the genetic algorithm program v1.7 released. You can find the updated code and manual at the following link: http://drozdets.home.cern.ch/drozdets/home/genetic/

Release notes (main improvements):

- user defined significance function option is now available

- introduced a re-weighting coefficient (see Manual for details)

- fixed a minor bug in stat. error calculations for all background processes (didn't affect optimization)

- corresponding number of generated events is in the output now