Re: GEQO: ERX

Hello again,
I didn't not get any response to my initial message below. Now I am
wondering if nobody is into the optimizer or if my question was just too
stupid. Could you please give me some clues? Your help would really be
appreciated.

Regards,
Tobias

> Hello,
> I was digging through the optimizer code and have a question regarding
> the edge recombination crossover (ERX) of the GEQO.  It might be
> completely stupid and therefore I apologize for this in advance.
> 
> As far as I understand it, the idea of the ERX is the minimization of
> edge failures. When reading in geqo_main.c and geqo_erx.c, it seams that
> every iterative round (generation) it is checked by gimme_tour() if
> there where any edge failures. When I understand the algorithm right,
> there should be no edge failures.
> Therefore I think about NOT checking for edge failures anymore, to save
> some time. (If it just to make sure, it could be done only once in the
> end.) Might that work or do I have some errors in my thoughts?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Tobias
>