Roulette Wheel selection procedure

Question

is it possible to evaluate each individual in the population using the fitness value without finding the probability as the following pseudo code

For all members of population
    sum += fitness ( member)
End for 
Loop until new population is full 
      Do this twice 
            Number = Random between 0 and sum
            Currentfitness = 0.0
            For each member in population
               Currentfitness += fitness (member)
               if Number > Currentfitness then select member
            End for 
      End
Create offspring 
End loop

and what the following part of the code do ?

Do this twice

I really confuse how the Roulette Wheel selects pair of parents. can any help ? thanks in advance

Answer 1

Number should be less than Currentfitness, otherwise it is heavily biased towards the first member of the population.

Example:

• Consider weights {1, 2, 7}
• Cumulative weights {1, 3, 10}
• Total weight 10
• Choose random double between 0 and 10 with r.NextDouble(10.0)
• 90% of time 1 is chosen with given pseudo code. Should be 10%