I am building genetic algorithm for feature selection. But there are vague things to me.
- For example, there are 100 individuals with crossover probability 0.8. Does it mean I take 80 parents (40 couples), or 80 offsprings?
- I'm using linear ranking as the parent selection because of the fitness values are close to each other. How can I select the parents after I get the values of linear ranking?
- Assume if the answer on number (1) is taking 80 parents. After I get parent's candidates, what will happen to the unused parents if those candidates are more than our requirement? And what will happen if those candidates are less than our requirement?
- If we only take the best 80 individuals as parents, then what is the point of using linear ranking as parent selection?
Thanks before.