>>> GENlib <<< (former genetic.lib) Welcome to the wonderful world of Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks! Here you'll find a library of functions to work with Genetic Algorithms together with two applications of this library on the field of neural networks. The first one called "cosine" uses a genetic algorithm to train a simple three layer Feed-Forward network to work as a cosine-function. This task is very difficult to train for a Backprop-Algorithm while the Genetic Algorithm produces good results. The second one called "vartop" is developing a Neural Network to perform the XOR-function. This is done with two Genetic Algorithms, the first one develops the topology of the network, the second one adjusts the weigths. This software is copyrigth by me, please check the LICENSE file and the preamble of each source file for the license agreement. The use in a corporate environment depends on my written permission, please contact me prior to download. Attention !!! Attention !!! Attention This may be very unusual, but the ftp-log of this server will be checked! And every requester of the software coming from a domain not recognized as beeing "academic" WILL GET MAIL from me. In the case that you access this server through a commericial net provider, but intend to use the software for research, drop me a note. In the case that your domain doesn't match the domains in the EDU_DOMAIN file in this directory, drop me a note! You may contact me at: FG Neuronale Netzwerke / Uni Kassel Jochen Ruhland Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40 D-34132 Kassel jochenr@neuro.informatik.uni-kassel.de Tel: +49-561-804-4376 FAX: -4244 You may fetch the latest version of this software at: ftp.neuro.informatik.uni-kassel.de in the directory /pub/NeuralNets/GA-and-NN version: 0.1a (fixed the leading spaces in some makefiles) The current version is: 0.1b (baby has a name : GENlib) The current date is: July, 29th 1994 (date will not change for this)