ec.simple

Class SimpleEvolutionState

java.lang.Object

ec.EvolutionState

ec.simple.SimpleEvolutionState

All Implemented Interfaces:

Setup, Singleton, Serializable

public class SimpleEvolutionState
extends EvolutionState

A SimpleEvolutionState is an EvolutionState which implements a simple form of generational evolution.

First, all the individuals in the population are created. (A)Then all individuals in the population are evaluated. Then the population is replaced in its entirety with a new population of individuals bred from the old population. Goto (A).

Evolution stops when an ideal individual is found (if quitOnRunComplete is set to true), or when the number of generations (loops of (A)) exceeds the parameter value numGenerations. Each generation the system will perform garbage collection and checkpointing, if the appropriate parameters were set.

This approach can be readily used for most applications of Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Sean Luke

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ec.EvolutionState

breeder, breedthreads, C_STARTED_FRESH, C_STARTED_FROM_CHECKPOINT, checkpoint, checkpointDirectory, checkpointModulo, checkpointPrefix, evalthreads, evaluator, exchanger, finisher, generation, initializer, job, numEvaluations, numGenerations, output, P_BREEDER, P_CHECKPOINT, P_CHECKPOINTDIRECTORY, P_CHECKPOINTMODULO, P_CHECKPOINTPREFIX, P_EVALUATIONS, P_EVALUATOR, P_EXCHANGER, P_FINISHER, P_GENERATIONS, P_INITIALIZER, P_QUITONRUNCOMPLETE, P_STATISTICS, parameters, population, quitOnRunComplete, R_FAILURE, R_NOTDONE, R_SUCCESS, random, randomSeedOffset, runtimeArguments, statistics, UNDEFINED

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SimpleEvolutionState()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	evolve()
void	finish(int result)
void	startFresh()

Methods inherited from class ec.EvolutionState

resetFromCheckpoint, run, setup, startFromCheckpoint

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SimpleEvolutionState

public SimpleEvolutionState()

Method Detail

startFresh

public void startFresh()

Overrides:

startFresh in class EvolutionState

evolve

public int evolve()

Overrides:

evolve in class EvolutionState

finish

public void finish(int result)

Overrides:

finish in class EvolutionState

Parameters:

result -