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The Hierarchical Problem Generator (HPG)

This distribution provides source code for the Hierarchical Problem
Generator described in the following paper:

Edwin D. de Jong, Richard A. Watson, and Dirk Thierens. A Generator
for Hierarchical Problems. Submitted to the Theory of Representations
workshop at GECCO 2005.

This distribution consists of the following sources:

README
DISCLAIMER
Makefile
hpg.cc
hpg.h
indiv.cc
indiv.h
module.cc
module.h
parameters.cc
parameters.h
results/x1/x1

To compile: use make <enter>.

To run: use ./hpg paramfile <enter>, where paramfile is a file in
results/paramfile/paramfile specifying the parameters. A paramfile 
named x1 has been provided as an example. To run the generator with 
these example parameters, use: ./hpg x1 <enter>.