AdeshMaharaj/GA-vs-LLM-Notebooks

Master Dissertation Project files, Notebooks generating keyboards for English, French and Afrikaans # GA-vs-LLM-Notebooks Master Dissertation Project files, Notebooks generating keyboards for English, French and Afrikaans # AI-Driven Keyboard Layout Optimisation ## Overview This project explores the use of **Genetic Algorithms (GA)** and **Large Language Models (LLMs)** to generate ergonomic keyboard layouts. The pipeline has been applied to **English, French, and Afrikaans**, enabling cross-language comparison. - **GA** → Fine-grained optimisation for ergonomics and workload balance - **LLMs** → Fast schema-valid layouts and natural language-based edits - **Hybrid Approach** → GA ↔ LLM integration for iterative design with community feedback --- ## Notebooks - **`English.ipynb`** Heavily annotated with Markdown explanations of the methodology, GA setup, evaluation, and results. Serves as the **reference notebook**. - **`French.ipynb`** Applies the same pipeline to the **French Tatoeba corpus**. Includes a clear header introduction with light commentary (methodology identical to English). - **`Afrikaans.ipynb`** Applies the same pipeline to the **Afrikaans Tatoeba corpus (100k sentences)**. Includes a clear header introduction with light commentary. --- ## Data Sources - **English:** TED2013 transcripts from the MKLOGA project - **French:** Full-sentence corpus from Tatoeba - **Afrikaans:** 100k sentences from Tatoeba How to Run: - Clone the repository and install dependencies (jupyter, pandas, numpy, matplotlib, deap, etc.). - Open English_annotated.ipynb in Jupyter Notebook to explore the full methodology. - Run the French and Afrikaans notebooks to see the same pipeline applied to other languages. Outputs include: - Ergonomic cost/fitness scores (less-negative = better). - Baseline comparisons (QWERTY, AZERTY, BÉPO, etc.). - Optimised layouts from GA and LLM methods. Notes - Only the English notebook is heavily annotated. - French and Afrikaans notebooks follow the same structure and are lightly documented to avoid redundancy. - Layouts can be e …