PGAMutate(3) This routine performs mutation on a string.

DESCRIPTION

The type of mutation depends on the data type. Refer to the user guide for data-specific examples.

INPUT PARAMETERS

ctx
- context variable
p
- index of string to mutate
pop
- symbolic constant of the population containing p

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

none

SYNOPSIS


#include "pgapack.h"
int PGAMutate(ctx, p, pop)
PGAContext *ctx
int p
int pop

LOCATION

mutation.c

EXAMPLE

Example:
Mutate the best string in the population, until 10 or more mutations
have occured.
PGAContext *ctx;
int p, count = 0;
:
p = PGAGetBestIndex(ctx, PGA_NEWPOP);
while (count < 10) {
count += PGAMutate(ctx, p, PGA_NEWPOP);
}