cs4XX

CS 4XX: Evolutionary Computation

The course can be found here

Class covering:

• General evolutionary computation things
• Problem-solving with evolutionary computation
• Genetic algorithms
• Genetic programming
• Swarm intelligence
• EC operators
• Representations
• Selection strategies
• Fitness functions
• Multi-objective optimization
• Current trends in EC

The course is designed to be an upper year undergraduate/graduate level course that assumes sufficient expertise in data structures and algorithms. Experience with AI, machine learning, and data analysis is an asset but not required.

Setup

Windows

Have administrative privileges and run from cmd

python -m venv --clear --prompt cs340 venv
venv\Scripts\activate.bat
pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
pip install --editable .

Bash

python3.10 -m venv --clear --prompt cs340 venv
. venv/bin/activate
pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
SETUPTOOLS_ENABLE_FEATURES="legacy-editable" pip install --editable .

Formatter

format # just type this

Unit Tests

python -m unittest # May need python3

Build

sphinx-build -b html "$SOURCEDIR" "$OUTPUTDIR"

Contribute

Check out the CONTRIBUTING guidelines.