Showing posts with label Mutation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mutation. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Genetic Operators

Genetic variation is a necessity for the process of evolution. Genetic operators used in genetic algorithms are analogous to those which occur in the natural world: survival of the fittest, or selection; asexual or sexual reproduction (crossover, or recombination); and mutation.
Crossover
In genetic algorithms, crossover is a genetic operator used to