org.vizzini.ai.geneticprogramming
Interface IChromosomeGP

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Comparable, IChromosome

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractChromosomeGP, DefaultChromosomeGP

public interface IChromosomeGP
extends IChromosome

Defines methods required by a chromosome in genetic programming.

Since:

v0.3

Version:

v0.3

Author:

Jeffrey M. Thompson

Field Summary

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

UNKNOWN_FITNESS

Method Summary

Object	evaluate(IContext context) Evaluate this chromosome.
IFunction	getFunction()
void	setFunction(IFunction function)
void	splice(IChromosomeGP c0, IChromosomeGP c1, int cut0, int cut1) Splice the given chromosomes into this using the given cut indexes.

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

addFitness, clone, copy, equals, getDescription, getFitness, isFitnessUnknown, mix, mix, mutate, randomlyInitialize, setDescription, setFitness, setFitnessUnknown, size, splice

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

evaluate

Object evaluate(IContext context)

Evaluate this chromosome.

Parameters:

context - Context in which to evaluate.

Since:

v0.3

getFunction

IFunction getFunction()

Returns:

Return function.

Since:

v0.3

setFunction

void setFunction(IFunction function)

Parameters:

function - the function to set

Since:

v0.3

splice

void splice(IChromosomeGP c0,
            IChromosomeGP c1,
            int cut0,
            int cut1)

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

Since:

v0.3