Genetic Algorithms Engine - Blackjack

This project is a genetic algorithm engine able to be reused for other projects with minimal additional programming. The genetic algorithm engine currently plays many blackjack hands for the fitness function and produces a result similar to blackjack basic strategy. To see it in action, download the zip file and run either:

GABlackjack_Demo.exe     (quick)   or
GABlackjack_Long.exe       (slow, but it achieves better results).

The code was written in C++, using MS Visual Studio 6.0 and MS Visual Source Safe 6.0. The genetic algorithm engine supports various mutation rates, ranked parental selection, stochastic sampling parental selection, cyclic crossover, crossover at each gene, cloning the best individual each generation, and creating random individuals each generation. To use the genetic algorithm engine to search for a different problem's solution, one needs to program a fitness function, the project settings, and a few virtual functions.