function [bval] = function(fval,bounds,bits)% function [bval] = f2b(fval,bounds,bits)%% Return the binary representation of the float number fval.%% fval   - the float representation of the number% bval   - the binary representation of the number% bounds - the bounds on the variables% bits   - the number of bits to represent each variable% Binary and Real-Valued Simulation Evolution for Matlab % Copyright (C) 1996 C.R. Houck, J.A. Joines, M.G. Kay %% C.R. Houck, J.Joines, and M.Kay. A genetic algorithm for function% optimization: A Matlab implementation. ACM Transactions on Mathmatical% Software, Submitted 1996.%% This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by% the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)% any later version.%% This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the% GNU General Public License for more details. A copy of the GNU % General Public License can be obtained from the % Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.scale=(2.^bits-1)./ (bounds(:,2)-bounds(:,1))'; %The range of the variablesnumV=size(bounds,1);cs=[0 cumsum(bits)];bval=[];for i=1:numV  fval(i)=(fval(i)-bounds(i,1)) * scale(i);  bval=[bval rem(floor(fval(i)*pow2(1-bits(i):0)),2)];end