Mosaics

One of the project's goals is to take an image, mess it up, and let a genetic algorithm figure out how to get it as close as possible to the initial image. Another is to take multiple different images and assemble them in such a way that they overall look like a different image.

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7 days ago
3 min

5/5/21 Finishing, Presentation, and Defense Prep!

Done: It's been the most eventful past two weeks of the semester! I put quite a bit of work into finishing my project (or, as a friend...

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4/19 Selection, Mutation, Crossover, and Initial Cycle Runs!

Aldo Gonzalez

Apr 20
3 min

4/19 Selection, Mutation, Crossover, and Initial Cycle Runs!

Done: It turns out I didn't have to worry about index-searching methods, such as linear or hash. I just had to set a fitness score...

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4/12 First Generation, Fitness Function, and Selection!

Aldo Gonzalez

Apr 13
3 min

4/12 First Generation, Fitness Function, and Selection!

Done: It's been a very eventful week! I am happy to say that my progress now includes significant algorithm additions! First, I got my...

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4/5 Randomizer, Much TK Debugging, and More First Population Ideas

Aldo Gonzalez

Apr 6
2 min

4/5 Randomizer, Much TK Debugging, and More First Population Ideas

Done: Mid-last-week, I reviewed Python lists and loops so I could code a random generator. For each loop pass, I built a string up...

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3/30 Zip, Image Formats, TK Manual Search, and Manual Disk-Saving

Aldo Gonzalez

Mar 31
2 min

3/30 Zip, Image Formats, TK Manual Search, and Manual Disk-Saving

Done: I tested some more slicer functions. Some of those are useless at the moment, but the zip one might be necessary later on for...

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3/26 Set Size, Grid, and Initial Tile Manipulation Testing

Aldo Gonzalez

Mar 27
1 min

3/26 Set Size, Grid, and Initial Tile Manipulation Testing

Done: Re-sizing images! I wanted a consistent 600x400 for now, so I now have it re-size both images using "fit." It took a while to find,...

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Aldo Gonzalez

Mar 23
1 min

3/22 Button Function, Images and Tile Details, and Algorithm Thinking

Done: I made a function that is called when each button is clicked. This function slices the respective image and prints some relevant...

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Aldo Gonzalez

Mar 22
1 min

3/21 Scaling, Second Image, and Buttons

Done: The initial image covers too large a portion of the GUI, so I looked into a scaling option from a Pillow module. It took a bit to...

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Aldo Gonzalez

Mar 22
1 min

3/19 Slicer and More RGB

Done: Two days ago, I tried a few more pixel points to see the color breakdown. This reminded me of 110. Dark blue gave a full B value...

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Aldo Gonzalez

Mar 14
1 min

3/13 GUI and initial image reading

Done: After remembering that I need a virtual environment to do pip installs, I finally got my GUI running using Tkinter (a Python...

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Aldo Gonzalez

Mar 7
3 min

3/4- Brainstorm Session with Classmates & Meeting with Dr. McVey

Brainstorm Session with Classmates Some classmates heard me talk about my fitness function ideas and chimed in with their thoughts. I had...

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Aldo Gonzalez

Mar 3
1 min

3/2- Wrapping up textbook theory & big brainstorm session!

I read chapter 2, and it had great insights into the types of choices I have for the genetic algorithm process. I will summarize a few...

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Aldo Gonzalez

Feb 23
1 min

2/22- Timeline

Here is the first official, visual timeline for the semester. I plan on narrowing down the latter portions later, but that is currently...

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Aldo Gonzalez

Feb 23
1 min

2/18- Mini-Poster Sessions

On Thursday, I discussed with a group of classmates how the app might look and work. The basic idea is that there will be a gradual...

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Aldo Gonzalez

Feb 18
1 min

2/15/21

I met with Dr. McVey, and I asked some questions about the goal of the project. She gave me some other visuals and examples, such as...

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Aldo Gonzalez

Feb 18
1 min

2/13/21

I got a good start on reading the textbook. The first chapter talked about a basic overview of the terms and concepts in genetic...

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Aldo Gonzalez

Feb 11
1 min

2/10/2021

I got my project last week, and I am excited to dive in. The concept itself is new and nebulous because I have to think about what...

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