evolutionary algorithm

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noun

computing a computer program that is designed to evolve and improve in response to input

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Words nearby evolutionary algorithm

evoked potential, evoked response, evolute, evolution, evolutionary, evolutionary algorithm, evolutionary biology, evolutionary fitness, evolutionary medicine, evolutionary psychology, evolutionist

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How to use evolutionary algorithm in a sentence

For his tireless assault on evolutionary biology and downsizing the deity to fit within science, I give Meyer second place.
2014: Revenge of the Creationists|Karl W. Giberson|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To regain their relevancy, Democrats need to go back to their evolutionary roots.
Time to Bring Back the Truman Democrats|Joel Kotkin|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It combines pickup techniques supposedly inspired by evolutionary psychology with self-help pseudoscience.
The Secret World of Pickup Artist Julien Blanc|Brandy Zadrozny|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Today we will learn the algorithm for receiving presents,” the instructor tells her students.
Russia’s Gold Digger Academy|Peter Pomerantsev|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

This change was relatively rapid in evolutionary terms, and a lot of diverse critters came out of it.
Why Did It Take So Long For Complex Life To Evolve On Earth? Blame Oxygen.|Matthew R. Francis|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The creation doctrine is as old almost as thinking man; the evolutionary doctrine belongs in effect to our own generation.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
With the scientific world, of course, its victory was speedy; the new doctrine was in line with recognized evolutionary teaching.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
We, ourselves, scientists tell us, are the result of a long series of evolutionary development.
Tyranny of God|Joseph Lewis
If anything the evolutionary deity is more objectionable than the older one.
Theism or Atheism|Chapman Cohen
The fossil record of the kangaroo rats is so scanty that one can but speculate on the evolutionary sequence.
Speciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii|Henry W. Setzer