NAME

Algorithm::Evolutionary::Op::String_Mutation - Single character string mutation

SYNOPSIS

  #Create from scratch with priority = 2
  my $op = new Algorithm::Evolutionary::Op::String_Mutation 2; 

Base Class

Algorithm::Evolutionary::Op::Base

DESCRIPTION

Mutation operator for a GA; changes a single bit in the string; does not need a rate

METHODS

new( [$how_many] [,$priority] )

Creates a new mutation operator with a bitflip application rate, which defaults to 0.5, and an operator application rate (general for all ops), which defaults to 1.

create()

Creates a new mutation operator.

apply( $chromosome )

Applies mutation operator to a "Chromosome", a string, really.

Copyright

  This file is released under the GPL. See the LICENSE file included in this distribution,
  or go to http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.txt

  CVS Info: $Date: 2011/02/14 06:55:36 $ 
  $Header: /cvsroot/opeal/Algorithm-Evolutionary/lib/Algorithm/Evolutionary/Op/String_Mutation.pm,v 3.5 2011/02/14 06:55:36 jmerelo Exp $ 
  $Author: jmerelo $ 
  $Revision: 3.5 $
  $Name $