For those that like GA's I recommend checking out Cellular evolutionary algorithm ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_evolutionary_algorithm http://en.wikip

For those that like GA's I recommend checking out Cellular evolutionary algorithm ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_evolutionary_algorithm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_evolutionary_algorithm ) It is a GA with the addition that you can only mate with those around you. This tweak significantly improves my GA's.