> 1) How do I save the best-of-generation individual to a file each

> generation (or every N generations)?  My individuals are too large to

> print, and I'd like to do some other things with them after I evolve

> them.

You write your individuals file. You need naming definition like

"simulation"_+"generation"_id.

And you just write your customized individual/population writing method. In

java there are quite

standard ways to write file so kind of don't understand question.



> 2) As mentioned, I'm coevolving Go players.  To see that I'm making

> progress, I'd like to test the best-of-generation individual against

> a random player and against a known good player every so many

> generations.  Is there any easy way to do this?

Aha jou as I also. Just call evolve function between those players you want

to compare and save result for some file.

Traditionally if you really want to see are you individuals progressing in

co-evolution you should have external fitness measuring

function which is not part of evolutive prosess.



t. harri



> FAQ pointers appreciated,

>

> Peter Drake

> Assistant Professor of Computer Science

> Lewis & Clark College

> http://www.lclark.edu/~drake/