function [gen,lchrom,coarse,nround] = encode(x,vlb,vub,bits)%ENCODE Converts from variable to binary representation.%	[GEN,LCHROM,COARSE,nround] = ENCODE(X,VLB,VUB,BITS) %       encodes non-binary variables of X to binary.  The variables %       in the i'th column of X will be encoded by BITS(i) bits.  VLB%       and VUB are the lower and upper bounds on X.  GEN is the binary %       representation of these X.  LCHROM=SUM(BITS) is the length of %       the binary chromosome.  COARSE(i) is the coarseness of the%       i'th variable as determined by the variable ranges and %       BITS(i).  ROUND contains the absolute indices of the %       X which where rounded due to finite BIT length.%%	Copyright (c) 1993 by the MathWorks, Inc.%	Andrew Potvin 1-10-93.% Remark: what about handling case where length(bits)~=length(vlb)?lchrom = sum(bits);coarse = (vub-vlb)./((2.^bits)-1);[x_row,x_col] = size(x);gen = [];if ~isempty(x),   temp = (x-ones(x_row,1)*vlb)./ ...          (ones(x_row,1)*coarse);   b10 = round(temp);   % Since temp and b10 should contain integers 1e-4 is close enough   nround = find(b10-temp>1e-4);   gen = b10to2(b10,bits);end% end encode