org.biojavax.ga.functions

Interface SelectionFunction

All Known Implementing Classes:

ProportionalSelection, SelectionFunction.SelectAll, SelectionFunction.Threshold, TournamentSelection

public interface SelectionFunction

Selects Organisms for Replication and returns the offspring.

Since:

1.5

Version:

1.1

Author:

Mark Schreiber, Susanne Merz, Andreas Dräger

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	SelectionFunction.SelectAll
static class	SelectionFunction.Threshold Selects individuals who's fitness exceeds a threshold value.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static SelectionFunction	DEFAULT Selects all members of a population for replication

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Population	select(Population pop, GeneticAlgorithm genAlg) Selects a Population of Organisms for replication based on their fitness.

Field Detail

DEFAULT

static final SelectionFunction DEFAULT

Selects all members of a population for replication

Method Detail

select

Population select(Population pop,
                  GeneticAlgorithm genAlg)
           throws ChangeVetoException

Selects a Population of Organisms for replication based on their fitness.

Parameters:

pop - the Population to select from.

genAlg - the parent GeneticAlgorithm.

Returns:

the Organisms selected

Throws:

ChangeVetoException - if the function attempts to change the population and it is vetoed.