>Local maxima: points where the gradient of the evaluation function for
>
>relative survival is 0, and all local orthonormal frames have the
>survival function decreasing on all basis vectors. [This is a fancy
>way
>of saying 'locally optimal solutions that Natural selection ends up
>at'.]
>
>If the mutations don't go far enough, they will wipe before finding
>any
>nearby [improved] local maximum.
Kenneth, could you say something more about 'ortholnormal frames'?
That's a tool not in my cognitive tool box.
Take care. -KMO