Clever Algorithms: Nature-Inspired Programming Recipes

Post by huherto » Thu, Jan 27, 2011, 12:13 AM UTC

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The author is this Australian academic: http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/personal/jbrownlee/

I am no longer an academic. I had a go at the startup thing and am now a PhD surviving in industry :) The book has been released (today!) as a paperback, free PDF and free online. You may also fork the content on github if your keen: https://github.com/jbrownlee/CleverAlgorithms I'm happy to answer any questions. Some guff from the back cover of the book: Implementing an Artificial Intelligence algorithm is difficult…

Post by cuttinedg » Tue, Feb 01, 2011, 9:46 PM UTC

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Curious as to what kind of profit you're getting seeing as this is through Lulu... would like to support your efforts, is purchasing through Lulu the ideal way? (Also curious as to the quality of their prints, I've heard in the past that code samples can be fuzzy, but I suppose that would be on a per book basis, and have not directly observed this myself)

Spreading the word is probably the best way to support the project, thanks for asking. Buying a paperback results in a few bucks royalty for me - which is nice - but will never pay for my time on this (not the point anyway). I have two proof copies sitting here on my desk - the code does not look fuzzy to me, but as you allude, LuLu subcontracts to local printers and paperbacks may vary by region.

Post by jasonb05 » Sun, Feb 06, 2011, 11:50 PM UTC

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Spreading the word is probably the best way to support the project, thanks for asking. Buying a paperback results in a few bucks royalty for me - which is nice - but will never pay for my time on this (not the point anyway). I have two proof copies sitting here on my desk - the code does not look fuzzy to me, but as you allude, LuLu subcontracts to local printers and paperbacks may vary by region.

I work as a developer at Lulu. I had forwarded this to my colleagues and asked around and the general consensus is that code should not be look fuzzy. If the source image is fuzzy (say a screen shot of code vs fixed width font) then it would end up being fuzzy in print. You book has been marked as a staff-pick now. Hoping that this will help in spreading the word.