Artificial Intelligence #genetic programming#evolutionary computation
Minimalist Genetic Programming Algorithm Promises Exact Solutions for Symbolic Regression
A new preprint on arXiv introduces Minimalist Genetic Programming (MGP), an algorithm that replaces evolutionary search with a syntactic derivation process inspired by the Minimalist Program in linguistics. MGP uses a binary MERGE operator to incrementally build syntax trees, showing consistent exact results on symbolic regression benchmarks where standard GP often fails due to bloat.
Jun 16, 2026 2 sources