skip elitist genomes when mutate()ing

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skip elitist genomes when mutate()ing #161

Open egtzori opened 5 years ago

egtzori commented 5 years ago

PR for: mutate() must skip elitist genomes #160

1 row patch for mutate() to skip elitist genomes

FLYBYME commented 5 years ago

You already know the score from the elite so why run the same genome over and over again without any change?

egtzori commented 5 years ago

I tested it on small data and it gives better results for me. If i dont keep the best there is chance that the good children will mutate and bad one will be kept