org.jgap.impl

Class FittestPopulationMerger

java.lang.Object

org.jgap.impl.FittestPopulationMerger

All Implemented Interfaces:

IPopulationMerger

public class FittestPopulationMerger
extends java.lang.Object
implements IPopulationMerger

A implementation of the IPopulationMerger interface that merges two populations as specified based on the fitness function, that is, the n fittest chromosomes are returned in the new population, where n is supplied by parameter.

Since:

2.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FittestPopulationMerger()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Population	mergePopulations(Population a_population1, Population a_population2, int a_new_population_size) Merges two populations into one that has the given size.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FittestPopulationMerger

public FittestPopulationMerger()

Method Detail

mergePopulations

public Population mergePopulations(Population a_population1,
                                   Population a_population2,
                                   int a_new_population_size)

Description copied from interface: IPopulationMerger

Merges two populations into one that has the given size.

Specified by:

mergePopulations in interface IPopulationMerger

Parameters:

a_population1 - first population

a_population2 - second population

a_new_population_size - size of merged population

Returns:

the resulting population