com.softtechdesign.ga
Class Chromosome

java.lang.Object
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Direct Known Subclasses:

ChromChars, ChromFloat, ChromStrings

public abstract class Chromosome

extends java.lang.Object

Chromosome is the abstract base class for all chromosomes. It defines each chromosome's genes, fitness, fitness rank, and provides simple methods for copying and returning chromosome values as strings. ChromChars, ChromStrings, and ChromFloat both extend Chromosome and model individual candidate solutions. You will probably never need to subclass these classes.

Author:

Jeff Smith jeff@SoftTechDesign.com

Field Summary

protected double	fitness absolute (not relative) fitness value
protected int	fitnessRank 0 = worst fit, PopDim = best fit

Constructor Summary

Chromosome()

Method Summary

(package private) abstract void	copyChromGenes(Chromosome chromosome) Copy the genes from the given chromosome over this chromosome's genes
(package private) abstract java.lang.String	getGenesAsStr() Get the genes as a string
(package private) abstract int	getNumGenesInCommon(Chromosome chromosome) Get the number of genes in common between this chromosome and the given chromosome

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

fitness

protected double fitness

absolute (not relative) fitness value

fitnessRank

protected int fitnessRank

0 = worst fit, PopDim = best fit

Constructor Detail

Chromosome

public Chromosome()

Method Detail

getGenesAsStr

abstract java.lang.String getGenesAsStr()

Get the genes as a string

copyChromGenes

abstract void copyChromGenes(Chromosome chromosome)

Copy the genes from the given chromosome over this chromosome's genes

getNumGenesInCommon

abstract int getNumGenesInCommon(Chromosome chromosome)

Get the number of genes in common between this chromosome and the given chromosome