lio.crossover
Interface Crossover

All Superinterfaces:

LiOResource

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArithmeticalCrossover, BLXAlphaCrossover, DiscreteCrossover, ExtendedIntermediateCrossover, ExtendedLineCrossover, FlatCrossover, HUX, LinearCrossover, OnePointCrossover, OrderCrossover, PMX, SimpleCrossover, TwoPointCrossover, UniformCrossover, WrightsHeuristicCrossover

public interface Crossover
extends LiOResource

Simple crossover operator. It crosses two individuals, parent 1 and parent 2 and returns it offspring while preserving them. Since operator may give rise to several new individuals, the number of them is passed as parameter as well.

Method Summary

Individual[]	cross(Individual parent1, Individual parent2) Crosses two individuals.
int	getSizeOffSpring()

Methods inherited from interface lio.core.LiOResource

getDefinition

Method Detail

getSizeOffSpring

int getSizeOffSpring()

Returns:

The size of the offspring produced by the operator.

cross

Individual[] cross(Individual parent1,
                   Individual parent2)

Crosses two individuals.

Parameters:

parent1 - First parent

parent2 - Second parent

Returns:

An array of individuals containing the offspring.