elitism

abstract var elitism: Int

Number of elite chromosomes - the best chromosomes of the population, which have privileged rights:

  • recalculates on each evaluation stage and moved to start of PanmicticPopulation

  • guaranteed to pass the selection stage

  • at the crossing stage they cannot be changed or replaced, but they actively participate in the creation of a new generation by changing other chromosomes

  • do not change during the mutation stage

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