[galib] An unconstrained gene

Peter Jay Salzman p at dirac.org
Fri Nov 23 14:47:35 EST 2007


Hi all,

I have a genome with three genes: x, y, z.  I'd like the constraints on
these genes to be:

   x = [0, 1.1]
   y = (2, 4.5]
   z is unconstrained

I understand how to do x, and y:


   GARealAlleleSetArray alleles;
   alleles.add(0.0, 1.1,  GAAllele::INCLUSIVE, GAAllele::INCLUSIVE); // x
   alleles.add(-2.0, 4.5, GAAllele::EXCLUSIVE, GAAllele::INCLUSIVE); // y

   // Note: GARealGenome takes either a length and allele set, or just an
   // allele set array.
   //
   GARealGenome genome(alleles, objective);

   GASteadyStateGA ga(genome);


But how do I leave the 3rd gene unconstrained?  In the above code, there are
only 2 genes (I think the length of the genome is determined by the number
of alleles in the GARealAlleleSetArray, which is 2).

I tried adding:

   alleles.add( -FLT_MAX, FLT_MAX, GAAllele::EXCLUSIVE, GAAllele::EXCLUSIVE );

but that wreaks havoc; the solutions turn out wrong and the 3rd gene is inf.

Is there a way of leaving the 3rd gene unconstrained?

Thanks!
Pete

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