code you created, not system's code).
2. Electronic copies of: report, source code, GP output files, best solutions (clearly labelled), training and testing images (clearly labelled).

Supplementary lecture material:

Reading...

lilGP 1.1 genetic programming system:

lilGP 1.1 Home Page
Complete lilGP1.1 with documentation (local copy; original source here)
Patched lilGP1.1 with strong typing, etc. (local copy)
Uncompiled files are available locally here
Documentation
- lilGP 1.1 manual (Postscript)
- Typed lilGP README file
BST lilGP : an enhanced version created by Brock students
- unix/irix: bstlilgp-0.5.0.zip and installation instructions.
- Windows Visual Studio .NET: bstlilgp-0.5.4-win32.zip and installation instructions.
- Windows Code Warrior: bstlilgp-0.5.4-win32.zip and installation instructions.
Example application: Symbolic regression (for strongly typed lilGP 1.1 or BSTlilGP)

Other GP systems:

ECJ: A Java-based GP system.
Open BEAGLE: A C++ based GP system.
- Here are some notes on getting it running.
RobGP (C++): Robust Genetic Programming System by Robert Flack.
GPLAB - a GP system for Matlab
CNGGGPS - Grammar-based system developed by Brock student Stephen Baker (Linux)
Discipulus - commercial linear GP system
Wikipedia: list of systems