net.sourceforge.cilib.pso.moo.guideselectionstrategies
Class NBestGuideSelectionStrategy

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.cilib.pso.moo.guideselectionstrategies.NBestGuideSelectionStrategy

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, GuideSelectionStrategy, Cloneable

public class NBestGuideSelectionStrategy
extends Object
implements GuideSelectionStrategy

A concrete implementation of GuideSelectionStrategy where the neighbourhood best position of a particle gets selected as a guide (usually global guide).

Author:

Wiehann Matthysen

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

NBestGuideSelectionStrategy()

NBestGuideSelectionStrategy(NBestGuideSelectionStrategy copy)

Method Summary

NBestGuideSelectionStrategy	getClone() Create a cloned copy of the current object and return it.
Vector	selectGuide(Particle particle) Selects a guide for particle.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NBestGuideSelectionStrategy

public NBestGuideSelectionStrategy()

NBestGuideSelectionStrategy

public NBestGuideSelectionStrategy(NBestGuideSelectionStrategy copy)

Method Detail

getClone

public NBestGuideSelectionStrategy 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 GuideSelectionStrategy

Specified by:

getClone in interface Cloneable

Returns:

An exact clone of the current object instance.

See Also:

Object.clone()

selectGuide

public Vector selectGuide(Particle particle)

Description copied from interface: GuideSelectionStrategy

Selects a guide for particle.

Specified by:

selectGuide in interface GuideSelectionStrategy

Parameters:

particle - The particle who's guide will be selected.

Returns:

The selected guide.