GEATbx: Options 7 Competition options

• Competition.Do
• Competition.Interval
• Competition.Rate
• Competition.SubpopMinimum

7 Competition options

Competition.Do

This option switches competition between subpopulations on or off. Competition is executed by compete. Competition is an extension of the regional population model.

• Default value: 0
• Type: integer in {0, 1}
• Two variants are available:
• 0: no competition
• 1: do competition between subpopulations
• Example - switch competition on:

GeaOpt = geaoptset(GeaOpt, 'Competition.Do', 1);

• Competition without migration (Migration.Do) doesn't make sense. When only one subpopulation is defined (see NumberSubpopulation) no competition takes place.
• Option number in previous versions: 36 (2.x), not available (1.x)

Competition.Interval

This option specifies how often a competition takes place. Thus, the frequency of competition is defined.

• Default value: 4
• Type: positive integer in [1, Inf]
• Example - set competition interval to every 10 generations:

GeaOpt = geaoptset(GeaOpt, 'Competition.Interval', 10);

• A competition takes place (that means the function compete is called) when the reminder of Run.Generation and Competition.Interval is zero.
• Option number in previous versions: 38 (2.x), not available (1.x)

Competition.Rate

This option defines the fraction of every subpopulation to be transferred from unsuccessful subpopulations during a competition.

• Default value: 0.1
• Type: scalar in [0, 1)
• Example - set competition rate to 5%:

GeaOpt = geaoptset(GeaOpt, 'Competition.Rate', 0.05);

• Option number in previous versions: 37 (2.x), not available (1.x)

Competition.SubpopMinimum

This option defines the minimal number of individuals per subpopulation. When a subpopulation contains this minimal number of individuals, no further individuals are transferred to successful subpopulations.

• Default value: 5
• Type: positive integer in [1, Inf]
• Example - set minimal number of individuals to 10 individuals:

GeaOpt = geaoptset(GeaOpt, 'Competition.SubpopMinimum', 10);

• Option number in previous versions: 39 (2.x), not available (1.x)