About
Network Builder about and provenance
Network Builder is built on a JavaScript and HTML Steiner-style network optimization demo. The older implementation presented the search directly from the /apps/steiner/ route. The current evo-edu route now adds a direct responsive workbench, separated support pages, and clearer provenance around that implementation.
Lineage
- Public evo-edu route: Network Builder
- Current direct workbench: /apps/network-builder/app/
- Legacy implementation directory preserved as archive: /apps/steiner/
- Legacy launch target: /apps/steiner/jssteiner.html
- Legacy implementation note: the older page identifies the demo as a ChatGPT-assisted implementation of Dave Thomas's Steiner Tree problem description and PandasThumb discussion
Current Limits
- The workbench demonstrates heuristic network search behavior, but it is not a proof-producing Steiner-tree optimizer.
- The implementation still assumes a fixed small number of additional Steiner points.
- Manual terminal placement click accuracy still needs improvement.
- The app is useful for systems and optimization discussion, but it should not be over-read as a model of literal biological evolution.