AN APPLICATION OF CYBERNETIC ALGORITHM DESIGN
Leslie P. Jones, Bush Jones · Cybernetics & Systems · 1985
Principles for cybernetic generation of algorithms are applied to a specific problem class in order to gain insight needed for the development of a general design methodology. The principles are formalized and implemented in a working program. Specifically, the family of problems considered consists of those where instances consist of finite sequences of distinct elements chosen from some linearly ordered set and the operation among elements is the comparison. The results obtained with the program indicate that the program can provide many insights into problem solution. Problems inherent in the cybernetic algorithm design process are discussed and applications to other types of problems are suggested.