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Mutation

Mutation is a probabilistic choice of k chromosomes of the pool and performing a totally random alternation of the genes at l points. The value of k and l are among the dynamics of the GA and is fixed by the user before the run. A mutation operator that will act on an individual chromosome tex2html_wrap_inline806 which is chosen for mutation and produce the off-spring tex2html_wrap_inline810 is defined as

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Where

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tex2html_wrap_inline810 replaces tex2html_wrap_inline806 in the population.



Meltem TURHAN
Tue Oct 29 22:25:58 EET 1996