Feature Selection for Very Short-Term Heavy Rainfall Prediction Using Evolutionary Computation

Box 1

Steps of the used GA.

(1) Population Initialization: generate m random solutions.

(2) Selection: a number Tour of individuals is chosen randomly from the population, and the best individual

from this group is selected as parent.

(3) Crossover: create an offspring by the genetic recombination of Parent₁ and Parent₂.

(4) Mutation: change each gene of the offspring at the rate of 5 percent.

(5) Replacement: if the offspring is superior to the worst individual of population, replace the worst one with

the offspring.