org.dishevelled.evolve
Interface Selection<I>

Type Parameters:

I - individual type

All Known Implementing Classes:

ElitistSelection, FitnessProportionalSelection, NullSelection, RandomSelection, RankBasedSelection

public interface Selection<I>

A selection function.

Version:

$Revision: 1059 $ $Date: 2012-01-03 14:03:02 -0600 (Tue, 03 Jan 2012) $

Author:

Michael Heuer

Method Summary

Collection<I>

select(Collection<I> population, WeightedMap<I> scores) Select individuals from the specified population of individuals based on the specified fitness scores.

Method Detail

select

Collection<I> select(Collection<I> population,
                     WeightedMap<I> scores)

Select individuals from the specified population of individuals based on the specified fitness scores.

Parameters:

population - population of individuals

scores - fitness scores

Returns:

a collection of individuals selected from the specified population of individuals

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if the total weight of the scores is zero