org.evolvica.core.recombine.iarray
Class OrderCrossover

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.OrderCrossover

All Implemented Interfaces:

IGeneticOperator, IOperator, IProcessor, java.io.Serializable

public class OrderCrossover

extends IntegerArrayRecombinator

Order Crossover (OX) for arrays. This operator requires two parents and produces two descendants.

Since:

0.4.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.8 $ $Date: 2004/05/26 11:58:16 $

Author:

Andreas Rummler

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected int[]

intersectionPoints Exchange interval.

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

builder

Fields inherited from class org.evolvica.engine.AbstractOperator

descriptor, element, id, name

Constructor Summary

OrderCrossover()
Constructor.

OrderCrossover(int[] intersectionPoints)
Constructor with intersection points.

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

intersectionPoints

protected int[] intersectionPoints

Exchange interval. The interval is defined between lowerBound (inclusive) and upperBound (exclusive).

Constructor Detail

OrderCrossover

public OrderCrossover()

Constructor.

OrderCrossover

public OrderCrossover(int[] intersectionPoints)

Constructor with intersection points. This constructor should only be used for debugging purposes.

Parameters:

intersectionPoints - array with intersection points

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()