public Individual reproduceBest(Individual[] pop)
{
/*
* apply crossover and mutation to top individuals in the population
* return the new individual
*/
Individual p1 = selectBest(pop);
Individual prototype = new Individual(p1);
if (rnd.NextDouble() < crossoverProb)
{
Individual p2 = selectBest(pop);
prototype = prototype.crossover2(p2);
}
if (rnd.NextDouble() < mutationProb)
{
prototype = prototype.mutate();
}
return(prototype);
}