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The single bit mutation and one point crossover operations are most commonly implemented on a chromosome that is encoded as a bit string. If the actual arguments are real numbers this implies a fixed point encoding and decoding each time an argument is updated. A method is presented here for applying these operators to floating point numbers directly, eliminating the need for bit strings The result...
Over 50,000 hip replacements are performed per year in NHS hospitals, independent sector hospitals and treatment centres. Since the concept of low frictional arthroplasty was first introduced, aspirations and lifestyles have changed dramatically. Expectations of outcomes have risen, yet more patients with severe co-morbidity of affluent lifestyle (obesity, diabetes and hypertensive cardiac disease)...
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