CS 495 Fall 1998
SYLLABUS
CS 495 Genetic Algorithms
Syllabus September
3, 1998
Instructor: Jeffrey Horn, email:
jhorn@nmu.edu
office: 161D West Science Building
phone: 227-1607
Office Hours: Mon-Fri (except Tue) 8-10am,
2-5pm , other times by appointment
Textbook: Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization, and Machine
Learning, by David E. Goldberg
Classroom: 290 West Science
Meeting Times: 1:00 pm M, W, Th, Fr
Prerequisites: CS 122
Our web page: http://aki.nmu.edu/Classes/GA
(I will use the web page EXTENSIVELY, posting
everything I can up there as soon as possible. This includes all
electronic forms of handouts, assignments, solutions, sample tests, etc.
Also I will post announcements, links to interesting, topic-related sites,
etc. So please check our page regularly! At the very least,
once a week.)
TOPICS:
GRADING:
10%
10% Instructor's discretion
COMPUTING FACILITIES:
One of the goals of this course is exposure to the Unix operating system
and program development environment. Toward that end, we will use
the PCs running Linux (free Unix for the Intel processors) in our PC Lab
(WS 160). Everyone should feel free to use any development environment
(e.g., Code Warrior on a Mac) that they wish, but I will only provide "support"
for the Unix-based C++ compilers (e.g., gcc). These machines have
a GUI (the Unix X windows environment) but we will use mostly a text based
interface (e.g., the command line, simple text editors such as "pico" or
"vi", etc.), so that program development can be done via a simple terminal
emulation from anywhere on the internet by remotely logging in to the PCs
in WS 160. This will allow you to access the UNIX programming environment
outside of lab hours (generally 8am-5pm M-F).
NOTE: If you have a need for disability-related
accommodations or services,
please inform the Coordinator of Disability Services in the Disability
Services Office at 405 Cohodas (227-1550). Reasonable and effective
accommodations and services will be provided to students if requests
are
made in a timely manner, with appropriate documentation, in accordance
with
federal, state, and University guidelines.