lio.replacement
Interface Replacement

All Superinterfaces:

LiOResource

All Known Implementing Classes:

ElitistReplacement, SelectionReplacement

public interface Replacement
extends LiOResource

This interface must be implemented for those objects whose task consist of generating a new population from both the current and the former one. These objects are mainly used in population based algorithms.

Method Summary

Individual[]

replace(Population current, Population former) Generates a new population from the current and the former one.

Methods inherited from interface lio.core.LiOResource

getDefinition

Method Detail

replace

Individual[] replace(Population current,
                     Population former)

Generates a new population from the current and the former one. The returned population can have either fixed or variable size depending on the value of the variable varSize

Parameters:

former - The former population.

current - The current population.