On Sun, Jan 19, 2025 at 06:03:49PM +0000, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> On 1/19/25 09:39, Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk wrote:
>
> > What happened to them? They're everywhere in academic papers. They've
> > become an easy way to get published. Nowadays they make up so many bio-
> > inspired variations of these algorithms that I think that they are going
> > to run out of animal names to assign to them. Most of these publications
> > are thrash, but there are a handful of genuine applications.
>
> I recall reading that behavior predictions made by genetic algorithms
> would enable one to corner the US stock market. Of course, that was
> before 2008.
That, of course, includes the bold assumption that the stock market is
entirely rational. As the saying goes: Bold strategy, that.
Kind regards,
Alex.
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"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison
