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

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 Details
- 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.