[galib] Change mutation function

[matthew wall]

On 27 Feb 2005, at 06:03, Mark Hodgson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
> Yes you are correct. The function is changed by changing it for each 
> genome over the population. However, there was a complication when i 
> was doing this.
>
> If I changed the functions in genomes in a population mid evolution, 
> then continued evolving, some of the genomes functions were changed 
> but not others.
>
> I solved this problem by creating a fresh population using the same 
> method to change the functions, which seemed to work ok.
>
> Perhaps this is due to some sort of cacheing within the 
> GAGeneticAlgorithm?
>

it depends on the genetic algorithm.  some ga implementations keep 
copies of genomes from which to generate new individuals; the 
individuals in the population are *not* all of the individuals that the 
ga uses.

this is why there are operators on the genetic algorithm for changing 
genome operators - the operators on the genetic algorithm are supposed 
to modify the genome operators on *all* genomes that the ga uses, 
whether in the population or the 'helper' genomes it uses.

m