| The General Settings Tab gives access to the
            following settings and features: 
 
            Training SamplesNumber of samples used for training.
 
 Reset
 Reverts to the total number of training samples in your data.
 
 Testing Samples
 Number of samples used for evaluating the generalizing
            capabilities of the evolved models.
 
 Reset
 Reverts to the total number of testing samples in your data.
 
 Number of Chromosomes
 Size of the population of models created each generation for breeding new ones.
 
 Head Size
 Size of the  head of each gene. This parameter determines the upper limit for the size of the programs encoded in the gene.
 
 Number of Genes
 Number of genes per chromosome or, in other words, the number of complex terms in the evolving models.
 
 Linking Function
 Function used to link the different terms encoded in the genes of a model. You can choose either addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division to link the
            sub-ETs of your models.
 
 Enable Complexity Increase
 Check this box if you wish to allow APS to automatically increase the number of genes in the evolving models.
 
 Generations without Change
 The period of time you think acceptable for evolution to occur
            without improvement in best fitness, after which a mass extinction
            is created or a neutral gene (an extra term) is automatically added
            to all evolving models.
 
 Number of Tries
 The number of consecutive evolutionary epochs (defined by the
            parameter Generations Without Change) you will allow before a
            neutral gene is introduced in all evolving models.
 
 Max. Complexity
 The maximum number of terms (genes) you think reasonable for
            modeling your data. Beyond this threshold no other terms are
            introduced automatically by the Complexity Increase Engine and APS
            stops evolving new models.
 
 
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