Re: [jgap-users] Dynamic Mutation Rate

[Neil R. <ne...@bl...>]

Hi Patrick,

I believe that you are correct. As best as I can remember, if you let JGAP 
set the mutation rate itself, it will default to 10% mutation rate on 
average (of genes, not chromosomes).

Neil


On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Patrick Kellogg wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
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