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by giardini 5362 days ago
Fanboys of the latecomer software Eureqa have been seeking press lately in various venues.

Software like this goes back decades: Lenat's AM and EURISKO, Simon et al's various BACON programs, Koza's genetic programming, Muggleton's excellent ILP softwares, etc. are all examples. Eureqa is based on genetic algorithms, IIRC. Nothing new, but another application, in this case experiment planning.