ec.eda.amalgam

Class AMALGAMBreeder

java.lang.Object

ec.Breeder

ec.eda.amalgam.AMALGAMBreeder

All Implemented Interfaces:

Setup, Singleton, java.io.Serializable

public class AMALGAMBreeder
extends Breeder

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AMALGAMBreeder()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Population	breedPopulation(EvolutionState state) Updates the distribution given the current population, then replaces the population with new samples generated from the distribution.
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

AMALGAMBreeder

public AMALGAMBreeder()

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.

breedPopulation

public Population breedPopulation(EvolutionState state)

Updates the distribution given the current population, then replaces the population with new samples generated from the distribution. Returns the revised population.

Specified by:

breedPopulation in class Breeder