lio.neighbourhood
Interface Neighbourhood

All Superinterfaces:

LiOResource

All Known Implementing Classes:

bitChNeighbourGenerator, permNeighbourGenerator

public interface Neighbourhood
extends LiOResource

This interface must be implemented by all resources whose proposal consists of generating and evaluating neighbourhoods from an individual.

See Also:

HillClimbing

Method Summary

Individual[]	getAllNeighbours(Individual individual) Returns all neighbours of one individual ordered decreasing .
Individual[]	getBestNeighbours(Individual individual, int numNeighbours) Returns the best neighbours of one individual ordered decrently.
Individual	getRandomNeighbour(Individual individual) Returns the a random neighbour of one individual.

Methods inherited from interface lio.core.LiOResource

getDefinition

Method Detail

getBestNeighbours

Individual[] getBestNeighbours(Individual individual,
                               int numNeighbours)

Returns the best neighbours of one individual ordered decrently.

Parameters:

individual - Individual whose neighbourhood is being returned.

numNeighbours - Number of individuals returned.

Returns:

The best neighbours of one individual.

getAllNeighbours

Individual[] getAllNeighbours(Individual individual)

Returns all neighbours of one individual ordered decreasing .

Parameters:

individual - Individual whose neighbourhood is being returned.

Returns:

The all neighbours of one individual.

getRandomNeighbour

Individual getRandomNeighbour(Individual individual)

Returns the a random neighbour of one individual.

Parameters:

individual - Individual whose neighbour is being returned.

Returns:

A random neighbour of one individual.