Re: [boost] [GSOC] Thoughts about a metaheuristic library

Subject: Re: [boost] [GSOC] Thoughts about a metaheuristic library
From: Andrew Sutton (asutton.list_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-27 18:57:05

Hi,

> I'm thinking about proposing a library of genetic algorithms for this GSOC
> and wondered what the community thinks about it.
> The main idea is to provide a in extensible set of classes that a user can
> easily implement a GA without difficulty.

I'm also curious to see what the community thinks about this. I know
there have been a couple of similar C++ projects over the years
(GALib, Evolving Objects), but I don't think that they have been
terribly successful. On the other hand the field of metaheuristic
search is pretty active (academically, anyways).

This is definitely not a summer-long task, but I think could make a
nice Boost Library, in the long run.

Let's see what others say.

Andrew