PGACreate (8)

argc

- address of the count of the number of command line arguments.

argv

- array of command line arguments.

datatype

- the data type used for the strings. Must be one of PGA_DATATYPE_BINARY, PGA_DATATYPE_CHARACTER, PGA_DATATYPE_INTEGER, PGA_DATATYPE_REAL, or PGA_DATATYPE_USER

binary

-valued, character-valued, integer-valued,

real

-valued, or a user-defined datatype, respectively.

len

- the string length (number of genes).

maxormin

- the direction of optimization. Must be one of PGA_MAXIMIZE or PGA_MINIMIZE for maximization or minimization, respectively.

none

#include "pgapack.h"
PGAContext * PGACreate(argc, argv, datatype, len, maxormin)
int *argc
char **argv
int datatype
int len
int maxormin

create.c

Example:

In C:
void main(int argc, char **argv) {
PGAContext *ctx;
:
ctx = PGACreate(&argc, argv, PGA_DATATYPE_BINARY, 100, PGA_MAXIMIZE);
:
//  Set options here
:
PGASetUp(ctx);
:
//  Run the GA here
:
PGADestroy(ctx);
}

In FORTRAN:
integer ctx
:
ctx = PGACreate(PGA_DATATYPE_BINARY, 100, PGA_MAXIMIZE)
:
c       Set options here
:
call PGASetUp(ctx)
:
c       Run the GA here
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call PGADestroy(ctx)
stop
end