You're reading from Hands-On Genetic Algorithms with Python Apply genetic algorithms to solve real-world AI and machine learning problems

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781805123798

Length 418 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Jupyter

Concepts

Data Science

Author (1):

Eyal Wirsansky

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Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: The Basics of Genetic Algorithms

2. Chapter 1: An Introduction to Genetic Algorithms FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Understanding the Key Components of Genetic Algorithms

4. Part 2: Solving Problems with Genetic Algorithms

5. Chapter 3: Using the DEAP Framework

6. Chapter 4: Combinatorial Optimization

7. Chapter 5: Constraint Satisfaction

8. Chapter 6: Optimizing Continuous Functions

9. Part 3: Artificial Intelligence Applications of Genetic Algorithms

10. Chapter 7: Enhancing Machine Learning Models Using Feature Selection

11. Chapter 8: Hyperparameter Tuning of Machine Learning Models

12. Chapter 9: Architecture Optimization of Deep Learning Networks

13. Chapter 10: Reinforcement Learning with Genetic Algorithms

14. Chapter 11: Natural Language Processing

15. Chapter 12: Explainable AI, Causality, and Counterfactuals with Genetic Algorithms

16. Part 4: Enhancing Performance with Concurrency and Cloud Strategies

17. Chapter 13: Accelerating Genetic Algorithms – the Power of Concurrency

18. Chapter 14: Beyond Local Resources – Scaling Genetic Algorithms in the Cloud

19. Part 5: Related Technologies

20. Chapter 15: Evolutionary Image Reconstruction with Genetic Algorithms

21. Chapter 16: Other Evolutionary and Bio-Inspired Computation Techniques

22. Index

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Using the DEAP Framework

In this chapter – as promised – the real fun begins! You will be introduced to Distributed Evolutionary Algorithms in Python (DEAP) – a powerful and flexible evolutionary computation framework capable of solving real-life problems using genetic algorithms. After a brief introduction, you will get acquainted with two of its main modules – the creator and the toolbox – and learn how to create the various components needed for the genetic algorithm flow. We will then write a Python program that solves the OneMax problem – the Hello World of genetic algorithms – using the DEAP framework. This will be followed by a more concise version of the same program, where we’ll take advantage of the built-in algorithms of the framework. We’ve saved the best for the last part of this chapter, where we will be experimenting with various settings of the genetic algorithm we created and discover the effects of our...