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From: reaper@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dan Michaeloff)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets
Subject: Core Wars
Summary: was "mule dna" created using ga?
Keywords: core wars, genetic algorithms, ga, mule dna
Message-ID: <1991May29.001505.12073@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 29 May 91 00:15:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: leland.1991May29.001505.12073
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
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   I am using a GA to evolve a Core Wars fighter program, using tournaments
against past contest winners to measure goodness.  However, one of the '88
finalists, "Mule DNA" by Douglas McDaniels of the US, looks like it may have
been created by a GA, as it contains many seemingly arbitrary constants.
However, it seems to consist of repeated segments.

   Does anyone know more on this?  Has anyone applied GAs to Core Wars?
Is this the right newsgroup for this?

   Thanks,
      --Dan Michaeloff  (djm@neon.stanford.edu)