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Subject: Re: Q: Name of this GA-operation ?
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In-Reply-To: dtate+@pitt.edu's message of 8 Mar 1995 14:22:26 GMT
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 15:41:20 GMT
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David M. Tate writes:
> I think 'mutation' is a good generic word for 1-ary operators.
I agree.  And I think that "point mutation" should refer to the "unit" mutation.
In a chromosome consisting of a string of printable ASCII characters, changing
"A" to "Q" would be point mutation.
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John Hasler uunet!hasler!root
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin USA
