How to evaluate a partial individual?

Note. A partial individual is included in a whole individual, and we know how to evaluate whole individuals.

Idea. If partial individual = schema, we can estimate its fitness by the average of all the individuals containing it (schemata theorem).


f ( I_p ) » m ( f ( I ), "I, I_p Ì I )
Count. Any partial individual is contained in 2^L-k individuals: much too many!

Solution. Sample them.