makeSelector function

Construct a selection operator.

Helper function which defines a selector method, i. e., an operator which takes the population and returns a part of it for mating or survival.

makeSelector(
  selector,
  supported = getAvailableRepresentations(),
  supported.objectives,
  supported.opt.direction = "minimize"
)

Arguments

• selector: [function]

  Actual selection operator.

• supported: [character]

  Vector of strings/names of supported parameter representations. Possible choices: permutation , float , binary or custom .

• supported.objectives: [character]

  At least one of single-objective or multi-objective .

• supported.opt.direction: [character(1-2)]

  Does the selector work for maximization tasks xor minimization tasks or both? Default is ‘minimize’ , which means that the selector selects in favour of low fitness values.

Returns

[ecr_selector] Selector object.