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A -- PARALLEL GENETIC ALGORITHM LIBRARY SOFTWARE AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING POC Paul Betten, (630) 252-4962 Nonexclusive commercial licenses are now available to include or embed the Parallel Genetic Algorithm Package (PGAPack) Version 1.0 library into commercial software. PGAPack is unique, general-purpose, and data-structure-neutral. It has a number of advantages, including that it is readily portable to parallel (or serial) computer architectures and saves the effort associated with no building a library "from scratch". In addition, it has been used extensively, and user feedback has provided numerous improvements that have been incorporated into PGAPack, thus correcting "bugs" and adding features. PGAPack is user-friendly, and provides most capabilities desired in a genetic algorithm library, in an integrated, seamless, and portable manner. Key features include the following: It is callable from Fortran or C and runs on uniprocessors, parallel computers, and workstation networks, with multiple levels of access. It has a parameterized population replacement; multiple crossover, mutation and selection operators; and easy integration of hill-climbing heuristics. It's debugging facilities are extensive, and it includes a large set of example problems and detailed users guide. The software is available for scientific R&D use with no right to sublicense or embed the code in commercial products. Software details are provided at http://www.mcs.anl.gov/home/levine/PGAPack/index.html. (0175)

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