Modified Mendel operation for multimodal function optimization

Applying Mendel's hereditary law to genetic algorithms opened new possibilities. A recent application of Mendel's law to a global optimization problem showed promising results. However, its definition of Mendel operations were not quite clear. We clarify and redefine the Mendel operation. We also propose two methods to modify the Mendel operation for better performance in solving a multimodal function problem. The modified Mendel operation is used on a simple multimodal function to see the effects.