Get parents from population

You can select parents from population using method getParents of EAPopulation object.

var parents = population.getParents(method, number_of_parents, options);

Parameters:

method

Method to use. Available options:

• random Randomly select parents from population.
• best Select best parents from population.
• roulette Uses roulette method for selecting parents. You can select roulette method using rouletteMethod variable of options argument. Available roulette methods are:
• with_replacement
• without_replacement
• remainder_with_replacement
• remainder_without_replacement
• univerzal

number_of_parents

Number of parents you want to select.

options

This argument is used only for some methods. See description for methods.