Other Operators and Extensions

• You don't have to use just cross-over and mutation.
• You could have multi-point cross over.
• You could flip every other point. The students in Dubai often do this. They use a swap mutation for the TSP.
• There's no reason you can't combine 3 or more genes.
• With TSP, you could swap cities.
• It's entirely open.
• There does seem to be some evidence that the two are all you really need, but feel free to add other operators.