DifferentialEvolutionOptimizer.MutationStrategy Property

public DifferentialEvolutionStrategy MutationStrategy { get; set; }

Public Property MutationStrategy As DifferentialEvolutionStrategy
	Get
	Set

public:
property DifferentialEvolutionStrategy MutationStrategy {
	DifferentialEvolutionStrategy get ();
	void set (DifferentialEvolutionStrategy value);
}

member MutationStrategy : DifferentialEvolutionStrategy with get, set

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Different mutation strategies offer different trade-offs between exploration and exploitation. The default is Best1Bin, which provides good general-purpose performance.

The optimal strategy depends on the nature of the optimization problem. For problems with many local optima, strategies like Rand1Bin or Rand2Bin, which introduce more randomness, can help escape local optima. For smoother landscapes, strategies like Best1Bin or Best2Bin, which exploit the best solutions more aggressively, might be more effective.

Experimenting with different strategies is often necessary to find the most effective one for a given problem. It is also possible to dynamically switch strategies during the optimization process to balance exploration and exploitation as needed.

The default value is Best1Bin.

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