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

Author:

Henrique Goulart

Constructor Summary

FittestPopulationMerger()

Method Summary

Population

mergePopulations(Population a_population1, Population a_population2, int a_new_population_size) Merges two Population's 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 Population's into one that has the given size.

Specified by:

mergePopulations in interface IPopulationMerger

Parameters:

a_population1 - Population first Population

a_population2 - Population second Population

a_new_population_size - int size of merged Population

Returns:

Population the resulting Population