Controls the likelihood that a child's chromosomes will be mutated.
For genetic algorithms, this is the likelihood that each bit of a child's chromosome will be mutated (flipped) between 0 (no chance) and 1 (always). When 2 parents reproduce and create a new child, their chromosomes are combined using Crossover and then the child's chromosome may be mutated. Because this probability is used for each bit of a child's chromosome, its value should be set very low (like 0.01). As a general rule, the probability that a chromosome will be flipped should be no more than 1 bit per individual. Any more bits flipping will keep the genetic algorithms from finding a solution.
For genetic programs, this is the likelihood that one mutation will occur in the genetic program tree, so its value should be higher than for genetic algorithms. Genetic programming has a whole suite of mutations (subtree, point, constant, etc) that can occur; which mutation occurs depends on their MutationWeights.
The
Operations property controls whether mutation occurs at all during evolution.
Namespace: RSGeneticBase
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Property Value
Type: TGAProbability
The following code modifies a child based on CrossOver, Mutation, and Inversion:
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