Database vs Cards (combined)

[Ken Ray]

David,

If you want a free XML parser for Rev 1.5 and higher, check out the XML
Library at:

  http://www.sonsothunder.com/products/metacard/xmllib.htm

Enjoy!

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Vaughan" <dvk at dvkconsult.com.au>
To: <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: Database vs Cards (combined)


> On Tuesday, Oct 15, 2002, at 03:46 Australia/Sydney, Geoff Canyon wrote:
>
> > At 8:29 PM +1000 10/14/02, David Vaughan wrote:
> snip
> > For 1,000 to 2,000 records, plain text or arrays will be fine. Cards
> > would be too, but I've tried creating stacks with ten thousand cards,
> > and performance suffers. With arrays or text, you can easily go to
> > 10,000 records or so, depending on what your base platform is for
> > deployment. You can stretch arrays and plain text to a few tens of
> > thousands of records with little extra effort, but eventually memory
> > becomes an issue. When that happens is your call.
> > --
> On Tuesday, Oct 15, 2002, at 01:51 Australia/Sydney, Chipp Walters
> wrote:
> snip
> > David, I might try to create an XML database and either write a
> > parser, or
> > (if using 1.5 or greater) use the native XML stuff. If written
> > correctly the
> > first time, it should be reusable for your other projects. I believe
> > the
> > native parser is extremely fast.
> >
> > BTW -- a bit OT, do you have any more info or links to info on the
> > Genetic
> > Algorithm you created recently? I saw your post and it piqued my
> > interest!
> >
>
> Geoff, Chipp
>
> Thanks for your comments. I am comfortable with using arrays,
> structured lists and custom props so I can take that further but I will
> have a look at Chipp's XML thought before I finally go ahead. This is
> not commercial so my only pressure is to relinquish the last thing
> running in HC/Classic. I have 1.5A7 but might wait until I get my eager
> mitts on 2.0 and then decide.
>
> Chipp, re GA
>
> You remind me that Monte is waiting for a further response on the same
> topic (sorry Monte; I had Uni over the weekend; this may answer
> anyway). To gather information I used a Google search on some likely
> keywords and found some informative sites but did not record them. The
> approach I used was itself a selection and combination of approaches
> (how appropriate :-)):
> - Relatively small population (the number of source elements up to
> twice that).
> - 100% replacement after two elites.
> - Best-of-three tournament selection of each mate each mating.
> - Randomised crossover of genes with two children produced
> independently with replacement.
> - Mutation of all factors where total mutation rate is around 0.5-1.5%
> and factor mutated is randomly sub-selected.
> - Mutatory options include replacement by random new individual
> - Clones exterminated and replaced.
>
> Stopping rule is within a user-selected level of precision or when the
> user clicks the Stop button (current generation, generation of last
> change, and current values and discrepancy are updated on screen).
>
> I found this approach robust, effective and quick enough, by which I
> mean seconds to minutes, not hours to overnight. Provided you can
> single-score the result (allowing also weighted combination of factors)
> this will work well for optimisation tasks and produces something
> end-users can employ. I had earlier considered the IP aspects but I am
> pretty well occupied by my day job so I am happy to send a copy of my
> sample stack as acknowledgeware (if you use my ideas, mention it) and
> to provide some assistance if desired.
>
> regards
> David
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Geoff Canyon
> > gcanyon at inspiredlogic.com
> >
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