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Computers > Artificial Intelligence > Genetic Programming > Applications > Evolving a Keyboard Layout
Evolving a Keyboard Layout
Submitted 2005-12-20 09:53:35 by psiolent
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Section: Applications
I ran across this page that describes one person's attempt to use evolutionary computation to create an ideal keyboard layout. This page asks the question if the QWERTY keyboard layout that most people use (as well as the DVORAK layout a few use) is really optimal, and how much can it be improved.
The web page sums up the experiment thusly: "But Dvorak designed his layout in the 1930's without the aid of computers. It contains a couple annoying features that lead to common errors in my typing -- namely the placement of Y and B). Could a modern evolutionary algorithm and a huge input sample discover a better arrangement? I had to give it a try. The results surprised me!"
It appears the experiment is still a work in progress, and the results continue to be refined as the experiments evolve (no pun intended). This is a great application of genetic algorithms. The evaluation function that the page describes is a little less than scientific, and that may be the only thing holding the experiment back, but as I said, it continues to evolve.
I think I'll keep checking back to watch the progress. |
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