/// <summary>
/// C'tor
/// </summary>
/// <param name="populationSize"> The amount of members that will be simulated </param>
/// <param name="starter"> A member to create a start population from </param>
/// <param name="survivalThreshold"> The amount of the population that will survive after each epoch (in percent). Must be less than 0.5! </param>
public GeneticAlgorithm(int populationSize, ISpecies starter, float survivalThreshold)
{
this.PopulationSize = populationSize;
this.SurvivingMembers = (int)Math.Round(populationSize * survivalThreshold);
//Create the initial population which equals the member and n - 1 mutations of it
members.AddFirst(starter);
for (int i = 1; i < populationSize; i++)
{
members.AddFirst(starter.Mutate());
}
}
