ec.simple

Class SimpleInitializer

java.lang.Object

ec.Initializer

ec.simple.SimpleInitializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Setup, Singleton, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

GPInitializer, RuleInitializer

public class SimpleInitializer
extends Initializer

SimpleInitializer is a default Initializer which initializes a Population by calling the Population's populate(...) method. For most applications, this should suffice.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ec.Initializer

P_POP

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SimpleInitializer()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Population	initialPopulation(EvolutionState state, int thread) Creates, populates, and returns a new population by making a new population, calling setup(...) on it, and calling populate(...) on it, assuming an unthreaded environment (thread 0).
void	setup(EvolutionState state, Parameter base) Sets up the object by reading it from the parameters stored in state, built off of the parameter base base.
Population	setupPopulation(EvolutionState state, int thread) Loads a Population from the parameter file, sets it up, and returns it.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SimpleInitializer

public SimpleInitializer()

Method Detail

setup

public void setup(EvolutionState state,
                  Parameter base)

Description copied from interface: Setup

Sets up the object by reading it from the parameters stored in state, built off of the parameter base base. If an ancestor implements this method, be sure to call super.setup(state,base); before you do anything else.

initialPopulation

public Population initialPopulation(EvolutionState state,
                                    int thread)

Creates, populates, and returns a new population by making a new population, calling setup(...) on it, and calling populate(...) on it, assuming an unthreaded environment (thread 0). Obviously, this is an expensive method. It should only be called once typically in a run.

Specified by:

initialPopulation in class Initializer

setupPopulation

public Population setupPopulation(EvolutionState state,
                                  int thread)

Description copied from class: Initializer

Loads a Population from the parameter file, sets it up, and returns it.

Specified by:

setupPopulation in class Initializer