SSEA2D

Class Population

java.lang.Object

SSEA2D.Population

public class Population
extends java.lang.Object

The class population represents the whole population for the evolutionary algorithm SSEA2D. It contains all the representations and the function to evolve a new generation.

Author:

Thomas Dittrich

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Population(ComponentXMLData representation, SSEA2D tde, int inputnumber, int outputnumber)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	evolve() Evolves the IRepresentation of every member according to the evolution-rules
java.util.ArrayList<AbstractRepresentation>	getMembers() Returns an ArrayList of IRepresentations which contains all the IRepresentations of the Members

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Population

public Population(ComponentXMLData representation,
          SSEA2D tde,
          int inputnumber,
          int outputnumber)

Parameters:

representation - ComponentXMLdata which is used to create the Members. If this constructor is called in a subclass of AbstractRepresentation the variable representation should be handed over

tde - Instance of TwoDimensionalEvolution which holds the properties for each member. If this constructor is called in a subclass of AbstractRepresentation the value this should be handed over

Method Detail

getMembers

public java.util.ArrayList<AbstractRepresentation> getMembers()

Returns an ArrayList of IRepresentations which contains all the IRepresentations of the Members

Returns:

ArrayList of IRepresentation

evolve

public void evolve()

Evolves the IRepresentation of every member according to the evolution-rules