org.vizzini.ai.geneticalgorithm
Class AbstractChromosome

java.lang.Object
  org.vizzini.ai.geneticalgorithm.AbstractChromosome

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, Comparable, IChromosome

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractChromosomeGP, ChromosomeBoolean, ChromosomeDouble, ChromosomeInt

public abstract class AbstractChromosome
extends Object
implements IChromosome

Provides base functionality for chromosomes for a genetic algorithm.

Since:

v0.1

Version:

v0.3

Author:

Jeffrey M. Thompson

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.vizzini.ai.geneticalgorithm.IChromosome

UNKNOWN_FITNESS

Constructor Summary

AbstractChromosome()

Method Summary

void	addFitness(int value) Add to the fitness.
Object	clone() Return a clone of this instance.
int	compareTo(Object another) Return -1, 0, or 1 if this is less than, equal to, or greater than the given chromosome.
void	copy(IChromosome another) Copy the given chromosome into this.
boolean	equals(Object object) Return true if the given object is equal to this.
String	getDescription() Return the description.
int	getFitness() Return the fitness.
int	hashCode() Returns a hash code value for the object.
boolean	isFitnessUnknown() Return true if the fitness is unknown.
void	mix(IChromosome c1, IChromosome c2, double fraction) Mix the genes of the given chromosomes into this using the given fraction.
void	setDescription(String description) Set the description.
void	setFitness(int fitness) Set the fitness.
void	setFitnessUnknown() Set the fitness to unknown.
String	toString() Return a string representation of this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.vizzini.ai.geneticalgorithm.IChromosome

mix, mutate, randomlyInitialize, size, splice

Constructor Detail

AbstractChromosome

public AbstractChromosome()

Method Detail

addFitness

public void addFitness(int value)

Add to the fitness.

Specified by:

addFitness in interface IChromosome

Since:

v0.1

clone

public Object clone()

Return a clone of this instance.

Specified by:

clone in interface IChromosome

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Since:

v0.2

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object another)

Return -1, 0, or 1 if this is less than, equal to, or greater than the given chromosome.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

Since:

v0.1

copy

public void copy(IChromosome another)

Copy the given chromosome into this.

Specified by:

copy in interface IChromosome

Since:

v0.1

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

Return true if the given object is equal to this.

Specified by:

equals in interface IChromosome

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

object - The object to compare.

Since:

v0.1

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Return the description.

Specified by:

getDescription in interface IChromosome

Since:

v0.1

getFitness

public int getFitness()

Return the fitness.

Specified by:

getFitness in interface IChromosome

Since:

v0.1

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hash code value for the object.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Since:

v0.1

isFitnessUnknown

public boolean isFitnessUnknown()

Return true if the fitness is unknown.

Specified by:

isFitnessUnknown in interface IChromosome

Since:

v0.1

mix

public void mix(IChromosome c1,
                IChromosome c2,
                double fraction)

Mix the genes of the given chromosomes into this using the given fraction.

Specified by:

mix in interface IChromosome

Since:

v0.3

setDescription

public void setDescription(String description)

Set the description.

Specified by:

setDescription in interface IChromosome

Since:

v0.1

setFitness

public void setFitness(int fitness)

Set the fitness.

Specified by:

setFitness in interface IChromosome

Since:

v0.1

setFitnessUnknown

public void setFitnessUnknown()

Set the fitness to unknown.

Specified by:

setFitnessUnknown in interface IChromosome

Since:

v0.1

toString

public String toString()

Return a string representation of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Since:

v0.1