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evolver

evolver

8.4
A computer program that repeats and changes solutions to find better answers
  • noun
  • /ɪˈvɑlvər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : algoritmo evolutivo
  • This innovative evolver simulates real-world conditions to enhance solution generation.

Examples

  • "If you killed the evolvers that were easily recognized as evolvers and allowed the ones who seemed, to normal humans, like paranoid schizophrenics, to reproduce—"

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Legend's most recent solo album was 2008's Evolver, which debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

    Blog text (22)
  • And they created these evolvers—pieces of software with rudimentary conversational skills—and provided them with the same interface.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • "If you killed the evolvers that were easily recognized as evolvers and allowed the ones who seemed, to normal humans, like paranoid schizophrenics, to reproduce—"

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The software evolver uses genetic algorithms to find solutions to complex problems.

  • Researchers developed a new evolver that improves efficiency in machine learning processes.

Synonyms

optimizer
vsevolver
  • Specialized
1 4.9

A computer method that changes a model to get better results

uses evolutionary processes rather than any general optimization technique
genetic algorithm
vsevolver
  • Specialized
1 6.8

A method that uses ideas from natural selection to find good solutions to hard problems

is a broader system applying evolutionary methods to generate or improve solutions

How Evolutionary

genetic algorithm
  • Specialized
1 6.8
evolver
  • Specialized
8.4
heuristic program
  • Specialized
8.4
backtracking
  • Specialized
1 7.2

Surface Forms

evolver singular
evolvers plural

Morphology

evolver = evolve (transparent) = evolve + er

Productive agentive derivation from the verb 'evolve' applied metaphorically to software/systems that perform evolutionary processes.

Etymology

Evolver comes from evolve and the Latin volvere meaning 'to roll' or 'unfold'. A helpful way to remember the software sense is to think of a program that lets many versions 'evolve' and picks the better ones, so an evolver is a system that produces improved solutions.