can genetic algorithm (ga) be used for prediction

can genetic algorithm be used to predict a given data set ???

urgent help needed ...

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

You have asked two different questions, one in your title and one in the body.

Can genetic algorithms be used for prediction? Yes. Depending on the problem and on how the processing is done, the success rate could vary from 0% to 100%.

Can genetic algorithms be used to predict a given data set? No. By definition, if a value is already known ahead of time, any calculation involving it is not a prediction.

[Saikath Bhattacharya]

thanx walter... actually i m interested in prediction...

so how to proceed

[Walter Roberson]

Treat it like a neural network problem: present an input and have it figure out plausible methods, present another input and have it figure out a plausible method for that, etc. Eventually you end up with a set of algorithms and weights that you can feed data through (without feedback) to model plausible scenarios under the conditions represented by the data.

[Saikath Bhattacharya]

sorry walter to distrub u again .... whts d difference between prediction and forcasting coz in my thsis i have to predict the next location of a mobile host

[Walter Roberson]

I don't have an answer to that question. At the moment, there is nothing that comes to mind about how you might use genetic algorithms for that task (I am somewhat distracted with other matters this week.)

[Saikath Bhattacharya]

no problem walter... thanx a lot for solving my queries .. :)