Evolvica Core API Version 0.6.2
Last Modified: June 29 2004

org.evolvica.core.recombine.string
Class MultipointCrossover

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.evolvica.engine.AbstractOperator
      extended byorg.evolvica.core.common.AbstractGeneticOperator
          extended byorg.evolvica.core.recombine.AbstractRecombinator
              extended byorg.evolvica.core.recombine.string.StringRecombinator
                  extended byorg.evolvica.core.recombine.string.MultipointCrossover
All Implemented Interfaces:
IGeneticOperator, IOperator, IProcessor, java.io.Serializable

public class MultipointCrossover
extends StringRecombinator

Multipoint Crossover for strings. This operator generates two children out of two parents. For the number of intersections na obtains: 0 < na < width( string ).

Since:
0.4.0
Version:
$Revision: 1.7 $ $Date: 2004/05/26 11:58:16 $
Author:
Andreas Rummler
See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
protected  int intersections
          Number of intersections of the strings.
protected  java.util.Random random
          Random generator.
 
Fields inherited from class org.evolvica.core.recombine.AbstractRecombinator
builder
 
Fields inherited from class org.evolvica.engine.AbstractOperator
descriptor, element, id, name
 
Constructor Summary
MultipointCrossover()
          Constructor.
MultipointCrossover(int intersections)
          Constructor.
 
Method Summary
 int getProducedChildren()
          Return the number of produced children.
 int getRequiredParents()
          Returns the number of required parents for a valid recombination.
 java.lang.String[] recombine(java.lang.String[] parents)
          Recombines strings.
 
Methods inherited from class org.evolvica.core.recombine.string.StringRecombinator
recombine
 
Methods inherited from class org.evolvica.core.recombine.AbstractRecombinator
getBuilder, process, setBuilder
 
Methods inherited from class org.evolvica.engine.AbstractOperator
attachDescriptor, attachElement, descriptor, element, getId, getName, setId, setName
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface org.evolvica.engine.IOperator
attachDescriptor, attachElement, descriptor, element, getId, getName, setId, setName
 

Field Detail

random

protected java.util.Random random
Random generator.


intersections

protected int intersections
Number of intersections of the strings.

Constructor Detail

MultipointCrossover

public MultipointCrossover()
Constructor.


MultipointCrossover

public MultipointCrossover(int intersections)
Constructor.

Parameters:
intersections - number of intersections
Method Detail

recombine

public java.lang.String[] recombine(java.lang.String[] parents)
Description copied from class: StringRecombinator
Recombines strings.

Specified by:
recombine in class StringRecombinator
Parameters:
parents - array of strings from parents
Returns:
array of strings for the children
See Also:
StringRecombinator.recombine(java.lang.String[])

getProducedChildren

public int getProducedChildren()
Description copied from class: AbstractRecombinator
Return the number of produced children.

Specified by:
getProducedChildren in class AbstractRecombinator
Returns:
number of children
See Also:
AbstractRecombinator.getProducedChildren()

getRequiredParents

public int getRequiredParents()
Description copied from class: AbstractRecombinator
Returns the number of required parents for a valid recombination.

Specified by:
getRequiredParents in class AbstractRecombinator
Returns:
number of parents
See Also:
AbstractRecombinator.getRequiredParents()

Evolvica Core API Version 0.6.2
Last Modified: June 29 2004

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