[XtalOpt-devel] generation 2 from 4?

[David Lonie]

On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Cohen, Ron <rcohen at carnegiescience.edu> wrote:
> I am also wondering why xtalopt will generate an earlier generation
> from a later one. The attached snapshot shows a generation 2 structure
> produced from a generation 4 one, if I am reading this right. How is
> this possible? It seems like only earlier generations should be able
> to produce later ones. Thanks!

That is strange, I hadn't noticed that happening before -- the new
structure's generation should be [max(parent generations) + 1].  It
shouldn't cause any issue though -- the generation/id numbers are just
labels to identify structures and aren't important to the algorithm at
all.

Dave