org.vizzini.ai.geneticalgorithm
Interface IChromosome

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Comparable

All Known Subinterfaces:

IChromosomeGP

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractChromosome, AbstractChromosomeGP, ChromosomeBoolean, ChromosomeDouble, ChromosomeInt, ChromosomeNeuralNetwork, DefaultChromosomeGP

public interface IChromosome
extends Cloneable, Comparable

Defines methods required by chromosomes for a genetic algorithm.

Since:

v0.1

Version:

v0.3

Author:

Jeffrey M. Thompson

Field Summary

static int

UNKNOWN_FITNESS Constant which indicates that the fitness is unknown.

Method Summary

void	addFitness(int value) Add to the fitness.
Object	clone() Return a clone of this instance.
void	copy(IChromosome another) Copy the given chromosome into this.
boolean	equals(Object another) Return true if this equals the given object.
String	getDescription() Return the description.
int	getFitness() Return the fitness.
boolean	isFitnessUnknown() Return true if the fitness is unknown.
void	mix(IChromosome c1, IChromosome c2, boolean[] mask) Mix the genes of the given chromosomes into this using the given mask.
void	mix(IChromosome c1, IChromosome c2, double fraction) Mix the genes of the given chromosomes into this using the given fraction.
void	mutate(double mutationRate, double mutationMagnitude) Mutate this chromosome's genes using the given parameters.
void	randomlyInitialize() Initialize the genes with random values.
void	setDescription(String description) Set the description.
void	setFitness(int fitness) Set the fitness.
void	setFitnessUnknown() Set the fitness to unknown.
int	size() Return the number of genes.
void	splice(IChromosome c1, IChromosome c2, int cut) Splice the given chromosomes into this using the given cut index.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Field Detail

UNKNOWN_FITNESS

static final int UNKNOWN_FITNESS

Constant which indicates that the fitness is unknown.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

addFitness

void addFitness(int value)

Add to the fitness.

Since:

v0.1

clone

Object clone()

Return a clone of this instance.

Since:

v0.2

copy

void copy(IChromosome another)

Copy the given chromosome into this.

Since:

v0.1

equals

boolean equals(Object another)

Return true if this equals the given object.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Since:

v0.1

getDescription

String getDescription()

Return the description.

Since:

v0.1

getFitness

int getFitness()

Return the fitness.

Since:

v0.1

isFitnessUnknown

boolean isFitnessUnknown()

Return true if the fitness is unknown.

Since:

v0.1

mix

void mix(IChromosome c1,
         IChromosome c2,
         boolean[] mask)

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

Since:

v0.1

mix

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

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

Since:

v0.3

mutate

void mutate(double mutationRate,
            double mutationMagnitude)

Mutate this chromosome's genes using the given parameters.

Parameters:

mutationRate - Probability of a gene being mutated.

mutationMagnitude - The maximum allowed magnitude of the mutation.

Since:

v0.1

randomlyInitialize

void randomlyInitialize()

Initialize the genes with random values.

Since:

v0.1

setDescription

void setDescription(String description)

Set the description.

Since:

v0.1

setFitness

void setFitness(int fitness)

Set the fitness.

Since:

v0.1

setFitnessUnknown

void setFitnessUnknown()

Set the fitness to unknown.

Since:

v0.1

size

int size()

Return the number of genes.

Since:

v0.1

splice

void splice(IChromosome c1,
            IChromosome c2,
            int cut)

Splice the given chromosomes into this using the given cut index.

Since:

v0.1