Individuals
Interface Individual

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.lang.Comparable<Individual>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractIndividual, GEIndividual

public interface Individual
extends java.lang.Cloneable, java.lang.Comparable<Individual>

This interface defines the methods for individual objects. Individuals are intended to be a container class that includes a genotype, a fitness object, a phenotype, and a mapper. It doesnt really need to do a lot beyond implementing a map() method, which predictably enough maps from genotype to a phenotype.

Author:

Blip

Method Summary

Individual	clone() Clone the individual
int	getAge() The age of the individual, counted as how many iterations it has survived.
Fitness	getFitness() Get fitness of individuals
Genotype	getGenotype() Get the genotype
Mapper	getMapper() Get the map use to map input and output
Phenotype	getPhenotype() Get phenotype
java.lang.String	getPhenotypeString(int map) Get a String representation of the output(Phenotype)
boolean	isEvaluated() Has the individual been evaluated
boolean	isValid() Get the validity of the individual
void	map(int map) Map the input(Genotype) to output(Phenotype) using a grammar as a map
void	setAge(int age) Age is how long the individual has existed
void	setEvaluated(boolean b) Indicate if the individual should be evaluated or not
void	setFitness(Fitness f) Set fitness
void	setGenotype(Genotype g) Set genotype
void	setMapper(Mapper m) Set mapper
void	setPhenotype(Phenotype p) Set phenotype
void	setValid(boolean b) Set the validity of the individual

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

map

void map(int map)

Map the input(Genotype) to output(Phenotype) using a grammar as a map

Parameters:

map - which input to map if there are multiple

getFitness

Fitness getFitness()

Get fitness of individuals

Returns:

individual fitness

getGenotype

Genotype getGenotype()

Get the genotype

Returns:

genotype

getMapper

Mapper getMapper()

Get the map use to map input and output

Returns:

map used

getPhenotype

Phenotype getPhenotype()

Get phenotype

Returns:

phenotype

getPhenotypeString

java.lang.String getPhenotypeString(int map)

Get a String representation of the output(Phenotype)

Parameters:

map - which output to get if there are multiple

Returns:

string of output

setFitness

void setFitness(Fitness f)

Set fitness

Parameters:

f - fitness

setGenotype

void setGenotype(Genotype g)

Set genotype

Parameters:

g - genotype

setMapper

void setMapper(Mapper m)

Set mapper

Parameters:

m - mapper

setPhenotype

void setPhenotype(Phenotype p)

Set phenotype

Parameters:

p - phenotype

isEvaluated

boolean isEvaluated()

Has the individual been evaluated

Returns:

boolean of evaluation status

setEvaluated

void setEvaluated(boolean b)

Indicate if the individual should be evaluated or not

Parameters:

b - set if individual should be evaluated

isValid

boolean isValid()

Get the validity of the individual

Returns:

validity of the individual

setValid

void setValid(boolean b)

Set the validity of the individual

Parameters:

b - validity to be set

clone

Individual clone()

Clone the individual

Returns:

a clone of the individual

setAge

void setAge(int age)

Age is how long the individual has existed

Parameters:

age - How long the individual has existed

getAge

int getAge()

The age of the individual, counted as how many iterations it has survived.

Returns:

number of iterations survived