Demo for Fullstack Academy tech talk that visualizes solving the Traveling Salesperson Problem with a genetic algorithm in 5 mins.
Check out population.js and individual.js for the bulk of the algorithm. The front-end ticking + drawing logic gets a little hairy but check out index.js + utils.js if you would like to.
Check out notes.txt for a few example configurations (I recommend keeping mutation very low)!
Inspiration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP8R0yzAbdo