ec.neat

Class NEATInitializer

java.lang.Object

ec.Initializer

ec.simple.SimpleInitializer

ec.neat.NEATInitializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Setup, Singleton, java.io.Serializable

public class NEATInitializer
extends SimpleInitializer

NEATInitializer is a SimpleInitializer which ensures that the subpopulations are all create from an existing template individual read from file.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ec.Initializer

P_POP

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NEATInitializer()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Population	initialPopulation(EvolutionState state, int thread) In NEAT, we provide the algorithm with a start individual from file, after read the start individual from file, we populate the subpopulation with mutated version of that template individual.

Methods inherited from class ec.simple.SimpleInitializer

setup, setupPopulation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NEATInitializer

public NEATInitializer()

Method Detail

initialPopulation

public Population initialPopulation(EvolutionState state,
                                    int thread)

In NEAT, we provide the algorithm with a start individual from file, after read the start individual from file, we populate the subpopulation with mutated version of that template individual. The number of individual we create is determined by the "pop.subpop.X.size" parameter.

Overrides:

initialPopulation in class SimpleInitializer