jaga.evolve
Class Reproducer

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--jaga.evolve.Reproducer

All Implemented Interfaces:

GeneticOperator, java.io.Serializable

public class Reproducer

extends java.lang.Object

implements GeneticOperator

Genetic Operator that simply clones individuals from one population to the other.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Reproducer()
Creates new Reproducer

Method Summary

void	operate(Selector selector, Population oldPopulation, Population newPopulation, int howMany) method that adds genotypes to the new population by extracting some from the old one and manipulating them in some way.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Reproducer

public Reproducer()

Creates new Reproducer

Method Detail

operate

public void operate(Selector selector,
                    Population oldPopulation,
                    Population newPopulation,
                    int howMany)

method that adds genotypes to the new population by extracting some from the old one and manipulating them in some way.

Specified by:

operate in interface GeneticOperator

Parameters:

oldPopulation - in parameter having all the original genotypes

newPopulation - in/out parameter where the next generation of genotypes is being built

howMany - how many new genotypes to add to the new population