ifitnessalgorithm.java

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/*
 * IFitnessAlgorithm.java
 * This is a required part of the com.adaptiveview.ospso package.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2003 AdaptiveView.com
 * 
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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 * General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
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 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
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package com.adaptiveview.ospso;

/**Interface to guarantee that fitness algorithms support
 * <CODE>calculateFitness(LocationChange)</CODE>, <CODE>getDimensions()</CODE> and 
 * <CODE>getDimensionConstraint()</CODE> methods.
 *
 * @author AdaptiveView.com
 */

public interface IFitnessAlgorithm extends com.adaptiveview.ospso.dmi.DMI_GPL_License {
    
    /**Returns a fitness value indicating how close the problem function applied
     * to the coordinates of a <CODE>LocationChange</CODE> instance comes to an optimum solution.
     *
     * @param location a LocationChange instance the coordinates of which are to
     * be used to calculate the fitness.
     * @return a fitness value.
     */
    public double calculateFitness(LocationChange location);
    
    /**Returns the number of dimesnions (unknowns) in the solution space.
     * @return the number of dimesnions
     */
    public int getDimensions();
    
    /**Returns a reference to the dimension Constraint instance.
     * @return the dimension Constraint
     */
    public Constraint getDimensionConstraint();
}