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Returns the  fitness for each combination, which combines
entropy and the distance to a consistent combination.

=head2 fitness_orig()

Original fitness, used in one of the former papers

=head2 reset_old()

Create a new population, old version

=head2 reset()

Create a new population making sure that all strings appear only once. 

=head2 realphabet()

Convert the whole population to a new alphabet, changing no-existent
letters to random letters in the new alphabet. 

=head2 shrink_to( $new_size )

Reduce population size (in case a partial solution has been found).


=head2 issue_first ()

Issues the first combination, which might be generated in a particular
way; in this case Knuth's way. Might be used as a default. 

=head1 AUTHOR

JJ Merelo  C<< <jj@merelo.net> >>


=head1 LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2009, JJ Merelo C<< <jj@merelo.net> >>. All rights reserved.

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