org.evolvica.core.recombine.iarray
Class CycleCrossover

java.lang.Object
  org.evolvica.engine.AbstractOperator
      org.evolvica.core.common.AbstractGeneticOperator
          org.evolvica.core.recombine.AbstractRecombinator
              org.evolvica.core.recombine.iarray.IntegerArrayRecombinator
                  org.evolvica.core.recombine.iarray.CycleCrossover

All Implemented Interfaces:

IGeneticOperator, IOperator, IProcessor, java.io.Serializable

public class CycleCrossover

extends IntegerArrayRecombinator

Cycle Crossover (CX) for integer arrays. This operator requires two parents and produces two descendants.

Since:

0.4.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.8 $ $Date: 2004/05/26 11:58:15 $

Author:

Andreas Rummler

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected int

initialPosition Initial position to start cycle from.

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

builder

Fields inherited from class org.evolvica.engine.AbstractOperator

descriptor, element, id, name

Constructor Summary

CycleCrossover()
Constructor.

CycleCrossover(int initialPosition)
Constructor with initial cycle position.

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class org.evolvica.core.recombine.iarray.IntegerArrayRecombinator

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

initialPosition

protected int initialPosition

Initial position to start cycle from.

Constructor Detail

CycleCrossover

public CycleCrossover()

Constructor.

CycleCrossover

public CycleCrossover(int initialPosition)

Constructor with initial cycle position. This constructor should only be used for debugging purposes.

Parameters:

initialPosition - position to start cycle from

Method Detail

recombine

protected int[][] recombine(int[][] parents)

Description copied from class: IntegerArrayRecombinator

Recombines integer arrays.

Specified by:

recombine in class IntegerArrayRecombinator

Parameters:

parents - array of integer arrays from parents

Returns:

array of integer arrays for the children

See Also:

IntegerArrayRecombinator.recombine(int[][])

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()