sdt.ga
Class Fitness

java.lang.Object
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  +--sdt.ga.Fitness

public abstract class Fitness

extends java.lang.Object

implements Result, java.io.Serializable, Comparable, AveragePopProperties

Different GA's need to return different types of values. The variables to be returned are unique for every GA. Therefore for every new GA implementation , the user must write a class that extend Fitness.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Fitness()
Create an instance of the Fitness.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone() Implementation of the clone method.
protected void	finalize() For garbage collection
abstract double	getFitnessValue() Returns the fitness value.
boolean	isFitnessEvaluated() returns if the fitness has been evaluated.
static Fitness	newInstance(GeneticAlgorithm ga) creates a newInstace of a sub class from the super class
void	setFitnessEvaluated(boolean fitnessEvaluated) sets the variable indicating the status of the fitness evaluation.
abstract java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of the fitness class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Fitness

public Fitness()

Create an instance of the Fitness.

Method Detail

newInstance

public static Fitness newInstance(GeneticAlgorithm ga)

creates a newInstace of a sub class from the super class

setFitnessEvaluated

public void setFitnessEvaluated(boolean fitnessEvaluated)

sets the variable indicating the status of the fitness evaluation.

isFitnessEvaluated

public boolean isFitnessEvaluated()

returns if the fitness has been evaluated.

getFitnessValue

public abstract double getFitnessValue()

Returns the fitness value.

toString

public abstract java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of the fitness class.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Implementation of the clone method.

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

finalize

protected void finalize()
                 throws java.lang.Throwable

For garbage collection

Overrides:

finalize in class java.lang.Object