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Why has research on genetic algorithms slowed?

While discussing some intro level topics today, including the use of genetic algorithms; I was told that research has really slowed in this field. The reason given was that most people are focusing on ...
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Data structure for storing edges of a graph

I'm currently working on my masters thesis, and it's about clustering on graphs. I'm working with an idea using ants to solve the problem. I'm currently working on the implementation and am wondering ...
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Is there any example of automatas (or similar) systems that emerge complex internal structures on its own?

Automatas are turing-complete grid-based systems with progression rules on which we can encode arbitrarily complex structures. For example, this is a "glider gun" on Conway's Game of Life: Due to ...
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