org.encog.neural.neat

Class NEATCODEC

java.lang.Object

org.encog.neural.neat.NEATCODEC

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, GeneticCODEC

public class NEATCODEC
extends java.lang.Object
implements GeneticCODEC, java.io.Serializable

This CODEC is used to create phenomes (NEATNetwork) objects using a genome (NEATGenome). Conversion is only one direction. You are allowed to transform a NEAT genome into a NEATNetwork, but you cannot transform a NEAT phenome back into a genome. The main reason is I have not found a great deal of need to go the other direction. If someone ever does find a need and creates a encode method, please consider contributing it to the Encog project. :) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~kstanley/ Encog's NEAT implementation was drawn from the following three Journal Articles. For more complete BibTeX sources, see NEATNetwork.java. Evolving Neural Networks Through Augmenting Topologies Generating Large-Scale Neural Networks Through Discovering Geometric Regularities Automatic feature selection in neuroevolution

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NEATCODEC()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
MLMethod	decode(Genome genome) Decode the specified genome into a phenome.
Genome	encode(MLMethod phenotype) This method is not currently implemented.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NEATCODEC

public NEATCODEC()

Method Detail

decode

public MLMethod decode(Genome genome)

Decode the specified genome into a phenome. A phenome is an actual instance of a genome that you can query.

Specified by:

decode in interface GeneticCODEC

Parameters:

genome - The genome to decode.

Returns:

The phenome.

encode

public Genome encode(MLMethod phenotype)

This method is not currently implemented. If you have need of it, and do implement a conversion from a NEAT phenotype to a genome, consider contribution to the Encog project.

Specified by:

encode in interface GeneticCODEC

Parameters:

phenotype - Not used.

Returns:

Not used.