The GA Procedure

SetCrossRoutine Call

call SetCrossRoutine ( ’routine’<, nparents, nchildren> ) ;

The SetCrossRoutine call installs a user subroutine for the crossover operator. The inputs to the SetCrossRoutine subroutine are as follows:

routine  

is the name of a subroutine you have defined, which is called when the mutation operator is applied. This parameter must be a string literal; a variable is not accepted.

nparents

is optional, and specifies the number of parent solutions the operator requires. If not specified, 2 is assumed.

nchildren

is optional, and specifies the number of children solutions the operator will generate. If not specified, 2 is assumed.