net.sourceforge.cilib.algorithm.population.knowledgetransferstrategies
Interface KnowledgeTransferStrategy

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

SelectiveKnowledgeTransferStrategy

public interface KnowledgeTransferStrategy
extends Cloneable

This interface is used in combination with a MultiPopulationBasedAlgorithm to enable different types of knowledge (like global best particle positions etc.) to be shared among different sub-populations during a search.

Author:

Wiehann Matthysen

Method Summary

KnowledgeTransferStrategy	getClone() Create a cloned copy of the current object and return it.
Type	transferKnowledge(List<PopulationBasedAlgorithm> allPopulations) Returns knowledge that was gained from an entity within the list of populations.

Method Detail

getClone

KnowledgeTransferStrategy getClone()

Description copied from interface: Cloneable

Create a cloned copy of the current object and return it. In general the created copy will be a deep copy of the provided instance. As a result this operation an be quite expensive if used incorrectly.

Specified by:

getClone in interface Cloneable

Returns:

An exact clone of the current object instance.

See Also:

Object.clone()

transferKnowledge

Type transferKnowledge(List<PopulationBasedAlgorithm> allPopulations)

Returns knowledge that was gained from an entity within the list of populations.

Parameters:

allPopulations - The list of populations that will be used to select an entity who's knowledge will be used.

Returns:

The knowledge that was gained.