Package ec

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
Clique	Clique is a class pattern marking classes which create only a few instances, generally accessible through some global mechanism, and every single one of which gets its own distinct setup(...) call.
DefaultsForm	DefaultsForm is the interface which describes how Defaults objects should work.
Group	Groups are used for populations and subpopulations.
Prototype	Prototype classes typically have one or a few prototype instances created during the course of a run.
Setup	Setup classes are classes which get set up once from user-supplied parameters prior to being used.
Singleton	A Singleton is a class for which there will be only one instance in the entire course of a run, and which will exist for pretty much the entire run.

Class Summary

Class	Description
Breeder	A Breeder is a singleton object which is responsible for the breeding process during the course of an evolutionary run.
BreedingPipeline	A BreedingPipeline is a BreedingSource which provides "fresh" individuals which can be used to fill a new population.
BreedingSource	A BreedingSource is a Prototype which provides Individuals to populate new populations based on old ones.
ECDefaults
Evaluator	An Evaluator is a singleton object which is responsible for the evaluation process during the course of an evolutionary run.
EvolutionState	An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Evolve	Evolve is the main entry class for an evolutionary computation run.
Exchanger	The Exchanger is a singleton object whose job is to (optionally) perform individual exchanges between subpopulations in the run, or exchange individuals with other concurrent evolutionary run processes, using sockets or whatever.
Finisher	Finisher is a singleton object which is responsible for cleaning up a population after a run has completed.
Fitness	Fitness is a prototype which describes the fitness of an individual.
Individual	An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Initializer	The Initializer is a singleton object whose job is to initialize the population at the beginning of the run.
Population	A Population is the repository for all the Individuals being bred or evaluated in the evolutionary run at a given time.
Problem	Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
SelectionMethod	A SelectionMethod is a BreedingSource which provides direct IMMUTABLE pointers to original individuals in an old population, not fresh mutable copies.
Species	Species is a prototype which defines the features for a set of individuals in the population.
Statistics	Statistics and its subclasses are Cliques which generate statistics during the run.
Subpopulation	Subpopulation is a group which is basically an array of Individuals.