Eshelman and Schaffer (1993) proposed an algorithm called Blended-\(\alpha\) Crossover (BLX-\(\alpha\)) by introducing the concept of interval scheme to be applied in real-valued problems (Takahashi & Kita, 2001).
Usage
blxa(x1, x2, cxon, ...)
Arguments
x1
A vector. It contains the chromosomal information of parent-1.
x2
A vector. It contains the chromosomal information of parent-2.
cxon
Number of offspring to be generated as a result of crossover
…
Further arguments passed to or from other methods.
Value
A matrix containing the generated offsprings.
References
Eshelman, L.J. and Schaffer, J.D. (1993). Real-coded genetic algorithms and interval schemata. In Foundations of Genetic Algorithms, Vol. 2, pp. 187-202, Elsevier.
Takahashi, M. and Kita, H. (2001). A crossover operator using independent component analysis for real-coded genetic algorithms. In Proc. of the 2001 Cong. on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE Cat.No. 01TH8546), Vol. 1, pp. 643-649. IEEE.