GA written in Java

Question

I am attempting to write a Genetic Algorithm based on techniques I had picked up from the book \"AI Techniques for Game Programmers\" that uses a binary encoding and fitness

Answer 1

Just a point worth mentioning. The Roulette wheel selection (as indicated in the pseudo-code) will not work for minimization problems - it is, however, valid for maximization problems.

Due to the manner in which the most fit individual is selected, the minimization case will not hold. Details are provided in: Computational Intelligence: 2nd edition