Posted by David on July 27, 2003 at 22:11:53:
In Reply to: Some questions posted by Tom Wilson on July 27, 2003 at 20:11:53:
Tom,
Once a poem reaches a certain number of negative votes it is culled from the population. When there are two empty spaces (out of 1,000), two parents are chosen to breed two new children to fill those vacancies. The parents are chosen at random, but it is weighted by their "fitness" (as determined by positive votes - negative votes.) So a poem with fitness 10 is twice as likely to be chosen as a poem with fitness 5.
--David
: I think this project is fascinating, but I have a few questions about the mechanics. I hope these haven't been answered elsewhere.
: How are poems determined to be unfit? When they receive a certain number of "lose" votes? Are the bottom x percent dropped every so often?
: How many children do each two "breeding" poems have?
: And a suggestion:
: Why are the "breeding" poems selected at random? Shouldn't the top poems -- the ones with the most "win" votes -- be given an advantage?
: Thanks for doing all this work!
: Tom