The GA parameters are: populationSize = 100 numXoverPoints = 1 crossoverRate = 0.7 mutationRate = 0.01 doElitism = true printPerGens = 100 maxGenerations = 1000 Debug.flag = false logFileName = bigbit.txt BitCountChromosome: chromosome length is 100 GA: chromosome length = 100 GA: mainLoop Known solution fitness is 1.0 Initial population: generation=0 best value=0.3969 avg=0.25497999999999993 stddev=0.049607636264567 most fit (previous generation=0): 1001110000110001011011101001111011010001011110111101001101011110000101111111101111011011110111100111 this chromosome has 63 bits set fitness= 0.3969 number of crossovers and mutations: 0 and 0 Report: generation=100 best value=0.7744 avg=0.608697 stddev=0.05850025892198628 most fit (previous generation=99): 1111111111011101010111111011111101111111111111111111111111111101111101111111011101101111111111111011 this chromosome has 88 bits set fitness= 0.7744 number of crossovers and mutations: 3468 and 10008 Report: generation=200 best value=0.8649 avg=0.6447459999999998 stddev=0.06424380710632917 most fit (previous generation=177): 1111111111011101111111111111111101111111111111111111111111111111111101111111011011111111111111111011 this chromosome has 93 bits set fitness= 0.8649 number of crossovers and mutations: 6937 and 19961 Report: generation=300 best value=0.9409 avg=0.7264880000000004 stddev=0.07583501400734464 most fit (previous generation=284): 1111111101110111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111011111111111111111111 this chromosome has 97 bits set fitness= 0.9409 number of crossovers and mutations: 10386 and 29973 Report: generation=400 best value=0.9604 avg=0.7393870000000001 stddev=0.07223844726761462 most fit (previous generation=342): 1111111111110111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111011111111111111111111 this chromosome has 98 bits set fitness= 0.9604 number of crossovers and mutations: 13850 and 39947 Report: generation=500 best value=0.9604 avg=0.7125709999999998 stddev=0.06498700304404326 most fit (previous generation=342): 1111111111110111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111011111111111111111111 this chromosome has 98 bits set fitness= 0.9604 number of crossovers and mutations: 17306 and 49936 Report: generation=600 best value=0.9604 avg=0.7084749999999999 stddev=0.07106370648078933 most fit (previous generation=342): 1111111111110111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111011111111111111111111 this chromosome has 98 bits set fitness= 0.9604 number of crossovers and mutations: 20774 and 59948 Report: generation=700 best value=0.9801 avg=0.719862 stddev=0.10159379979888536 most fit (previous generation=638): 1111111111110111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 this chromosome has 99 bits set fitness= 0.9801 number of crossovers and mutations: 24245 and 70078 Report: generation=800 best value=0.9801 avg=0.7444210000000001 stddev=0.06856235721787991 most fit (previous generation=638): 1111111111110111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 this chromosome has 99 bits set fitness= 0.9801 number of crossovers and mutations: 27720 and 80033 Simulation completed in 816 generations and 181.978 seconds Best member (generation=816): 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 this chromosome has 100 bits set fitness= 1.0