Q20: What EA software packages are available?
This gives a list of all known EA software packages available to the
public. The list was originally maintained by Nici Schraudolph. In
June '93 it was agreed that it would be incorporated into this FAQ
and the responsibility for maintenance taken over by the FAQ editor.
A copy of most of the packages described below are kept at ENCORE,
(See Q15.3), available by anonymous FTP.
Most GENETIC PROGRAMMING software is archived by Jim McCoy
<mccoy@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu>. Available by FTP in:
ftp.cc.utexas.edu:/pub/genetic-programming/ directory there are
subdirectories containing papers related to GP, archives of the
mailing list, as well as a suite of programs for implementing GP.
These programs include the Lisp code from Koza's "Genetic
Programming" [KOZA92], as well as implementations in C and C++, as
for example SGPC: Simple Genetic Programming in C by Walter Alden
Tackett and Aviram Carmi <gpc@ipld01.hac.com>.
A survey paper entitled "Genetic Algorithm Programming Environments"
was published in IEEE Computer in the February 1994 issue. Written
by Filho, Alippi and Treleaven of University College, London, UK.
It's available by FTP as
bells.cs.ucl.ac.uk:/papagena/game/docs/gasurvey.ps
PLEASE NOTE
For many of these software packages, specific ordering instructions
are given in the descriptions below (see Q20.1, Q20.2, Q20.3).
Please read and follow them before unnecessarily bothering the listed
author or contact! Also note that these programs haven't been
independently tested, so there are no guarantees of their quality.
A major revision was undertaken in August 1994, when all authors were
contacted, and asked to confirm the accuracy of the information
contained here. A few authors did not respond to the request for
information. These are noted below by: (Unverified 8/94). In these
cases, FTP address were checked by the FAQ editor, to confirm that
this information (at least) is correct. In two cases, email to the
author bounced back as "undeliverable" -- these are noted below.
Legend
Type (this is a very ad-hoc classification)
GE: generational GA
SS: steady-state GA
PA: (pseudo) parallel GA
ES: evolution strategy
OO: object-oriented
XP: expert system
ED: educational/demo
CF: classifier system
OS Operating System; X11 implies Unix; "Win" means Microsoft
Windows 3.x/NT (PC); "DOS" means MS-DOS or compatibles.
Lang Programming Language; in parentheses: source code not included;
"OPas" = MPW Object Pascal
Price
(1) free to government contractors, $221 otherwise, (2)
educational discount available, (3) available as addendum to a
book, (4) single 1850 DM, site license 5200 DM, (5) single 200
DM, site license 500 DM, (6) free for academic and educational
use.
Author or Contact
given as Internet e-mail address if possible
ES/GA/XP System Implementations:
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Name Type OS Lang Price Author/Contact
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BUGS GE, X11, C free Joshua Smith
ED Suntools <jrs@media.mit.edu>
DGenesis GE, Unix C free Erick Cantu-Paz
PA,ED <ecantu@lamport.rhon.itam.mx>
DOUGAL SS, DOS Turbo free Brett Parker
GE Pascal <b.s.parker@durham.ac.uk>
ESCaPaDE ES Unix C free Frank Hoffmeister <hoffmeister@
ls11.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
Evolution GE, DOS C free Hans-Michael Voigt and
Machine ES Joachim Born
<voigt@max.fb10.tu-berlin.de>
GAC, GE Unix C free Bill Spears
GAL " " Lisp " <spears@aic.nrl.navy.mil>
GAGA GE Unix C free Jon Crowcroft
<jon@cs.ucl.ac.uk>
GAGS GE, Unix, C++ free JJ Merelo
SS,OO DOS <jmerelo@kal-el.ugr.es>
GALOPPS GE, Unix, C free Erik Goodman
PA DOS <goodman@egr.msu.edu>
GAMusic ED Win (Visual $10 Jason H. Moore
Basic) <jhm@superh.hg.med.umich.edu>
GANNET GE, Unix C free Darrell Duane
NN <dduane@fame.gmu.edu>
GAucsd GE Unix C free Nici Schraudolph
<GAucsd-request@cs.ucsd.edu>
GA GE, DOS (C++) free Mark Hughes
Workbench ED <mrh@i2ltd.demon.co.uk>
GECO GE, Unix, Lisp free George P. W. Williams, Jr.
OO,ED MacOS <george@hsvaic.hv.boeing.com>
Genesis GE, Unix, C free John Grefenstette
ED DOS <gref@aic.nrl.navy.mil>
GENEsYs GE Unix C free Thomas Baeck <baeck@
ls11.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
GenET SS, Unix, C free Cezary Z. Janikow
ES,ED X, etc. <janikow@radom.umsl.edu>
Genie GE Mac Think free Lance Chambers
Pascal <pstamp@yarrow.wt.uwa.edu.au>
Genitor SS Unix C free Darrell Whitley
<whitley@cs.colostate.edu>
GENlib SS Unix, C (6) Jochen Ruhland <jochenr@
DOS neuro.informatik.uni-kassel.de>
GENOCOP GE Unix C free Zbigniew Michalewicz
<zbyszek@uncc.edu>
GIGA SS Unix C free Joe Culberson
<joe@cs.ualberta.ca>
GPEIST GP Win, Small- free Tony White
OS/2 talk <arpw@bnr.ca>
Imogene GP Win C++ free Harley Davis
<davis@ilog.fr>
LibGA GE, Unix/DOS C free Art Corcoran
SS,ED NeXT/Amiga <corcoran@wiltel.com>
LICE ES Unix, C free Joachim Sprave
DOS <joe@ls11.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
Matlab-GA GE ? Matlab free ?
mGA GE Unix C, free Dave Goldberg
Lisp <goldberg@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu>
PARAGenesis PA, CM C* free Michael van Lent
GE <vanlent@eecs.umich.edu>
PGA PA, Unix, C free Peter Ross
SS,GE etc. <peter@aisb.ed.ac.uk>
SGA-C, GE Unix C free Robert E. Smith
SGA-Cube nCube <rob@comec4.mh.ua.edu>
Splicer GE Mac, C (1) Steve Bayer
X11
TOLKIEN OO, Unix, C++ free Anthony Yiu-Cheung Tang
GE DOS <tang028@cs.cuhk.hk>
WOLF SS Unix C free David Rogers
<drogers@msi.com>
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Classifier System Implementations:
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Name Type OS Lang Price Author/Contact
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CFS-C CF, Unix/DOS C free Rick Riolo
ED <rlr@merit.edu>
SCS-C CF, Unix/DOS C free Joerg Heitkoetter
ED Atari TOS <joke@Germany.EU.net>
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Commercial Packages:
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Name Type OS Lang Price Author/Contact
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Computer- ED, Win ? $10 Scott Kennedy, Axcelis Inc.
Ants GA <72723.3614@compuserve.com>
EnGENEer OO, X11 C ? George Robbins,
GA Logica Cambridge Ltd.
EvoFrame/ OO, Mac, C++/ (4,2) Optimum Software
REALizer ES DOS OPas (5,2) <optimum@applelink.apple.com>
Evolver GE DOS, (C, $349 Scott Kennedy, Axcelis Inc.
Mac Pascal) <72723.3614@compuserve.com>
GAME OO, X11 C++ (3) Jose R. Filho
GA <zeluiz@cs.ucl.ac.uk>
MicroGA/ OO, Mac, C++ $249 Emergent Behavior, Inc.
Galapagos SS Win (2) <emergent@aol.com>
Omega ? DOS ? ? David Barrow, KiQ Ltd.
OOGA OO, Mac, Lisp $60 Lawrence Davis
GE DOS
PC/Beagle XP DOS ? 69UKP Richard Forsyth
XpertRule/XP DOS (Think 995UKP Attar Software
GenAsys Pascal)
XYpe SS Mac (C) $725 Ed Swartz, Virtual Image Inc.
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