ec.coevolve
Class IncrementalAveragedFitness

java.lang.Object
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  +--ec.simple.SimpleFitness
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        +--ec.coevolve.IncrementalAveragedFitness

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, Fitness, IncrementalFitness, Prototype, java.io.Serializable, Setup

public class IncrementalAveragedFitness

extends SimpleFitness

implements IncrementalFitness

IncrementalAveragedFitness is a SimpleFitness which adheres to the IncrementalFitness protocol, then bases its fitness value on the average results of each of the updateFitness() methods received.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ec.simple.SimpleFitness

fitness, FITNESS_PREAMBLE, isIdeal, P_FITNESS

Constructor Summary

IncrementalAveragedFitness()

Method Summary

void	postprocessFitness() A function to be called for finalizing the calculation of the fitness.
void	preprocessFitness() A function to be called before the repeated fitness assessment starts.
void	updateFitness(float newFitness) Update the cumulative fitness of the individual

Methods inherited from class ec.simple.SimpleFitness

betterThan, defaultBase, equivalentTo, fitness, isIdealFitness, printFitness, printFitness, printFitnessForHumans, protoClone, protoCloneSimple, readFitness, setFitness, setFitness, setup

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

IncrementalAveragedFitness

public IncrementalAveragedFitness()

Method Detail

preprocessFitness

public void preprocessFitness()

A function to be called before the repeated fitness assessment starts. It initializes the variables needed to calculate the averaged fitness.

Specified by:

preprocessFitness in interface IncrementalFitness

postprocessFitness

public void postprocessFitness()

A function to be called for finalizing the calculation of the fitness. It transforms the cumulative fitness to a mean fitness

Specified by:

postprocessFitness in interface IncrementalFitness

updateFitness

public void updateFitness(float newFitness)

Update the cumulative fitness of the individual

Specified by:

updateFitness in interface IncrementalFitness