Computer Science · Oct / Nov 2023 · Paper 2 HL · Question 8
Adapt for 2027Genetic algorithms, fitness functions and crossover are A4.3.7, but the speech recognition and machine translation parts go beyond the syllabus.
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8. Keyboards with a QWERTY layout are not optimized for typing speed when typing in English. A genetic algorithm is a search heuristic that can be used to search for a near-optimal keyboard layout. A group of random keyboard layouts is used for the initial population.
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