evolution
Class Population

java.lang.Object
  evolution.Population

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

public class Population
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Cloneable

Population which is a set of chromosomes

Constructor Summary

Population()
Create new instance of population.

Method Summary

void	addChromosome(ChromosomeModel tempChromosome) Add chromosome to the population at the end.
java.lang.Object	clone() Create and return copy of population
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this network.
ChromosomeModel	getBestChromosome() Return reference to chromosome with best fitness function value
ChromosomeModel	getChromosome(int index) Return reference to chromosome specified by index
int	getChromosomeSize() Return size of chromosome
int	getPopulationSize() Return population size
void	removeAllChromosome() Clear population.
void	removeChromosome(int index) Remove chromosome specified by index.
void	replaceChromosome(int index, ChromosomeModel tempChromosome) Replece chromosome specified by index by chromosome
java.lang.String	toString() Return String representation of population

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Population

public Population()

Create new instance of population. Population size is set to 0

Method Detail

getPopulationSize

public int getPopulationSize()

Return population size

Returns:

population size

getChromosomeSize

public int getChromosomeSize()

Return size of chromosome

Returns:

size of chromosome

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Return String representation of population

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

Strin representation of population

getChromosome

public ChromosomeModel getChromosome(int index)

Return reference to chromosome specified by index

Parameters:

index - chromosome index

Returns:

reference to chromosome

addChromosome

public void addChromosome(ChromosomeModel tempChromosome)

Add chromosome to the population at the end. Population size increments

Parameters:

tempChromosome - Reference to chromosome

removeAllChromosome

public void removeAllChromosome()

Clear population. Population size is set to 0

removeChromosome

public void removeChromosome(int index)

Remove chromosome specified by index. Population size is decrease.

Parameters:

index - index of the chromosome

replaceChromosome

public void replaceChromosome(int index,
                              ChromosomeModel tempChromosome)

Replece chromosome specified by index by chromosome

Parameters:

index - chromosome which must by replace

tempChromosome - reference to new chromosome

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this network.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

obj - the reference object to compare with

Returns:

true if this chromosome is the same as the obj argument; false otherwise

getBestChromosome

public ChromosomeModel getBestChromosome()

Return reference to chromosome with best fitness function value

Returns:

reference to chromosome

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Create and return copy of population

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

copy of the population