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RE: Sex As An Algorithm: Surprising Insights into Evolution from Computer Science and Game Theory
It is interesting, but from what I could read from the article is that they came up with a contrived problem space and then were surprised that it already matched an algorithm. I think we need to keep in mind the No free lunch in search and optimization.
They did hand-wave a little when they got to the part about how MWU gets in there as an update function. It's not clear whether it's "the solution" or "a solution." Whether the strategy is guided by MWU or some equivalent method, though, I think their insights about optimizing for diversity are interesting.
Thanks for the pointer to the No free lunch theorem. That is interesting and I wasn't aware of it. Although, I wonder if it applies here, because it says:
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Missed the quote thanks