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PGARestart(3)							      PGAPack							     PGARestart(3)

NAME
       PGARestart - reseeds a population from the best string

INPUT PARAMETERS
       val    - the probability of changing an allele when copying the best string to the new population
       source_pop
	      - the source population
       dest_pop
	      - symbolic constant of the destination population

OUTPUT PARAMETERS
       side   -effect.

SYNOPSIS
       #include "pgapack.h"
       void  PGARestart(ctx, source_pop, dest_pop)
       PGAContext *ctx
       int source_pop
       int dest_pop

LOCATION
       restart.c

EXAMPLE
       Perform an unspecified test to determine if the current evolution is
       not evolving fast enough, and if so, restart the evolution.

       PGAContext *ctx;        PGAEvaluateMS(ctx, PGA_OLDPOP, f, comm);
       PGAFitness   (ctx, PGA_OLDPOP);
       }

       :
       if (StagnantEvolution()) {
       PGARestart(ctx, PGA_OLDPOP, PGA_NEWPOP);
       PGAEvaluate(ctx, PGA_NEWPOP, EvalFunc);
       PGAUpdateGeneration(ctx);
       }

								     05/01/95							     PGARestart(3)