SelectionFunction (biojava-legacy 1.9.5 API)

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	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 Description

static SelectionFunction DEFAULT
Selects all members of a population for replication

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	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.