ec.rule

Class RuleSpecies

java.lang.Object

ec.Species

ec.rule.RuleSpecies

All Implemented Interfaces:

Prototype, Setup, Serializable, Cloneable

public class RuleSpecies
extends Species

RuleSpecies is a simple individual which is suitable as a species for rule sets subpopulations. RuleSpecies' individuals must be RuleIndividuals, and often their pipelines are RuleBreedingPipelines (at any rate, the pipelines will have to return members of RuleSpecies!).

Default Base
rule.species

Version:

1.0

Author:

Liviu Panait

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	P_RULESPECIES

Fields inherited from class ec.Species

f_prototype, i_prototype, P_FITNESS, P_INDIVIDUAL, P_PIPE, pipe_prototype

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RuleSpecies()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Parameter	defaultBase() Returns the default base for this prototype.
Individual	newIndividual(EvolutionState state, int thread) Provides a brand-new individual to fill in a population.
void	setup(EvolutionState state, Parameter base) The default version of setup(...) loads requested pipelines and calls setup(...) on them and normalizes their probabilities.

Methods inherited from class ec.Species

clone, newIndividual, newIndividual

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

P_RULESPECIES

public static final String P_RULESPECIES

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

RuleSpecies

public RuleSpecies()

Method Detail

defaultBase

public Parameter defaultBase()

Description copied from interface: Prototype

Returns the default base for this prototype. This should generally be implemented by building off of the static base() method on the DefaultsForm object for the prototype's package. This should be callable during setup(...).

setup

public void setup(EvolutionState state,
         Parameter base)

Description copied from class: Species

The default version of setup(...) loads requested pipelines and calls setup(...) on them and normalizes their probabilities. If your individual prototype might need to know special things about the species (like parameters stored in it), then when you override this setup method, you'll need to set those parameters BEFORE you call super.setup(...), because the setup(...) code in Species sets up the prototype.

Specified by:

setup in interface Prototype

Specified by:

setup in interface Setup

Overrides:

setup in class Species

See Also:

Prototype.setup(EvolutionState,Parameter)

newIndividual

public Individual newIndividual(EvolutionState state,
                       int thread)

Description copied from class: Species

Provides a brand-new individual to fill in a population. The default form simply calls clone(), creates a fitness, sets evaluated to false, and sets the species. If you need to make a more custom genotype (as is the case for GPSpecies, which requires a light rather than deep clone), you will need to override this method as you see fit.

Overrides:

newIndividual in class Species