org.dishevelled.evolve.mutate
Class ProportionalMutation<I>

java.lang.Object
  org.dishevelled.evolve.mutate.ProportionalMutation<I>

Type Parameters:

I - individual type

All Implemented Interfaces:

Mutation<I>

public final class ProportionalMutation<I>
extends Object
implements Mutation<I>

Proportional mutation function.

Version:

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

Author:

Michael Heuer

Constructor Summary

ProportionalMutation()
Create a new proportional mutation function.

Method Summary

void	add(IndividualWiseMutation<I> mutation, double weight) Add the specified individual-wise mutation function to this proportional mutation function at the specified weight.
Collection<I>	mutate(Collection<I> recombined) Mutate the individuals in the specified collection of recombined individuals.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ProportionalMutation

public ProportionalMutation()

Create a new proportional mutation function.

Method Detail

add

public void add(IndividualWiseMutation<I> mutation,
                double weight)

Add the specified individual-wise mutation function to this proportional mutation function at the specified weight.

Parameters:

mutation - individual-wise mutation function, must not be null

weight - weight

mutate

public Collection<I> mutate(Collection<I> recombined)

Mutate the individuals in the specified collection of recombined individuals.

Specified by:

mutate in interface Mutation<I>

Parameters:

recombined - collection of recombined individuals

Returns:

a collection of mutated individuals