Summary Log

August - September 1996

• review of available material
• initial plans possible components

October 1996

• problem definition
• statement of requirements
• component design

November 1996

• external specification
• component design
• first summary of genetic algorithms
• The Blues in Java and Ada
• Travelling Salesman Problem in Ada

December - January 1997

• core toolkit coding and testing

February 1997

• Travelling Salesman Problem using toolkit
• violin music notation using toolkit
• second summary of genetic algorithms

March 1997

• first draft of report

April 1997

• finalise report
• presentation

The project was allocated 12 hours each week for 21 weeks and therefore the estimated total time spent on it is 252 hours.