.TH PGARestart 3 "05/01/95" " " "PGAPack"
.SH NAME
PGARestart \- reseeds a population from the best string
.SH INPUT PARAMETERS
.PD 0
.TP
val
- the probability of changing an allele when copying the
best string to the new population
.PD 0
.TP
source_pop
- the source population
.PD 0
.TP
dest_pop
- symbolic constant of the destination population
.PD 1
.SH OUTPUT PARAMETERS
.PD 0
.TP
side
-effect.
.PD 1
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include "pgapack.h"
void  PGARestart(ctx, source_pop, dest_pop)
PGAContext *ctx
int source_pop
int dest_pop
.fi
.SH LOCATION
restart.c
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
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);
}

.fi