<p>In <a href="https://github.com/mlpack/mlpack/pull/686#discussion_r70911478">src/mlpack/methods/ne/neat.hpp</a>:</p>
<pre style='color:#555'>&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);
&gt; +
&gt; +    // Remove weak species.
&gt; +    if (aPopulation.aSpecies.size() &gt; 10) {
&gt; +      RemoveWeakSpecies(aPopulation);
&gt; +    }
&gt; +
&gt; +    // Breed children in each species. 
&gt; +    std::vector&lt;double&gt; speciesAverageRank;
&gt; +    CalcSpeciesAverageRank(aPopulation, speciesAverageRank);
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<p>Yes, I think that's what Stanley is trying to explain.</p>

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