net.sourceforge.cilib.coevolution
Class CoevolutionSynchronousIterationStrategy

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.cilib.algorithm.population.AbstractIterationStrategy<PSO>
      net.sourceforge.cilib.coevolution.CoevolutionSynchronousIterationStrategy

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, IterationStrategy<PSO>, Cloneable

public class CoevolutionSynchronousIterationStrategy
extends AbstractIterationStrategy<PSO>

FIXME: Remove this class. How is it different to the normal SynchronousIterationStrategy, or even the normal ASynchronousIterationStrategy???

Author:

Julien Duhain

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.sourceforge.cilib.algorithm.population.AbstractIterationStrategy

boundaryConstraint, operatorPipeline

Constructor Summary

CoevolutionSynchronousIterationStrategy()

Method Summary

CoevolutionSynchronousIterationStrategy	getClone() Create a cloned copy of the current object and return it.
void	performIteration(PSO pso) Perform the iteration of the PopulationBasedAlgorithm.

Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.cilib.algorithm.population.AbstractIterationStrategy

getBoundaryConstraint, getOperatorPipeline, setBoundaryConstraint, setOperatorPipeline

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CoevolutionSynchronousIterationStrategy

public CoevolutionSynchronousIterationStrategy()

Method Detail

getClone

public CoevolutionSynchronousIterationStrategy getClone()

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 IterationStrategy<PSO>

Specified by:

getClone in interface Cloneable

Specified by:

getClone in class AbstractIterationStrategy<PSO>

Returns:

An exact clone of the current object instance.

See Also:

Object.clone()

performIteration

public void performIteration(PSO pso)

Perform the iteration of the PopulationBasedAlgorithm.

Due to the nature of the PopulationBasedAlgorithms, the actual manner in which the algorithm's iteration is performed is deferred to the specific iteration strategy being used.

This implies that the general structure of the iteration for a specific flavour of algorithm is constant with modifications on that algorithm being made. For example, within a Genetic Algorithm you would expect:

1. Parent individuals to be selected in some manner
2. A crossover process to be done on the selected parent individuals to create the offspring
3. A mutation process to alter the generated offspring
4. Recombine the existing parent individuals and the generated offspring to create the next generation

Specified by:

performIteration in interface IterationStrategy<PSO>

Specified by:

performIteration in class AbstractIterationStrategy<PSO>

Parameters:

pso - The algorithm to perform the iteration process on.