Continue a submission
Start a new run from where an earlier one stopped.
When a result is ready you can click Continue to start a new run that picks up from the final population of the earlier run. This is useful when:
- You want to keep running for more generations after seeing the chart.
- You want to tweak one parameter (mutation rate, for example) and let the search keep going from a good place.
- You want to branch off a public result that someone shared with you, without losing the original.
What gets carried over¶
The new submission inherits:
- The final population of the parent run, used as the starting population for the new run.
- The same fitness function and most of the parameters.
What you can change before you press Submit:
- Number of generations.
- Mutation rate, crossover type, and the other algorithm parameters that do not affect the gene shape.
- The result name.
What you cannot change (because it would invalidate the carried-over population):
- Number of genes.
- Gene type.
For the quick submissions that are already built, some other restrictions apply. For example, you cannot edit the fitness function.
Where the parent link goes¶
Each continued submission stores a link back to the parent result. On the new result page you will see Continued from
How credits work for a continue¶
A continue is a new submission. It is billed exactly like a fresh run: the credits charged depend on how much CPU and memory the new run consumes. The parent run is not re-billed.
Read more in Credits.
Continuing from a public result¶
If someone shared a public result with you, the Continue button forks their result into your account. The original stays untouched on their profile; your new run is yours.