I'm leaning toward a coined term like "processing structure." A processing structure is a active in that it does something. It's also open in that it's a structure into which many different things may fit.
Both a list and a genetic algorithm is a processing structure. What do you think? Having written that, what about *active structure*? -- Russ On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Russ Abbott <[email protected]> wrote: > OK. And Java and C# have the Collection Classes. STL and Collecition > Classes name a group. Is there a generic name for a prototypical member of > one of these groupings? The name should also be applicable to generic code > that implements the Genetic Algorithm. > > Perhaps there just isn't such a word. > > -- Russ > > > On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Douglas Roberts <[email protected]>wrote: > >> But not *too* generic. Just generic enough. You seem to be difficult to >> please. >> >> What you appear to be asking for is exactly that the STL brought to C++. >> The Standard Template Library: a completely generic yet well-specified set >> of containers for any kind of data object, providing the ability to >> specialize iterators thus allowing the developer to do whatever he wants to >> the contained data objects. >> >> --Doug >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Russ Abbott <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Glenn, >>> >>> I'm missing the connection between *undecidable *and what I'm asking >>> for.I don't want a property of these things; I want a generic name for them. >>> >>> -- Russ >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 12:42 PM, glen e. p. ropella < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thus spake Russ Abbott circa 09/07/2009 12:14 PM: >>>> > This is to the programmers on this list. >>>> > >>>> > I'm looking for a word that refers generically to software that is >>>> open to >>>> > virtually object in its host language. The best way for me to explain >>>> it is >>>> > with examples. >>>> >>>> How about "undecidable"? Or perhaps "semidecidable"? >>>> >>>> >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decidability_(logic)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decidability_%28logic%29> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://agent-based-modeling.com >>>> >>>> >>>> ============================================================ >>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >>>> >>> >>> >
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