9. Is the following strategy sensible? Explain your answer. “Start evolution with a large mutation rate, and decrease the mutation rate with an increase in genera- tion number.”
Mutations lead to the evolution. The more the mutation rate is, more fast and diverse the evolution will be.
The mutation rate is fast in start which means that it is easy to start the process of evolution. Gradually with the increase in generation number, the mutation rate is slowed down. It means that the evolution is now getting stabilized. So a particular direction of evolution is now getting settled.
So, if it is the purpose to evolove in a narrow range, then this concept is sensible. But if the purpose is to create too much evolution and diverse features, then it may not be sensible.
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