NAME

       PGARestart - reseeds a population from the best string

INPUT PARAMETERS

       val    -  the  probability  of  changing an allele when copying the best string to the new
              population
       source_pop
              - the source population
       dest_pop
              - symbolic constant of the destination population

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

       side   -effect.

SYNOPSIS

       #include "pgapack.h"
       void  PGARestart(ctx, source_pop, dest_pop)
       PGAContext *ctx
       int source_pop
       int dest_pop

LOCATION

       restart.c

EXAMPLE

       Perform an unspecified test to determine if the current evolution is
       not evolving fast enough, and if so, restart the evolution.

       PGAContext *ctx;        PGAEvaluateMS(ctx, PGA_OLDPOP, f, comm);
       PGAFitness   (ctx, PGA_OLDPOP);
       }

       :
       if (StagnantEvolution()) {
       PGARestart(ctx, PGA_OLDPOP, PGA_NEWPOP);
       PGAEvaluate(ctx, PGA_NEWPOP, EvalFunc);
       PGAUpdateGeneration(ctx);
       }

                                             05/01/95                               PGARestart(3)