Re: virus: Level Three-Belief and Utility.

Kevin M O'Connor (kmoprime@juno.com)
Fri, 01 Nov 1996 15:39:25 EST


On Fri, 1 Nov 1996 09:22:59 -0600 (CST) zaimoni@ksu.edu writes:

>Local maxima: points where the gradient of the evaluation function for
>
>relative survival is 0, and all local orthonormal frames have the
>survival function decreasing on all basis vectors. [This is a fancy
>way
>of saying 'locally optimal solutions that Natural selection ends up
>at'.]
>
>If the mutations don't go far enough, they will wipe before finding
>any
>nearby [improved] local maximum.

Kenneth, could you say something more about 'ortholnormal frames'?
That's a tool not in my cognitive tool box.

Take care. -KMO