Interesting. I’ve got some GA and ES (Evolution Strategy) code that I
developed for a class I took a while back. Some of it might be usable.
One thing: I read your informal framework doc and the use of the word
‘Agent’ is a bit confusing. I guess, from the way you’re describing it I
would tend to use the word ‘Individual’ or maybe ‘genotype’. Agent seems
to be an overloaded term in this context (as in ‘intelligent agents’).
Phil
Good point. I hadn’t thought about it that way. Less confusion is always a
bonus 
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I developed some swarm particle code in the past using ruby. We use it for
portfolio optimization.
What is the license of rGenetic?
If it is BSD-like, e.g. allows me to include
this lib in commercial programs I would take the time to add my code to
rGenetic.
I would also help with the drb-port as I personally
need it :-).
Thanks,
-A.
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Armin Roehrl, http://www.approximity.com
We manage risk
Oh please add it (assuming Orion doesn’t mind). I’ve been wanted to
look into swarm code for some time but have not had the chance. A
library in Ruby that did this would be great motivation.
Hm…maybe rGenetic could ‘evolve’ into rBiologic 
Best,
Rich
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On Saturday, July 26, 2003, at 04:44 PM, Armin Roehrl wrote:
I developed some swarm particle code in the past using ruby. We use it
for portfolio optimization.
What is the license of rGenetic?
If it is BSD-like, e.g. allows me to include
this lib in commercial programs I would take the time to add my code
to rGenetic.
I would also help with the drb-port as I personally
need it :-).
Thanks,
-A.
Armin Roehrl, http://www.approximity.com
We manage risk
What’s about LGPL?
Okay, it’s more restrictive, but it also allows you to include this lib
in commercial programs. The only thing you had to do was to say that you’re
using this lib. IMHO there’s also an advantage: LGPL makes sure that the
code you contributed to rGenetic remains free.
So I’d suggest to use the LGPL for rGenetic (if there’s still a choice :-))
Greets,
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In article oprsxqjyfzp9wr6c@mail.xss.de, Armin Roehrl wrote:
What is the license of rGenetic?
If it is BSD-like, e.g. allows me to include
this lib in commercial programs I would take the time to add my code to
rGenetic.
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Volker Grabsch
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