Operator.Operations
Class MutationOperation

java.lang.Object
  Operator.Operations.MutationOperation

All Implemented Interfaces:

Operation, ParameterI, Stochastic

Direct Known Subclasses:

IntFlipByteMutation, IntFlipFitness, IntFlipMutation, NodalMutation, StructuralMutation, SubtreeMutation

public abstract class MutationOperation
extends java.lang.Object
implements Stochastic, Operation

Abstract class for mutaion operation.

Author:

Blip

Field Summary

protected FitnessFunction	fitnessFunction
protected double	noOfMutationCalls
protected double	probability
protected RandomNumberGenerator	rng

Constructor Summary

MutationOperation(double prob, RandomNumberGenerator rng)
Creates a new instance of MutationOperation

MutationOperation(RandomNumberGenerator rng, java.util.Properties p)
Creates a new instance of MutationOperation

Method Summary

abstract void	doOperation(Individual operand) Performs the operation on an operand
abstract void	doOperation(java.util.List<Individual> operand) Performs the operation on the list passed
RandomNumberGenerator	getRNG() Get the number generator
void	setFitnessFunction(FitnessFunction ff)
void	setProperties(java.util.Properties p) Set properties
void	setRNG(RandomNumberGenerator m) Set the number generator

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

probability

protected double probability

noOfMutationCalls

protected double noOfMutationCalls

rng

protected RandomNumberGenerator rng

fitnessFunction

protected FitnessFunction fitnessFunction

Constructor Detail

MutationOperation

public MutationOperation(double prob,
                         RandomNumberGenerator rng)

Creates a new instance of MutationOperation

Parameters:

prob - mutation probability

rng - random number generator

MutationOperation

public MutationOperation(RandomNumberGenerator rng,
                         java.util.Properties p)

Creates a new instance of MutationOperation

Parameters:

rng - random number generator

p - properties

Method Detail

setProperties

public void setProperties(java.util.Properties p)

Set properties

Specified by:

setProperties in interface ParameterI

Parameters:

p - object containing properties

doOperation

public abstract void doOperation(Individual operand)

Description copied from interface: Operation

Performs the operation on an operand

Specified by:

doOperation in interface Operation

Parameters:

operand - operand to perform operation on

doOperation

public abstract void doOperation(java.util.List<Individual> operand)

Description copied from interface: Operation

Performs the operation on the list passed

Specified by:

doOperation in interface Operation

Parameters:

operand - operands to be operated on

setFitnessFunction

public void setFitnessFunction(FitnessFunction ff)

setRNG

public void setRNG(RandomNumberGenerator m)

Description copied from interface: Stochastic

Set the number generator

Specified by:

setRNG in interface Stochastic

Parameters:

m - number generator

getRNG

public RandomNumberGenerator getRNG()

Description copied from interface: Stochastic

Get the number generator

Specified by:

getRNG in interface Stochastic

Returns:

number generator