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How Genetic Algorithms Have Helped in Computational Problem Solving

[Note: you can download a Genetic Algorithm Demo program to go with this article (Mac, Win, Linux). This is explained later on.] In the last installment of this blog, I talked about how an improved understanding of the way in which biological systems handle complex decision making can be used to design computational approaches to […]
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How living systems have helped in the evolution of computational problem solving

Today, we are being deluged with an enormous amount of biological data. Web sites abound that have genomes, gene expression data, transcription factor data, phylogenetic data, and the list goes on. The Genomes OnLine Database currently lists 6,423 genomes. They also list 249 metagenomes, which are “genomes” from whole microbial communities [1]. NCBI has a […]
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