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Every time a new slang word gets coined on the Internet, linguist Adam Aleksic is thrilled. “It’s definitely good for me in that I stay in business,” says Aleksic, who studies the origins of words and ...
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Abstract: This paper deals with genetic algorithm implementation in Python. Genetic algorithm is a probabilistic search algorithm based on the mechanics of natural selection and natural genetics. In ...
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