[jgap-users] Dynamic Mutation Rate

[Patrick K. <ke...@di...>]

Hello,

I've been using jgap lately, and I have to say I'm very impressed: really 
clean and understandable java code... thanks!

My quick question is about the dynamic mutation rate. As far as I can tell
in MutationOperator.java, setting the mutation rate as dynamic will set it
to (10*N), where N is the length of the chromosome.

For a chromosome with 100 genes, this leads to an effective probability of 
1/(10*N), or 1/1000. I assume that this means 0.001, or 10%. So, on 
average, 10 genes will be mutated for each chromosome during each 
evolution.

Is my math correct? Just checking, and thanks again,

Patrick Kellogg
Denver, Colorado USA
ke...@di...
http://www.patrickkellogg.com