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But how do you know you’re in the right area? You could be linearly improving a really terrible solution, whereas random chance could take you somewhere complet
by MagicMoonlight 3y ago
But how do you know you’re in the right area? You could be linearly improving a really terrible solution, whereas random chance could take you somewhere completely new and better.
- mcv 3y agoI have no research to back this up, but I'd expect that the more unknown and unpredictable your problem and search space are, the bigger the benefit of an evolutionary approach. But it's never going to be efficient; it's inherently incredibly inefficient. It only really makes sense when no other method will work.