net.sf.amiba.evolve.population
Class DefaultPopulation<T>

Object
  DefaultPopulation<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Population<T>

public class DefaultPopulation<T>
extends Object
implements Population<T>

A population. It contains Individuals and some other population-level things. One of the prominent tasks preformed here is selection, with the help of a Selector.

Author:

juber patel

Constructor Summary

DefaultPopulation(int number, IndividualFactory<T> individualFactory, Selector<T> selector, List<FitnessCase<T>> fitnessCases)

Method Summary

EvolutionResult<T>	getEvolutionResult() get the result of the evolution at this point
int	getGenerationNumber()
List<Individual<T>>	getIndividuals() required to change and manipulate the population
void	nextGeneration() this performs selection and replication so that this population is at the next generation once this method completes

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DefaultPopulation

public DefaultPopulation(int number,
                         IndividualFactory<T> individualFactory,
                         Selector<T> selector,
                         List<FitnessCase<T>> fitnessCases)
                  throws AmibaException

Throws:

AmibaException

Method Detail

getIndividuals

public List<Individual<T>> getIndividuals()

Description copied from interface: Population

required to change and manipulate the population

Specified by:

getIndividuals in interface Population<T>

getEvolutionResult

public EvolutionResult<T> getEvolutionResult()

get the result of the evolution at this point

Specified by:

getEvolutionResult in interface Population<T>

getGenerationNumber

public int getGenerationNumber()

Specified by:

getGenerationNumber in interface Population<T>

nextGeneration

public void nextGeneration()
                    throws AmibaException

Description copied from interface: Population

this performs selection and replication so that this population is at the next generation once this method completes

Specified by:

nextGeneration in interface Population<T>

Throws:

AmibaException