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This directory contains the core GAUL source-code. The files are:

gaul.h                 The public header file to be included in source code
                       which will link against the GAUL library.

ga_core.{c,h}          Population and entity handling routines.

ga_bitstring.{c,h}     Low-level bitstring handling functions.

ga_chromo.c            Built-in chromosome handling routines.

ga_utility.{c,h}       High level GA and convenience routines.

ga_similarity.{c,h} Entity and chromosome similarity measures.

ga_select.c Selection operators.

ga_seed.c Initialisation operators.

ga_sa.{c,h} Simulated Annealling optimisation functions.

ga_stats.c Convenience statistical functions.

ga_tabu.{c,h} Tabu Search functions.

ga_climbing.{c,h} Hill climbing optimisation functions.

ga_simplex.{c,h} Simplex search functions.

ga_replace.c Crowding, elimination and elitism operators.

ga_qsort.{c,h} Functions used internally to sort entities by fitness.

ga_optim.{c,h} Evolutionary optimisation functions.

ga_mutate.c Mutation operators.

ga_intrinsics.{c,h} Definition of S-Lang intrinsic functions.

ga_crossover.c Crossover operators.

Stewart Adcock, 30 October 2002