Jim: First, a meme cannot be modelled in the same way a superficial data string can be.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetic_algorithm In the lingua of MA a meme is a strategy; individuals within populations are recombined. In PAM-P2 a solution is an individual, and solutions do undergo recombination and mutation during regulation and compensation. ~PM. ------------- The wikipedia definition of memetics was interesting. Assuming that I can make a pretty good guess about how your idea of memetic recombination might work, I would say that your imagined usage of the method has some serious problems. First, a meme cannot be modelled in the same way a superficial data string can be so the comparison of memetic algorithms to recombination in genetic algorithms seems fanciful. Secondly the idea that the attributes of a concept might be clearly differentiated in an automated system that is able to learn and then used to clearly integrate different ideas seems unlikely. I do not think the concept is impossible, I think that it is complicated. It is a problem of complexity. You mentioned that you thought you can avoid complexity by using many small search problems. Although I cannot point to this or that study which can drive this point home, I do feel that there is ample evidence that domain restricted learning has not worked in AI just because we need to use concepts outside of the domain in order to understand those concepts which are strongly within the domain. (By the way, here is where an imagined efficiency of using weighted evaluations can really turn to nonsense. You can't eliminate the need to look outside the domain to determine meaning or relevance just by putting a numerical value on how much a meme belongs to a particular domain.) Jim Bromer ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
