The GA Procedure
- Overview
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Getting Started
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Syntax
PROC GA Statement ContinueFor Call Cross Call Dynamicarray Call EvaluateLC Call GetDimensions Call GetObjValues Call GetSolutions Call Initialize Call MarkPareto Call Mutate Call Objective Function PackBits Call Programming Statements ReadChild Call ReadCompare Call ReadMember Call ReadParent Call ReEvaluate Call SetBounds Call SetCompareRoutine Call SetCross Call SetCrossProb Call SetCrossRoutine Call SetElite Call SetEncoding Call SetFinalize Call SetMut Call SetMutProb Call SetMutRoutine Call SetObj Call SetObjFunc Call SetProperty Call SetSel Call SetUpdateRoutine Call ShellSort Call Shuffle Call UnpackBits Function UpdateSolutions Call WriteChild Call WriteMember Call
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Details
Using Multisegment Encoding Using Standard Genetic Operators and Objective Functions Defining a User Fitness Comparison Routine Defining User Genetic Operators Defining a User Update Routine Defining an Objective Function Defining a User Initialization Routine Specifying the Selection Strategy Incorporating Heuristics and Local Optimizations Handling Constraints Optimizing Multiple Objectives
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Examples
- References
| SetCompareRoutine Call |
- call SetCompareRoutine ( ’routine’ ) ;
The SetCompareRoutine call installs a user function to compare the fitness of solutions. The input to the SetCompareRoutine subroutine is as follows:
routine |
is the name of a function you have defined, which is called when necessary to compare the fitness of solutions. This parameter must be a string literal; a variable is not accepted. |
The SetCompareRoutine call enables you to designate a function you have defined to be used in the selection process when comparing the fitness of two solutions. The selector options that involve ranking solutions by fitness, including tournament and duel selection, will use the designated function instead of comparing the objective values directly. If the SetCompareRoutine is not called, or if it is called with an input value of 'default', then the objective function value will be used to compare solution fitness. The SetCompareRoutine call provides you with a way to factor multiple fitness criteria into the selection process. See the section Defining a User Fitness Comparison Routine for a full description of how the fitness comparison routine should be structured and what it should return. You can use this feature to implement multiobjective optimization and other advanced optimization strategies.