GASETSEL Call - Experimental
sets the selection parameters for a genetic algorithm optimization
- CALL GASETSEL( id, elite, type, parm );
The inputs to the GASETSEL call are as follows:
- id
- is the identifier for the genetic algorithm optimization
problem, which was returned by the GASETUP function.
- elite
- specifies the number of solution population members to
carry over unaltered to the next generation in the GAREGEN call.
If nonzero, then elite members with the best objective function values will
be carried over without crossover or mutation.
- type
- specifies the selection method to use.
- parm
- is a parameter used to control the selection pressure.
This module sets the selection parameters that are used in the
GAREGEN call to select solutions for the crossover operation.
IML currently enables you to choose between two variants of the "tournament" selection method in which a group of different solutions is
picked at random from the current solution population, and the solution from that group with
the best objective value is selected. In the first variation, chosen by setting
type to 0, the most optimal solution is always selected, and the
parm parameter is used to specify the size of the group, always two or greater. The larger the group size, the greater the selective pressure. In the second
variation, chosen by setting
type = 1, the group size
is set to 2, and the best solution is chosen with probability specified by
parm. If
parm is 1 the best solution is always picked, and a
parm value of 0.5 is equivalent to pure random selection. The
parm
value must be between 0.5 and 1.
The first variation,
type=0, always produces a selective
pressure greater than for
type=1. Higher selective pressure will
lead to faster convergence of the genetic algorithm, but is more likely to give
premature convergence to a local optimum.
In order to ensure that the best solution of the current solution population is always carried
over to the next generation, an elite value of 1 should be specified.
Higher values of elite generally lead to faster convergence of the
algorithm, but they increase the chances of premature convergence to a local
optimum. If GASETSEL is not called, default values of elite=1,
type=1, and parm=2 are used in the optimization.
See the GASETUP function for an example.