<s>
"	O
Linear	B-Algorithm
genetic	I-Algorithm
programming	I-Algorithm
"	O
is	O
unrelated	O
to	O
"	O
linear	B-Algorithm
programming	I-Algorithm
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linear	B-Algorithm
genetic	I-Algorithm
programming	I-Algorithm
(	O
LGP	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
particular	O
method	O
of	O
genetic	B-Algorithm
programming	I-Algorithm
wherein	O
computer	B-Application
programs	I-Application
in	O
a	O
population	O
are	O
represented	O
as	O
a	O
sequence	O
of	O
instructions	O
from	O
an	O
imperative	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
or	O
machine	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
in	O
other	O
programs	O
,	O
the	O
data	O
flow	O
in	O
LGP	O
can	O
be	O
modeled	O
as	O
a	O
graph	O
that	O
will	O
visualize	O
the	O
potential	O
multiple	O
usage	O
of	O
register	B-General_Concept
contents	O
and	O
the	O
existence	O
of	O
structurally	O
noneffective	O
code	O
(	O
introns	O
)	O
which	O
are	O
two	O
main	O
differences	O
of	O
this	O
genetic	B-Algorithm
representation	I-Algorithm
from	O
the	O
more	O
common	O
tree-based	O
genetic	B-Algorithm
programming	I-Algorithm
(	O
TGP	O
)	O
variant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
other	O
Genetic	B-Algorithm
Programming	I-Algorithm
methods	O
,	O
Linear	B-Algorithm
genetic	I-Algorithm
programming	I-Algorithm
requires	O
the	O
input	O
of	O
data	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
program	O
population	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
LGP	O
is	O
generally	O
more	O
efficient	O
than	O
tree	O
genetic	B-Algorithm
programming	I-Algorithm
due	O
to	O
its	O
two	O
main	O
differences	O
mentioned	O
above	O
:	O
Intermediate	O
results	O
(	O
stored	O
in	O
registers	O
)	O
can	O
be	O
reused	O
and	O
a	O
simple	O
intron	O
removal	O
algorithm	O
exists	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
executed	O
to	O
remove	O
all	O
non-effective	O
code	O
prior	O
to	O
programs	O
being	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
intended	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linear	B-Algorithm
genetic	I-Algorithm
programming	I-Algorithm
has	O
been	O
applied	O
in	O
many	O
domains	O
,	O
including	O
system	O
modeling	O
and	O
system	O
control	O
with	O
considerable	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linear	B-Algorithm
genetic	I-Algorithm
programming	I-Algorithm
should	O
not	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
linear	B-Algorithm
tree	I-Algorithm
programs	O
in	O
tree	O
genetic	B-Algorithm
programming	I-Algorithm
,	O
program	O
composed	O
of	O
a	O
variable	O
number	O
of	O
unary	O
functions	O
and	O
a	O
single	O
terminal	B-Data_Structure
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
that	O
linear	B-Algorithm
tree	I-Algorithm
GP	O
differs	O
from	O
bit	O
string	O
genetic	B-Algorithm
algorithms	I-Algorithm
since	O
a	O
population	O
may	O
contain	O
programs	O
of	O
different	O
lengths	O
and	O
there	O
may	O
be	O
more	O
than	O
two	O
types	O
of	O
functions	O
or	O
more	O
than	O
two	O
types	O
of	O
terminals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
that	O
one	O
instruction	O
is	O
non-effective	O
or	O
an	O
intron	O
(	O
marked	O
)	O
,	O
since	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
impact	O
the	O
output	O
register	B-General_Concept
R0	O
.	O
</s>
