org.evolvica.core.recombine.binary
Class MultipointCrossover

java.lang.Object
  org.evolvica.engine.AbstractOperator
      org.evolvica.core.common.AbstractGeneticOperator
          org.evolvica.core.recombine.AbstractRecombinator
              org.evolvica.core.recombine.binary.BinaryRecombinator
                  org.evolvica.core.recombine.binary.MultipointCrossover

All Implemented Interfaces:

IGeneticOperator, IOperator, IProcessor, java.io.Serializable

public class MultipointCrossover

extends BinaryRecombinator

Multipoint Crossover for binary strings. This operator produces two children from two parents. For the number of intersections na obtains: 0 < na < width( BinaryString ).

Since:

0.4.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.8 $ $Date: 2004/05/26 11:58:14 $

Author:

Andreas Rummler

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected int	intersections Number of intersections of the binary string.
protected java.util.Random	random Random generator.

Fields inherited from class org.evolvica.core.recombine.AbstractRecombinator

builder

Fields inherited from class org.evolvica.engine.AbstractOperator

descriptor, element, id, name

Constructor Summary

MultipointCrossover()
Constructor.

MultipointCrossover(int intersections)
Constructor.

Method Summary

int	getProducedChildren() Return the number of produced children.
int	getRequiredParents() Returns the number of required parents for a valid recombination.
protected BitVector[]	recombine(BitVector[] parents) Recombines two bitsets.

Methods inherited from class org.evolvica.core.recombine.binary.BinaryRecombinator

recombine

Methods inherited from class org.evolvica.core.recombine.AbstractRecombinator

getBuilder, process, setBuilder

Methods inherited from class org.evolvica.engine.AbstractOperator

attachDescriptor, attachElement, descriptor, element, getId, getName, setId, setName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.evolvica.engine.IOperator

attachDescriptor, attachElement, descriptor, element, getId, getName, setId, setName

Field Detail

random

protected java.util.Random random

Random generator.

intersections

protected int intersections

Number of intersections of the binary string.

Constructor Detail

MultipointCrossover

public MultipointCrossover()

Constructor.

MultipointCrossover

public MultipointCrossover(int intersections)

Constructor.

Parameters:

intersections - number of intersections

Method Detail

recombine

protected BitVector[] recombine(BitVector[] parents)

Description copied from class: BinaryRecombinator

Recombines two bitsets.

Specified by:

recombine in class BinaryRecombinator

Parameters:

parents - parent bitsets

Returns:

child bitsets

See Also:

BinaryRecombinator.recombine(org.evolvica.util.BitVector[])

getProducedChildren

public int getProducedChildren()

Description copied from class: AbstractRecombinator

Return the number of produced children.

Specified by:

getProducedChildren in class AbstractRecombinator

Returns:

number of children

See Also:

AbstractRecombinator.getProducedChildren()

getRequiredParents

public int getRequiredParents()

Description copied from class: AbstractRecombinator

Returns the number of required parents for a valid recombination.

Specified by:

getRequiredParents in class AbstractRecombinator

Returns:

number of parents

See Also:

AbstractRecombinator.getRequiredParents()