Ward Systems Group has announced Release 4 of GeneHunter, a powerful software solution for many types of optimization problems. GeneHunter is actually two products in one: an Excel Add-in and a library of genetic optimization functions that you can call from your programs.
New Optimization Method
Release 4 of GeneHunter adds the Evolution Strategy optimization method to the Excel interface . The classic GeneHunter optimization method remains in the program. Evolution Strategy is a variant of genetic algorithms that uses real numbers instead of integers in chromosomes, and therefore does not cross segments of a chromosome, but instead crosses whole chromosomes. The individuals represent potential solutions to a problem. The individuals are tested by a fitness function and the results are used to determine if the individual will be included in the next generation of potential solutions. The Evolution Strategy method is the default optimization method used in NeuroShell Trader. (The Evolution Strategy method is not available in the programming DLL.)
Excel Version Can Run as 64-Bit and Works with Excel 2013
The Excel Add-in is updated to work in both 64-bit as well as 32-bit versions of Excel and Windows, up to and including Excel 2013. The GeneHunter Excel Add-in may now be run as either a 64-bit or 32-bit application in Excel 2013 and 2010. The GeneHunter Add-in continues to run as a 32-bit application in Excel 2003 and Excel 2007. GeneHunter runs under Windows XP, 7, 8, and 8.1 operating systems.
New .NET Programming Examples
Release 4 adds examples for Microsoft .NET versions of C# and VB. The GeneHunter programming toolkit also includes examples written in VB6, MSVC6, and Delphi6.
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GeneHunter vs ChaosHunter
Compared to ChaosHunter, GeneHunter gives you more control over the formula that can solve your problem. For example, you can set up the formula that you believe solves your problem in Excel or in your program, and let GeneHunter evolve numerical values in the formula that meet your fitness function. GeneHunter let's you write your own fitness function, while ChaosHunter lets you choose from a list of optimization goal functions. However, if you don't have a formula that solves your problem, ChaosHunter lets you supply a list of possible inputs and formula functions and ChaosHunter derives the formula for you.
Neural Nets as Fitness Functions
If you don't know the formula for the fitness function in GeneHunter, as long as you have relevant data about the problem you can use the NeuroShell Predictor to create the prediction model and then call that model as a fitness function in either Excel or your program by using the NeuroShell Run-Time Server. The AI Trilogy software program bundles the NeuroShell Predictor, Classifier, and Run-Time Server as well as GeneHunter. Details are at www.wardsystems.com.
Optimization with Multiple Constraints
The GeneHunter Excel Add-in can evolve a solution that meets the requirements of a primary fitness function and at the same time satisfy other constraints that affect the problem. For example, if you're trying to design a manufacturing process that minimizes cost or time, but at the same time maximizes product quality GeneHunter is the tool to use.
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