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evolutionary algorithm

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noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The researchers tested the performance of the neural network by using an evolutionary algorithm to train it to distinguish between German and English texts.

From Science Daily Oct. 23, 2023

An evolutionary algorithm produces variations based on the assistance profiles that those earlier users preferred, and then the predictor -- a neural network -- ranked those assistance profiles.

From Science Daily Oct. 18, 2023

The expectation was that the evolutionary algorithm would discover images that most faithfully represented cheetahness, the Platonic idea of a cheetah.

From Scientific American Nov. 2, 2015

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