Fly me to the Moon
Fly me to the Moon
An exploration of Genetic Programming
About the Book
Genetic programming is a technique in which a computer generates programmes in a nature inspired way. By encoding programs as abstract syntax trees and creating a population of them, genetic programming will evolve the population by mating programs and mutating them, seeking the best program suited to the task., t
The tasl at hand is a challenging one. Landing a spacecraft on the surface of a moon.
Learn the theory, technique and tools of genetic programming and come away with a valuable understanding of an artificial intelligence subject.
Table of Contents
- What this book is all about
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Jump aboard the HMS Beagle
- Evolution
- Translation
- Further reading
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Projects
- Nadezhda
- Moonlander
- AGC
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Grammars
- Grammar Game
- Nadezhda
- Exercises
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Abstract Syntax Trees
- Nadezhda AST as enums
- Exercises
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Parsers
- Domain Specific Language
- Nadezhda
- Exercises
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Random Generation of AST
- Nadezhda
- Generating more complex grammars
- Exercises
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Environment
- Nadezhda
- Exercises
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Evaluate
- Nadezhda
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Fitness
- Nadezhda
- Exercises
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Population
- Nadezhda
- Exercises
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Darwin
- Nadezhda
- Exercises
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A framework for Genetic Programming
- Overview of the framework
- Framework Traits
- Moonlander
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Appendix: Resources
- Workshop
- Download
- Clone
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Appendix: Play the Game
- Online
- Offline
- Appendix: Fast and the Curious
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What to Do
- Tweak Fitness Function
- Bring your own
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Tweak Fitness Function
- Straight Landing
- With a Twist
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AGC
- Description
- Bring your own
- Notes
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