Function PGAGetBestIndex

• Defined in File utility.c

Function Documentation

int PGAGetBestIndex(PGAContext *ctx, int popidx)

Return the index of the string with the best evaluation function value in population pop.

Description

Note that in the presence of multiple evaluations, this will return

• If all strings violate constraints the one with the least constraint violation

• In case there exist strings without constraint violations one randomly chosen from rank 0.

Example

PGAContext *ctx;
int best;

...
best = PGAGetBestIndex (ctx, PGA_OLDPOP);

Parameters:

• ctx – context variable

• popidx – symbolic constant of the population to find the best string in

Returns:

Index of the string with the best evaluation function value