Crossover versus Mutation: A Comparative Analysis of the Evolutionary Strategy of Genetic Algorithms Applied to Combinatorial Optimization Problems

Algorithm 1

Pseudocode of all the GAs.

(1) Initialization of initial population

(2) repeat

(3)  Parents selection process

(4)  Crossover phase

(5)  Mutation phase

(6)  Survivor selection process

(7) until  termination criterion reached;

(8) Return the fitness of the best individual found