I’m currently working on external embryogeny genetic algorithm software. Previously I have posted about the artificial selection step incorporated  in it already. Time which it takes to produce particular individual on a laser cutter serves as a fitness function in this step.

Now, I have incorporated an artificial selection step into it. I took a look at what William Todd and Stephen Latham propose in “Evolutionary Design by Computers” (edited by Peter Bentley). They have suggested that, while simulating the process of evolution, there is no reason to limit the number of parents of future generations to only two. The software I’m writing already allows for a multiple choice of parents.