environment.java

遗传算法源代码,实现了选择操作、交叉操作和变异操作

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/**
 * Environment Interface
 * 
 * location: net.openai.ai.ga.environment.Environment
 * 
 */
package net.openai.ai.ga.environment;

import net.openai.ai.ga.population.*;

/**
 * The Environment is the encapsulation of the problem that the population
 * will try to solve. It is provided as an interface so as to allow maximum
 * flexibility for the type of implementation an Environment can be. The
 * Environment is passed along to every Cell in the Population. The Population
 * and the World groups are completely ignorant of what is in the Environment
 * (except for the methods included in this interface). Therefore, the Cells
 * (the possible solutions) are fitted to the Environment (the problem) and
 * must know how to communicate with it.
 * @author	Jared Grubb
 * @version	%I%, %G%
 * @since	JDK1.3
 */
public interface Environment {

    /**
     * Tells the <code>Environment</code> to react to the given <code>
     * Population</code>. This allows for evolution of the problem model
     * according to what its population is. This method is called by a
     * <code>World</code> during each Iteration and may also be used as an
     * age counter. For many programs, this function may be stubbed {} in
     * cases when the problem does not need to evolve.
     * 
     * @param pop	the <code>Population</code> that works on it
     */
    void reactToPopulation(Population pop);
}



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