NAME

       PGASetStoppingRuleType - specify a stopping criterion.

DESCRIPTION

       If  called  more  than  once  the  different  stopping criterion are ORed together.  Valid
       choices  are  PGA_STOP_MAXITER,  PGA_STOP_TOOSIMILAR,  or  PGA_STOP_NOCHANGE  to   specify
       iteration  limit  reached, population too similar, or no change in the best solution found
       in a given number of iterations, respectively.  The default is  to  stop  when  a  maximum
       iteration limit is reached (by default, 1000 iterations).

INPUT PARAMETERS

       ctx    - context variable
       stoprule
              - symbolic constant to specify stopping rule

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

       none

SYNOPSIS

       #include "pgapack.h"
       void  PGASetStoppingRuleType(ctx, stoprule)
       PGAContext *ctx
       int stoprule

LOCATION

       stop.c

EXAMPLE

       Example:
       PGAContext *ctx;
       :
       PGASetStoppingRuleType(ctx, PGA_STOP_TOOSIMILAR);

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