CrossoverOperator (Chips-n-Salsa - A Java library of customizable, hybridizable, iterative, parallel, stochastic, and self-adaptive local search algorithms)

Type Parameters:

T - The type of object used to represent candidate solutions to the problem.

All Superinterfaces:

Splittable<CrossoverOperator<T>>

All Known Implementing Classes:

HybridCrossover, KPointCrossover, KPointCrossover, KPointCrossover, SinglePointCrossover, SinglePointCrossover, SinglePointCrossover, TwoPointCrossover, TwoPointCrossover, TwoPointCrossover, UniformCrossover, UniformCrossover, UniformCrossover, WeightedHybridCrossover
```
public interface CrossoverOperator<T>
extends Splittable<CrossoverOperator<T>>
```
Implement the CrossoverOperator interface to implement a crossover operator for use in evolutionary algorithms.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`cross(T c1, T c2)`	Performs a crossover for an evolutionary algorithm, such that crossover forms two children from two parents.

Methods inherited from interface org.cicirello.search.concurrent.Splittable
split

- Method Detail
  - cross
```
void cross(T c1,
           T c2)
```
    Performs a crossover for an evolutionary algorithm, such that crossover forms two children from two parents. Implementations of this method modify the parameters, transforming the parents into the children.
    
    Parameters:
    
    c1 - A candidate solution subject to the crossover. This method changes the state of c1.
    
    c2 - A candidate solution subject to the crossover. This method changes the state of c2.