Power Mutation is an operator that generates a mutation in a random gene at a certain power of a random number. In this operator, a different exponent parameter can be given for each gene.
This operator is used for value encoded (integer or real number) chromosomes.
Usage
powmut2(y, lb, ub, mutpow, ...)
Arguments
y
A vector. Chromosome of the offspring
lb
A vector. Lower bounds of genes
ub
A vector. Upper bounds of genes
mutpow
A vector of exponent parameter
…
Further arguments passed to or from other methods.