org.jaga.reproduction
Class Mutation

java.lang.Object
  org.jaga.reproduction.Mutation

All Implemented Interfaces:

ReproductionAlgorithm

Direct Known Subclasses:

FunctionTreeMutation, PolypeptidePatternElongation, PolypeptidePatternMutation, SimpleBinaryMutation

public abstract class Mutation

extends java.lang.Object

implements ReproductionAlgorithm

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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)

Field Summary

private double

mutationProbability

Constructor Summary

Mutation()

Mutation(double mutProb)

Method Summary

abstract java.lang.Class	getApplicableClass() Returns the class of individuals handled by this reproduction algorithm.
double	getMutationProbability()
int	getRequiredNumberOfParents() Returns, how many individuals are required to produce one new individual whwn using this reproduction algorithm.
abstract Individual[]	reproduce(Individual[] parents, GAParameterSet params) Reproduces the specified individuals.
void	setMutationProbability(double mutProb)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

mutationProbability

private double mutationProbability

Constructor Detail

Mutation

public Mutation()

Mutation

public Mutation(double mutProb)

Method Detail

getRequiredNumberOfParents

public int getRequiredNumberOfParents()

Description copied from interface: ReproductionAlgorithm

Returns, how many individuals are required to produce one new individual whwn using this reproduction algorithm. If any number of parents is permitted (e.g. for most kinds of mutation), this method should return -1.

Specified by:

getRequiredNumberOfParents in interface ReproductionAlgorithm

Returns:

The required length of the array-parameter parents to the method reproduce or -1 if any length is parmitted.

setMutationProbability

public void setMutationProbability(double mutProb)

getMutationProbability

public double getMutationProbability()

getApplicableClass

public abstract java.lang.Class getApplicableClass()

Description copied from interface: ReproductionAlgorithm

Returns the class of individuals handled by this reproduction algorithm.

Specified by:

getApplicableClass in interface ReproductionAlgorithm

Returns:

The required type of the array-members in the parameter parents to the method ReproductionAlgorithm.reproduce.

reproduce

public abstract Individual[] reproduce(Individual[] parents,
                                       GAParameterSet params)

Description copied from interface: ReproductionAlgorithm

Reproduces the specified individuals.

Specified by:

reproduce in interface ReproductionAlgorithm

Parameters:

parents - The individuals to reproduce. The type of objects in this array must be the class returned by getApplicableClass. The number of objects in this array must be the same as returned by getRequiredNumberOfParents.

params - Experiment parameters.

Returns:

The children - i.e. the result of the reproduction of parents.