[ashtonkem]

I’ve been noodling away on this related question:

Given that sub factories in Factorio can be graded numerically on units/s output, and given that Factorio has a built in blueprint system, could one use ML to automatically create the most efficient blueprint possible for a given output?

[kortex]

Probably. The ratios are well known and easy to compute but it gets interesting with upgrade modules and effect transmitters. So you can for example trade power consumption for higher throughput. But belts only support so much throughput so you can only feed an area with so much resources, so you chain assemblers with direct insertion.

This would be a great application for ML or genetic programming.