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I'm not sure how useful DL is for optimization, but other techniques such as Genetic Algorithms or Simulated Annealing would make more sense, I think.



Indeed. The evolved antenna page has an example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolved_antenna (previously here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18449434).


I saw a NASA Tech Brief from 25 years ago where they did that for a small multi-band satellite antenna. The result looked like a pin cushion someone sat on.


GAs are even more “black magic” than DL




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