org.vizzini.ai.geneticalgorithm
Class AbstractSelector

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

ISelector

Direct Known Subclasses:

FitnessProportionalSelector, RandomSelector

public abstract class AbstractSelector
extends Object
implements ISelector

Provides base functionality for a selector in a genetic algorithm.

Since:

v0.3

Version:

v0.3

Author:

Jeffrey M. Thompson

Constructor Summary

AbstractSelector()

Method Summary

protected void	checkState() Check the state of this object for validity.
int	getLastIndex() Return the last index selected, or -1 if none.
protected IPopulation	getPopulation()
void	init(IPopulation population) Initialize this selector from the given population.
protected void	setLastIndex(int lastIndex)
protected void	setPopulation(IPopulation population)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

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

selectNext

Constructor Detail

AbstractSelector

public AbstractSelector()

Method Detail

getLastIndex

public int getLastIndex()

Return the last index selected, or -1 if none.

Specified by:

getLastIndex in interface ISelector

Since:

v0.3

init

public void init(IPopulation population)

Initialize this selector from the given population.

Specified by:

init in interface ISelector

Since:

v0.3

checkState

protected void checkState()

Check the state of this object for validity.

Since:

v0.3

getPopulation

protected IPopulation getPopulation()

Returns:

Return population.

Since:

v0.3

setLastIndex

protected void setLastIndex(int lastIndex)

Parameters:

lastIndex - the lastIndex to set

setPopulation

protected void setPopulation(IPopulation population)

Parameters:

population - the population to set

Since:

v0.3