mutate_child: Child Chromosome Mutagenesis.

In yzhou63/GA: Genetic algorithm for variable selection in generalized linear models

Description

Child chromosomes produced using crossover_parents passed to this function will be modified using concept of genetic mutation, whereby a polymorphisms are produced according to a probably of mutatgenesis. Here, the default mutation rate is proportional to the size of the popluation, P, and number of chromosomes, C, \frac{1}{P * C^{0.5}}. User's can specify the mutation rate in select.

Usage

mutate_child(mutation_rate, child, P, C)

Arguments

mutation_rate	an optional numeric value between 0 and 1 indicating mutation rate.
child	a vector containing the chromosome of child produced by crossover.
P	an integer indicating the number of parent chromosomes.
C	an integer indicating the number of predictor variables or genes.

yzhou63/GA documentation built on May 3, 2019, 7:07 p.m.