Visual Basic GA String Matching Demo

W.Langdon@cs.ucl.ac.uk . 2 December 1994

This directory contains a Visual Basic, demonstration of the Genetic Algorithm.

In the demo a population of strings evolves to match a target (upper case) string. The demo includes a variety of graphical displays. Most parameters and displays can be changed dynamically as the GA runs, click on things and see what happens!

MATCH can be left running in the background.

Requires a PC running MS Windows but does not require Visual Basic.

• Copy the files in this directory to either a directory on a PC or a floppy disk.
• Double click on SETUP.EXE to install it.
• If MATCH.EXE is more recent than MATCH.EX_ then copy MATCH.EXE from this directory over the top of the one installed by SETUP.
• Use the MS Windows Program manager to pretty up the icon.