Mating pool

The input data concerning the population (mating pool) and the archive (external set) are provided N - population" size (P) N -archive size (P) n - maximum number of generations t - generation index (t=0,...,n). In the first step (t = 0), the initial population P(0) is created and also an empty archive (O). The former is created either randomly or by sampling solutions from an archive (e.g., solutions from the previous runs of the algorithm). 

In this step, a selection method is used in order to fill the mating pool, P(t-tl)). A variety of selection methods can be used in EAs. Two classical selection schemes are the roulette wheel selection and the tournament selection. In the first scheme, chromosomes are chosen according to a given probability, which is a function of their fitness . In the second scheme, a number of chromosomes are randomly chosen from the previous generation. 

One of the dangers of roulette wheel selection is that if a single individual is much more fit than any other in the population, then it can completely take over the population. This causes the GA to converge prematurely. Once the mating pool is produced, the next generation is created with replacement and crossover operators. It is worth reiterating that the SGA uses a constant population size that is specified at the beginning of the calculation. Replacement and crossover terminate when this number of individuals have been created for the new population. 

In replacement, some individuals in the mating pool are simply copied directly into the next generation population, in the spirit of asexual reproduction or cloning. 

The remainder of the new population is filled in via single-point crossover, which is a type of sexual reproduction. A pair of individuals (the parents) is chosen from the mating pool, and their chromosomes are lined up, split at a single point, and the left and right halves are swapped, producing two new individuals (the children) (Figure 3). 

Step 2 Generate a mating pool by pre-selection (see the selection operation... 

Select individuals from the population according to a specified selection operation. The selected individuals are then placed into a mating pool. 

Pair up the individuals in the mating pool and generate A(> /r) new-born offspring individuals using the operators of recombination and mutation. In this study, each chromosome consists of three portions. For the first portion of the chromosome, discrete recombination operators, repeated exchange mutation operators, and evolutionary inversion mutation operators are employed. For the second portion of the chromosome, traditional gene-alter mutation operators and traditional discrete recombination operators are developed. For the third portion of the chromosome, exchange mutation operators and traditional discrete recombination operators are developed. 

Select two parents randomly from the mating pool. 

Selection Select chromosomes for the mating pool by using binary tournament selection. 

Crossover Create new chromosomes from the mating pool by uniform crossover with a prob ability of 0.5. 

There is some randomness incorporated into the heuristics because we need to generate different solutions to form the mating pool. The first customer to serve in each of the two VRPs is selected randomly using a random number generator. Then, the nearest customer is added to the route using the cheapest insertion... 

Step 2 This step makes a pool of solutions as ilie inatittg pool and the mating pool contains K solutions. 

Figure 5.3. Systematic mating ofyeast two-hybrid bait and prey pools. Each yeast ORF was cloned individually into both as a DNA binding domain fusion (bait) and activation domain fusion (prey). The bait fusions were introduced into a MATa strain and the prey fusions were introduced into a MATa strain. The bait and prey fusions were pooled in sets of 96 clones to generate a total of 62 pools of each. The pools were systematically mated (62 x 62) in a total of 3844 crosses. Interacting clones were selected and the bait and prey inserts were PCR amplified and sequenced to determine their identify. Figure adapted from Ito et al. (2001).

In-house mating is recommended in the Redbook. There are no valid reasons for this. Time-mated animals are available from many reputable laboratory animal breeders and their use has been validated over several decades. The use of time-mated animals allows a predefined number of pregnant females to be ordered and allocated to the study each day so that all procedures can be planned in advance according to the resources available. Also, the supplier has a large colony of breeding males and females available, providing a wide gene pool. 

Mildly deleterious mutations are eventually eliminated from the gene pool, albeit much more slowly compared with lethal mutations. Because mildly deleterious mutations are common, there is probably important variation in the number of such mutations that we carry. That is, humans vary in genetic quality. Thus, we have an incentive to distinguish between potential mates. Because females make a larger investment than males in reproduction, they have an... 

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