You're reading from Artificial Intelligence with Python - Second Edition

Product type Book

Published in Jan 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839219535

Pages 618 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Python

Concepts

Artificial Intelligence

Author (1):

Prateek Joshi

Table of Contents (26) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

2. Fundamental Use Cases for Artificial Intelligence

3. Machine Learning Pipelines

4. Feature Selection and Feature Engineering

5. Classification and Regression Using Supervised Learning

6. Predictive Analytics with Ensemble Learning

7. Detecting Patterns with Unsupervised Learning

8. Building Recommender Systems

9. Logic Programming

10. Heuristic Search Techniques

11. Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming

12. Artificial Intelligence on the Cloud

13. Building Games with Artificial Intelligence

14. Building a Speech Recognizer

15. Natural Language Processing

16. Chatbots

17. Sequential Data and Time Series Analysis

18. Image Recognition

19. Neural Networks

20. Deep Learning with Convolutional Neural Networks

21. Recurrent Neural Networks and Other Deep Learning Models

22. Creating Intelligent Agents with Reinforcement Learning

23. Artificial Intelligence and Big Data

24. Other Books You May Enjoy

25. Index

Solving the symbol regression problem

We will see at the end of this chapter the many applications of GAs to a vast amount of industries and domains. From finance to traffic optimization, the applications of GAs are almost endless. For now, though, we continue with another simple example. Let's see how to use genetic programming to solve the symbol regression problem. It is important to understand that genetic programming is not the same as GAs. Genetic programming is a type of evolutionary algorithm in which the solutions occur in the form of computer programs. The individuals in each generation would be computer programs and their fitness level correspond to their ability to solve problems. These programs are modified, at each iteration, using a GA. Genetic programming is the application of a GA.

Coming to the symbol regression problem, we have a polynomial expression that needs to be approximated here. It's a classic regression problem where we try to estimate the underlying...