Re: Eureqa @ Cornell Computational Synthesis Laboratory

Posted by Marcus G. Daniels on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Eureqa-Cornell-Computational-Synthesis-Laboratory-tp4128205p4128495.html

One issue is whether you can even rationalize a non-linear or
discontinuous answer, should one fit your data perfectly and predict new
data accurately...

What symbolic regression adds over ordinary [linear] regression is the
ability to *find* programs (equations if you like) that involve software
constructs that aren't analytically tractable.   Loops, recursive
functions, complicated conditionals, etc.

(I haven't used Eureqa per se, but I have implemented genetic
programming algorithms.)

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