elitistreplacement.m

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% File: ElitistReplacement.m
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% Description: Perform Lambda+Mu elitist replacement. Combine parent and
% offspring population and choose the best n individuals
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% @param population is the parent population
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% @param fitness is the fitness of parent individuals
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% @param newPopulation is the offspring population
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% @param newFitness is the fitness of offspring individuals
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% @return bestPopulation is the top n individuals from the combined
% population of parent and offspring individuals.
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% @return bestFitness is the fitness of the top n individuals from the
% combined population of parent and offspring individuals.
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% Author: Kumara Sastry
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% Date: March 2007
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function [bestPopulation, bestFitness] = elitistReplacement(population, fitness, newPopulation, newFitness)

% Determine the population size;
n = size(population,1);

% Combine the parent and offspring population and their fitness values
combinedPopulation = [population; newPopulation];
combinedFitness = [fitness; newFitness];

% Sort the combined fitness vector
[sortedFitness, index] = sort(combinedFitness, 'descend');

% Select the top n individuals and their fitness.
bestPopulation = combinedPopulation(index(1:n),:);
bestFitness = combinedFitness(index(1:n));