Function PGASetMutationBoundedFlag

• Defined in File mutation.c

Function Documentation

void PGASetMutationBoundedFlag(PGAContext *ctx, int val)

If this flag is set to true, then for Integer and Real strings whenever a gene is mutated, if it underflows (overflows) the lower (upper) bound it is reset to the lower (upper) bound.

Description

When this is enabled, all allele values remain within the range the integer strings were initialized on. If this flag is PGA_FALSE (the default), the alleles may take any values.

Example

PGAContext *ctx;

...
PGASetMutationBoundedFlag (ctx, PGA_TRUE);

Parameters

• ctx – context variable

• val – flag to indicate if mutation is bounded

Returns

None