This paper proposes an improvement of a new general approach for optimization algorithms in the Evolutionary Computation field. The approach is inspired by the Selfish Gene Theory, an interpretation of the Darwinian theory given by the biologist Richard Dawkins, in which the basic element of evolution is the gene, rather than the individual. The paper analyses the performances of this algorithm...

Our genome has evolved to perpetuate itself through the maintenance of the species via an uninterrupted chain of reproductive somas. Accordingly, evolution is not concerned with diseases occurring after the soma's reproductive stage. Following Richard Dawkins, we would like to reassert that we indeed live as disposable somas, slaves of our germline genome, but could soon start rebelling against...

Oxford zoologist, Richard Dawkins1 has described his journeys through a genetic cyberspace where he models the evolution of organisms he calls "biomorphs." Each biomorph is a small graphic image drawn by a recursive subdivision algorithm that is driven by a numeric vector. Dawkins likens this vector to a genetic code. In each new generation, biomorphs are bred by causing small random mutations ...

Purchasing a product on the Web is difficult as the product space is gigantic, users often have difficulty specifying what they want, and current systems do not help users leam as they explore the space. The idea in this thesis is to utilize a genetic algorithm to efficiently navigate this hyperspace. From examples, product specifications can be inferred and used to explain the functioning of t...

Critics of the conventional theory of biological evolution have asserted that while natural processes might result in some limited diversity, nothing fundamentally new can arise from “random” evolution. In response, biologists such as Richard Dawkins have demonstrated that a computer program can generate a specific short phrase via evolution-like iterations starting with random gibberish. While...

Bibliografia Bricmont Jean, Sokal Alan David, Modne bzdury. O nadużywaniu pojęć z zakresu nauk ścisłych przez postmodernistycznych intelektualistów, Pejzaże Myśli, Prószyński i S-ka 2004. Zobacz w Google Scholar Dawkins Richard, Ślepy zegarmistrz czyli Jak ewolucja dowodzi, że świat nie został zaplanowany, przeł. Antoni Hoffman, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, Warszawa 1997. Samolubny gen, Marek...

In December 1993 the Federal treasurer, John Dawkins, announced he was leaving politics after his budget received a tough public reception and a mauling in the Senate. At his farewell drinks, as described by journalist, Laura Tingle, Dawkins called himself a politician of the 1980s ‘when you acted first and explained yourself later’. It was a melodramatic view. Yet Dawkins had a point. The powe...

The English Dominican Herbert McCabe highlighted some ideas of Thomas Aquinas on the knowability of God and on creation, which can usefully challenge some widespread commonplaces. The purposes of this article are two: to present McCabe’s sophisticated doctrine on the knowability of God and on creation in a systematic way, and to put this doctrine into its historical context. In the scattered an...