Joey2034
06-24-2002, 10:46 AM
Why are the proteins generated randomly for testing? Wouldn't it go a lot faster and more efficiently if there were some sort of genetic algorithm in place? Like, say, each user has a sample space of 5000 structures, and when they want a new structure, just pick one of the 5000 and change one amino acid in it, or pick two and cross them...then calculate the pseudo-energy, and put the structure into the sample space, then delete the sample with the worst pseudo-energy. I've played around with genetic algorithm programs before, and they seem to do a pretty good job at evolving things with specific goals in mind. The random seed generator seems to me like shooting fish in a barrel, blindfolded, from a few miles away, with a broken trigger finger, and a nervous twitch.