[Biopython-dev] Deprecating Bio.GA (Genetic Algorithms)?

[Peter Cock]

Hello all,

Does anyone know what would be the most appropriate Python
Genetic Algorithms package we could recommend as part of
deprecating the Bio.GA module?

How about Distributed Evolutionary Algorithms in Python (DEAP)?
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/deap

There are a few others mentioned here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16739118/genetic-algorithms-and-multi-objectives-optimization-on-python-libraries-tools

Peter

On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Brad Chapman <chapmanb at 50mail.com> wrote:
>
> Peter;
> Definitely, the genetic algorithms code is in the same place. If we wanted to
> remove/deprecate it and point at something else that would be totally fine,
> Brad
>
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>> Thanks Brad,
>>
>> Does the same apply to Bio.GA which dates from the same time?
>> i.e. You wrote the original genetic algorithms code in 2001, but
>> other than cross-over code from Dan Vogel in 2002, it has only
>> received maintenance updates like style changes and fixes for
>> Python 3 compatibility.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 1:33 PM, Brad Chapman <chapmanb at 50mail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Adil and Peter;
>>> Thanks for looking at the NeuralNetwork code. I did write this and used it for
>>> a project back then, but I'm sure it is completely out of date with best
>>> practices and there are better libraries to use.
>>>
>>> I'd be happy to if y'all wanted to deprecate/remove it and suggest or build
>>> off an alternative implementation that is more up to date. Thanks again,
>>> Brad
>>>