Question

Given the parent tours: P1 = (2,7,8,4,6,3,1,5) and P2 = (1,4,7,8,6,2,3,5) in path representation, what can you say about the offspring tours generated after applying single point crossover after 5 cities?
1)The offspring tours are valid and better than the parent tours
2)The offspring tours are valid but worse than the parent tours
3)Only one of the offspring is a valid tour
4)Neither of the two offspring is a valid tour

Answer 1

4

Explanation:In both cases the tour forms a loop before reaching it's end

Answer 2

Answer:

I can say that Neither of the two offspring is a valid tour after applying single-point crossover after 5 cities.

Option (4)

Explanation:

The above is a question based on a genetic algorithm. Basically it is used to calculate an optimized and best way for any solution. In this algorithm, we can discover the best suitable parents who can actually mate and produce better offspring.

In this concept, we consider the parent's chromosome and try to mate them in different conditions which are known as crossover. We can set some limitations on the number of offspring too.