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* Operating on dynamic data sets is difficult, as genomes begin to converge early on towards solutions which may no longer be valid for later data.

Several methods have been proposed to remedy this by increasing genetic diversity somehow and preventing early convergence, either by increasing the probability of mutation when the solution quality drops ( called triggered hypermutation ), or by occasionally introducing entirely new, randomly generated elements into the gene pool ( called random immigrants ).

Again, evolution strategies and evolutionary programming can be implemented with a so-called " comma strategy " in which parents are not maintained and new parents are selected only from offspring.

This can be more effective on dynamic problems.