Re: GA & GP

[Theodore C. Belding]

Hi-
Good question.  This was debated extensively on the GP list, and there
doesn't seem to be a single clear-cut answer that satisfies everybody.  GP
traditionally uses tree representations, but some GAs do too.  GP uses a GA
to generate objects that are evaluated as programs, but some GAs do too,
etc.  It's probably more a difference in emphasis and methodology than
anything else.

(What's this list coming to? Next thing you know someone's going to ask
what the definition of life is :)
-Ted

At 8:22 PM -0500 2/11/97, Kyle Chuang wrote:
>Hi,
>       I have a questiong regarding GA (Genetic Algorithm) & GP (Genetic
>Programming). Sorry if this is too basic for the discussion group.
>
>What *exactly* is the difference between GA & GP?  I've developed a model
>with GA for competitive analysis and have started to investigate into GP.
>Despite all the papers I've read, however, I do not see a difference
>between them.  It seems that the only difference is that GA's optimization
>gives specific instructions (such as if temperature = 79 change pressure
>to 59) where as GP would give ( pressure = temperature - 20).  Could
>someone please help me and clearify this?
>
>Kyle Chuang
>The Wharton School


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Ted Belding                      <mailto:address@hidden>
University of Michigan Program for the Study of Complex Systems
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