Package ec.neat

Class NEATBreeder

java.lang.Object

ec.Breeder

ec.neat.NEATBreeder

All Implemented Interfaces:

Setup, Singleton, Serializable

public class NEATBreeder
extends Breeder

NEATBreeder is a Breeder which overrides the breedPopulation method to first mark the individuals in each subspecies that are allow to reproduce, and replace the population with new individuals in each subspecies. All the heavy lifting is done in NEATSpecies and NEATSubspecies, not here.

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ec.Breeder

sequentialBreeding

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
NEATBreeder()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Population	breedPopulation(EvolutionState state)	This method simply call breedNewPopulation method in NEATSpecies，where all the critical work in done.
void	setup(EvolutionState state, Parameter base)	Sets up the object by reading it from the parameters stored in state, built off of the parameter base base.

Methods inherited from class ec.Breeder

shouldBreedSubpop

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

NEATBreeder

public NEATBreeder()

Method Details

setup

public void setup(EvolutionState state,
 Parameter base)

Description copied from interface: Setup

Sets up the object by reading it from the parameters stored in state, built off of the parameter base base. If an ancestor implements this method, be sure to call super.setup(state,base); before you do anything else.

breedPopulation

public Population breedPopulation(EvolutionState state)

This method simply call breedNewPopulation method in NEATSpecies，where all the critical work in done.

Specified by:

breedPopulation in class Breeder