Uses of Package
ec

Packages that use ec

Package	Description
ec
ec.app.ant
ec.app.ant.func
ec.app.bbob
ec.app.coevolve1
ec.app.coevolve2
ec.app.ecsuite
ec.app.edge
ec.app.edge.func
ec.app.gpsemantics
ec.app.gpsemantics.func
ec.app.gui
ec.app.hiff
ec.app.klandscapes
ec.app.klandscapes.func
ec.app.lawnmower
ec.app.lawnmower.func
ec.app.lid
ec.app.lid.func
ec.app.majority
ec.app.majority.func
ec.app.mona
ec.app.moosuite
ec.app.multiplexerslow
ec.app.multiplexerslow.func
ec.app.nk
ec.app.ordertree
ec.app.ordertree.func
ec.app.parity
ec.app.parity.func
ec.app.push
ec.app.regression
ec.app.regression.func
ec.app.royaltree
ec.app.royaltree.func
ec.app.sat
ec.app.sum
ec.app.tutorial1
ec.app.tutorial2
ec.app.tutorial3
ec.app.tutorial4
ec.app.twobox
ec.app.twobox.func
ec.breed
ec.coevolve
ec.de
ec.display
ec.display.chart
ec.display.portrayal
ec.es
ec.eval
ec.evolve
ec.exchange
ec.gp
ec.gp.breed
ec.gp.build
ec.gp.ge
ec.gp.ge.breed
ec.gp.koza
ec.gp.push
ec.multiobjective
ec.multiobjective.nsga2
ec.multiobjective.spea2
ec.parsimony
ec.pso
ec.rule
ec.rule.breed
ec.select
ec.simple
ec.spatial
ec.steadystate
ec.util
ec.vector
ec.vector.breed

Classes in ec used by ec

Class and 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.
DefaultsForm DefaultsForm is the interface which describes how Defaults objects should work.
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.
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.
Group Groups are used for populations and subpopulations.
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.
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.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.ant

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.ant.func

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.bbob

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.coevolve1

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
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.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.coevolve2

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
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.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.ecsuite

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.edge

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.edge.func

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.gpsemantics

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.gpsemantics.func

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.gui

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary 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.
Statistics Statistics and its subclasses are Cliques which generate statistics during the run.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.hiff

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.klandscapes

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.klandscapes.func

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.lawnmower

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.lawnmower.func

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.lid

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.lid.func

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.majority

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.majority.func

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.mona

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.
Statistics Statistics and its subclasses are Cliques which generate statistics during the run.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.moosuite

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.multiplexerslow

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.multiplexerslow.func

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.nk

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.ordertree

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.ordertree.func

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.parity

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.parity.func

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.push

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.regression

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.regression.func

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.royaltree

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.royaltree.func

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.sat

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.sum

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.tutorial1

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.tutorial2

Class and Description
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.
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.tutorial3

Class and Description
BreedingSource A BreedingSource is a Prototype which provides Individuals to populate new populations based on old ones.
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
Prototype Prototype classes typically have one or a few prototype instances created during the course of a run.
SelectionMethod A SelectionMethod is a BreedingSource which provides direct IMMUTABLE pointers to original individuals in an old population, not fresh mutable copies.
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.
Statistics Statistics and its subclasses are Cliques which generate statistics during the run.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.tutorial4

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.twobox

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.app.twobox.func

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.breed

Class and Description
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.
DefaultsForm DefaultsForm is the interface which describes how Defaults objects should work.
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.coevolve

Class and Description
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.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Population A Population is the repository for all the Individuals being bred or evaluated in the evolutionary run at a given time.
SelectionMethod A SelectionMethod is a BreedingSource which provides direct IMMUTABLE pointers to original individuals in an old population, not fresh mutable copies.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.de

Class and Description
Breeder A Breeder is a singleton object which is responsible for the breeding process during the course of an evolutionary run.
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.
Population A Population is the repository for all the Individuals being bred or evaluated in the evolutionary run at a given time.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.display

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Setup Setup classes are classes which get set up once from user-supplied parameters prior to being used.
Statistics Statistics and its subclasses are Cliques which generate statistics during the run.

Classes in ec used by ec.display.chart

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary 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.
Statistics Statistics and its subclasses are Cliques which generate statistics during the run.

Classes in ec used by ec.display.portrayal

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Setup Setup classes are classes which get set up once from user-supplied parameters prior to being used.

Classes in ec used by ec.es

Class and Description
Breeder A Breeder is a singleton object which is responsible for the breeding process during the course of an evolutionary run.
BreedingSource A BreedingSource is a Prototype which provides Individuals to populate new populations based on old ones.
DefaultsForm DefaultsForm is the interface which describes how Defaults objects should work.
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Population A Population is the repository for all the Individuals being bred or evaluated in the evolutionary run at a given time.
Prototype Prototype classes typically have one or a few prototype instances created during the course of a run.
SelectionMethod A SelectionMethod is a BreedingSource which provides direct IMMUTABLE pointers to original individuals in an old population, not fresh mutable copies.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.eval

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
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.
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.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.evolve

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary 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.
Statistics Statistics and its subclasses are Cliques which generate statistics during the run.

Classes in ec used by ec.exchange

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary 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.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Population A Population is the repository for all the Individuals being bred or evaluated in the evolutionary run at a given time.
SelectionMethod A SelectionMethod is a BreedingSource which provides direct IMMUTABLE pointers to original individuals in an old population, not fresh mutable copies.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.gp

Class and Description
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.
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.
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
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.
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.
Species Species is a prototype which defines the features for a set of individuals in the population.

Classes in ec used by ec.gp.breed

Class and Description
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.
DefaultsForm DefaultsForm is the interface which describes how Defaults objects should work.
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.gp.build

Class and 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.
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.gp.ge

Class and Description
DefaultsForm DefaultsForm is the interface which describes how Defaults objects should work.
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
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.
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.
Species Species is a prototype which defines the features for a set of individuals in the population.

Classes in ec used by ec.gp.ge.breed

Class and Description
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.
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.gp.koza

Class and Description
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.
DefaultsForm DefaultsForm is the interface which describes how Defaults objects should work.
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
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.
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.
Statistics Statistics and its subclasses are Cliques which generate statistics during the run.

Classes in ec used by ec.gp.push

Class and Description
DefaultsForm DefaultsForm is the interface which describes how Defaults objects should work.
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Problem Problem is a prototype which defines the problem against which we will evaluate individuals in a population.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.multiobjective

Class and Description
DefaultsForm DefaultsForm is the interface which describes how Defaults objects should work.
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
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.
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.
Statistics Statistics and its subclasses are Cliques which generate statistics during the run.

Classes in ec used by ec.multiobjective.nsga2

Class and Description
Breeder A Breeder is a singleton object which is responsible for the breeding process during the course of an evolutionary run.
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.
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.
Population A Population is the repository for all the Individuals being bred or evaluated in the evolutionary run at a given time.
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.
Subpopulation Subpopulation is a group which is basically an array of Individuals.

Classes in ec used by ec.multiobjective.spea2

Class and Description
Breeder A Breeder is a singleton object which is responsible for the breeding process during the course of an evolutionary run.
BreedingSource A BreedingSource is a Prototype which provides Individuals to populate new populations based on old ones.
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.
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.
Population A Population is the repository for all the Individuals being bred or evaluated in the evolutionary run at a given time.
Prototype Prototype classes typically have one or a few prototype instances created during the course of a run.
SelectionMethod A SelectionMethod is a BreedingSource which provides direct IMMUTABLE pointers to original individuals in an old population, not fresh mutable copies.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.parsimony

Class and Description
BreedingSource A BreedingSource is a Prototype which provides Individuals to populate new populations based on old ones.
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Prototype Prototype classes typically have one or a few prototype instances created during the course of a run.
SelectionMethod A SelectionMethod is a BreedingSource which provides direct IMMUTABLE pointers to original individuals in an old population, not fresh mutable copies.
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.
Statistics Statistics and its subclasses are Cliques which generate statistics during the run.

Classes in ec used by ec.pso

Class and Description
Breeder A Breeder is a singleton object which is responsible for the breeding 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.
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.
Population A Population is the repository for all the Individuals being bred or evaluated in the evolutionary run at a given time.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.rule

Class and 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.
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
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.
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.
Species Species is a prototype which defines the features for a set of individuals in the population.

Classes in ec used by ec.rule.breed

Class and Description
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.
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
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.

Classes in ec used by ec.select

Class and Description
BreedingSource A BreedingSource is a Prototype which provides Individuals to populate new populations based on old ones.
DefaultsForm DefaultsForm is the interface which describes how Defaults objects should work.
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Population A Population is the repository for all the Individuals being bred or evaluated in the evolutionary run at a given time.
Prototype Prototype classes typically have one or a few prototype instances created during the course of a run.
SelectionMethod A SelectionMethod is a BreedingSource which provides direct IMMUTABLE pointers to original individuals in an old population, not fresh mutable copies.
Setup Setup classes are classes which get set up once from user-supplied parameters prior to being used.

Classes in ec used by ec.simple

Class and Description
Breeder A Breeder is a singleton object which is responsible for the breeding process during the course of an evolutionary run.
DefaultsForm DefaultsForm is the interface which describes how Defaults objects should work.
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.
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.
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.
Statistics Statistics and its subclasses are Cliques which generate statistics during the run.

Classes in ec used by ec.spatial

Class and Description
Breeder A Breeder is a singleton object which is responsible for the breeding process during the course of an evolutionary run.
BreedingSource A BreedingSource is a Prototype which provides Individuals to populate new populations based on old ones.
DefaultsForm DefaultsForm is the interface which describes how Defaults objects should work.
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.
Group Groups are used for populations and subpopulations.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
Population A Population is the repository for all the Individuals being bred or evaluated in the evolutionary run at a given time.
Prototype Prototype classes typically have one or a few prototype instances created during the course of a run.
SelectionMethod A SelectionMethod is a BreedingSource which provides direct IMMUTABLE pointers to original individuals in an old population, not fresh mutable copies.
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.
Subpopulation Subpopulation is a group which is basically an array of Individuals.

Classes in ec used by ec.steadystate

Class and 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.
DefaultsForm DefaultsForm is the interface which describes how Defaults objects should work.
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.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
SelectionMethod A SelectionMethod is a BreedingSource which provides direct IMMUTABLE pointers to original individuals in an old population, not fresh mutable copies.
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.
Statistics Statistics and its subclasses are Cliques which generate statistics during the run.

Classes in ec used by ec.util

Class and Description
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.

Classes in ec used by ec.vector

Class and Description
DefaultsForm DefaultsForm is the interface which describes how Defaults objects should work.
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
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.
Species Species is a prototype which defines the features for a set of individuals in the population.

Classes in ec used by ec.vector.breed

Class and Description
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.
EvolutionState An EvolutionState object is a singleton object which holds the entire state of an evolutionary run.
Individual An Individual is an item in the EC population stew which is evaluated and assigned a fitness which determines its likelihood of selection.
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.