org.jaga.definitions
Interface Individual

All Known Subinterfaces:

BinaryEncodedIndividual

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanFormulaTree, NDecimalsIndividual, NNumbersGreycodedIndivudual, ProteinLocationClassifier

public interface Individual

Basis for all classes representing an individual, i.e. a genotype.

Project: JAGA - Java API for Genetic Algorithms.

Company: University College London and JAGA.Org (http://www.jaga.org).

Copyright: (c) 2004 by G. Paperin.
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Version:

JAGA public release 1.0 beta

Author:

Greg Paperin (greg@jaga.org)

Method Summary

Fitness	getFitness() Gets the individual's fitness.
void	setFitness(Fitness fitness) Sets the fitness.
java.lang.String	toString() Produces a string representation of this individuial.

Method Detail

getFitness

Fitness getFitness()

Gets the individual's fitness.

Returns:

The fitness object assosiated with this individual or null if no fitness is associated.

setFitness

void setFitness(Fitness fitness)

Sets the fitness.

Parameters:

fitness - The new fitness for this individual.

toString

java.lang.String toString()

Produces a string representation of this individuial.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

A string (mostly, human readable) representing this individual.