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# Karoo GP
Karoo GP is an evolutionary algorithm, a Genetic Programming application suite which provides both Symbolic Regression
and Classification analysis. Written in the programming language Python, Karoo GP owes its foundation to the "Field
Guide to Genetic Programming" by Poli, Langdon, McPhee, and Koza.
Karoo GP is an evolutionary algorithm, a genetic programming application suite which provides both symbolic regression
and classification analysis. Karoo GP is a scalable platform with multicore support, designed to readily work with
realworld data. No programming required. As a teaching tool, it enables instructors to share step-by-step how an
evolutionary algorithm arrives to its solution. As a hands-on learning tool, Karoo GP supports rapid, repeatable
experimentation with a simple interface.
Karoo GP provides a transparent interface to the inner workings of Genetic Programming. As a teaching tool, it enables
instructors to showcase, step-by-step, how an evolutionary algorithm arrives to its solution. As a hands-on learning
tool, Karoo GP supports rapid, repeatable experimentation with a simple, no-programming-required interface. Included
with Karoo GP are two executables: an intuitive Text-based User Interface with built-in, real-world test cases, and a
fully scriptable, single-line configuration which provides SciKit Learn-like functionality.
Karoo GP includes an intuitive text-based user interface for desktop applications, a configuration file for readily
repeated server-side execution, a tool which generates randomly constructed subsets of larger datasets, a tool which
normalises datasets, and a toy model which shows the inner workings of multiclass classification.
The Quick Start Tutorial (PDF) offers system requirements, a crash-course in Genetic Programming, and use of Karoo GP
for both the novice and advanced user. Included are a suite of data manipulation tools and example datasets.
The included Quick Start Tutorial (PDF) offers system requirements, a crash-course in Genetic Programming, and use of
Karoo GP for both the novice and advanced user.
Feedback is welcomed.
Karoo GP was developed for Kai Staats’ MSc research at the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), Cape Town, South Africa, and
owes its foundation to the “Field Guide to Genetic Programming” by Poli, Langdon, McPhee, and Koza.
Enjoy!