The Maximal Preservative Crossover (MPX) operator is an operator that tries to preserve good edges but ensure adequate gene exchange between parents (Muhlenbein et.al., 1988).
Usage
mpx(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
Muhlenbein, H., Gorges-Schleuter, M. and Kramer, O. (1988). Evolution algorithms in combinatorial optimization. Parallel Computing, 7(1), 65-85.