From: Robin Wood <robinwood@genesys.co.uk>
To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: search space
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 18:47:06 +0100
Yup- chunking is critical to rapid evolution- see "Silicon Valley" and "NLP".
Dr Robin Wood
Genetic Systems Ltd
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From: bbenzon@mindspring.com [SMTP:bbenzon@mindspring.com]
Sent: 11 June 1997 02:26
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Subject: search space
>There is an important reason why evolution seems to 'prefer' code -
>it allows a highly complex phenotype to be represented and modified by
>a substantially simpler genotype. This has the advantage of simplifying
>the problem of evolution (smaller search-space), and reducing the no.
>of generations needed to evolve to fit a changing environment.
>
I like this a lot.
William L. Benzon 201.217.1010
708 Jersey Ave. Apt. 2A bbenzon@mindspring.com
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