org.dishevelled.swarm
Interface Particle

public interface Particle

Particle in a particle swarm.

Version:

$Revision$ $Date$

Author:

Michael Heuer

Method Summary

double[]	getCognitiveMemory() Return a view of the cognitive memory matrix for this particle.
int	getDimensions() Return the number of dimensions for this particle.
double	getFitness() Return the fitness for this particle.
double[]	getPosition() Return a view of the position matrix for this particle.
double[]	getVelocity() Return a view of the velocity matrix for this particle.

Method Detail

getDimensions

int getDimensions()

Return the number of dimensions for this particle.

Returns:

the number of dimensions for this particle

getFitness

double getFitness()

Return the fitness for this particle.

Returns:

the fitness for this particle

getPosition

double[] getPosition()

Return a view of the position matrix for this particle. The length of the array will be equal to the number of dimensions for this particle.

Returns:

a view of the position matrix for this particle

getVelocity

double[] getVelocity()

Return a view of the velocity matrix for this particle. The length of the array will be equal to the number of dimensions for this particle.

Returns:

a view of the velocity matrix for this particle

getCognitiveMemory

double[] getCognitiveMemory()

Return a view of the cognitive memory matrix for this particle. The length of the array will be equal to the number of dimensions for this particle.

Returns:

a view of the cognitive memory matrix for this particle