ec.simple
Class SimpleInitializer

java.lang.Object
  ec.Initializer
      ec.simple.SimpleInitializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Setup, Singleton

Direct Known Subclasses:

GPInitializer, RuleInitializer

public class SimpleInitializer

extends Initializer

SimpleInitializer is a default Initializer which initializes a Population by calling the Population's populate(...) method. For most applications, this should suffice.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ec.Initializer

P_POP

Constructor Summary

SimpleInitializer()

Method Summary

Population	initialPopulation(EvolutionState state) Creates, populates, and returns a new population by making a new population, calling setup(...) on it, and calling populate(...) on it.
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 java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SimpleInitializer

public SimpleInitializer()

Method Detail

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.

initialPopulation

public Population initialPopulation(EvolutionState state)

Creates, populates, and returns a new population by making a new population, calling setup(...) on it, and calling populate(...) on it. Obviously, this is an expensive method. It should only be called once typically in a run.

Specified by:

initialPopulation in class Initializer