#Please insert up references in the next lines (line starts with keyword UP) UP arb.hlp UP glossary.hlp #Please insert subtopic references (line starts with keyword SUB) SUB pa_optimizer.hlp # Hypertext links in helptext can be added like this: LINK{ref.hlp|http://add|bla@domain} #************* Title of helpfile !! and start of real helpfile ******** TITLE Randomize topology OCCURRENCE ARB_PARSIMONY/Tree/Tree Optimization/Randomize/Random mix tree DESCRIPTION Randomizes the topology of the current tree. At each inner branch of the tree, one of the three possible topologies (see LINK{nni.hlp}) is chosen randomly. Two parameters are available for mixing: * Repeat count * Percentage The 'Repeat count' defines how often each inner edge in the tree may be randomized. Its default value is initialized at startup using the size of the tree. The value is chosen such that each edge may possibly be moved to any other position in the tree. The 'Percentage' defines the probability to randomize an edge. NOTES You may already have guessed that this function normally will not optimize your tree :) Nevertheless: alternately randomizing and optimizing the tree may lead to better topologies. EXAMPLES None WARNINGS None BUGS No bugs known