---
name: "PGAUpdateGeneration"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "pgapack"
version: "1.1.1-3"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/PGAUpdateGeneration"
---

# PGAUpdateGeneration(8)

updates internal data structures for the next genetic algorithm iteration, and checks if the termination conditions, both user and PGAPack, have been met.

## NAME

PGAUpdateGeneration - updates internal data structures for the next genetic algorithm iteration, and checks if the termination conditions, both user and PGAPack, have been met.

## DESCRIPTION

This routine must be called by both master and slave processes at the end of each GA generation.

## INPUT PARAMETERS

- ctx

  \- context variable

- comm

  \- an MPI communicator

## OUTPUT PARAMETERS

- none

  ## SYNOPSIS

```
#include "pgapack.h"
void  PGAUpdateGeneration(ctx, comm)
PGAContext *ctx
MPI_Comm comm
```

## LOCATION

pga.c

## EXAMPLE

```
Example:
PGAContext *ctx;
:
PGAUpdateGeneration(ctx, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
```