Re: DM: Genetic Algorithms

[Stephen Landry]

On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, Ron Hartman wrote:

> There's been a lot of "buzz" about using Genetic Algorithms in Data 
>Mining 
> Applications.
> 1.) Can anyone share their experiences using these techniques to 
>solve 
>     business problems, especially in direct marketing applications?
> 2.) Are they ready for "Prime Time"?  (are there any significant 
>risks?)
> 3.) What are good resources to further my knowledge?

You should post to the comp.ai.genetic newsgroup, although I do not 
recall
any discussions on data mining, and it is not mentioned in the FAQ.  
GAs
are very ready for "Prime Time" for NP-Hard optimization problems, 
such as
scheduling, TSP (the Traveling Salesman Problem) and other, mainly 
combinatorial, optimization problems.  The GA-digest and the Genetic
Algorithms Archive are maintained at the Navy Center for Applied 
Research 
in Artificial Intelligence (http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/galist/).  
There
are also links to other resources there, including the FAQ.

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Stephen Landry                   
land3902@mstr.hgc.edu