<p>In <a href="https://github.com/mlpack/mlpack/pull/686#discussion_r70905170">src/mlpack/methods/ne/neat.hpp</a>:</p>
<pre style='color:#555'>&gt; +  void InitPopulation() {
&gt; +    aPopulation = Population(aSeedGenome, aPopulationSize);
&gt; +  }
&gt; +
&gt; +  // Reproduce next generation of population.
&gt; +  void Reproduce() {
&gt; +    // keep best genome.
&gt; +    Genome lastBestGenome = aPopulation.BestGenome();
&gt; +
&gt; +    // Remove stale species.
&gt; +    if (aPopulation.aSpecies.size() &gt; 10) {
&gt; +      RemoveStaleSpecies(aPopulation);
&gt; +    }
&gt; +
&gt; +    // Remove weak genomes in each species.
&gt; +    CullSpecies(aPopulation, aCullSpeciesPercentage);
</pre>
<p>Thanks for the information, maybe it's a good idea, but it sounds counterproductive to me. I think it should work without, since RemoveStaleSpecies should remove old species anyway.</p>

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