evSOLve.JEvolution.selection

Class DecimationSelection

java.lang.Object

evSOLve.JEvolution.selection.DecimationSelection

All Implemented Interfaces:

Selection

public class DecimationSelection
extends java.lang.Object
implements Selection

Decimation Selection is used to chop the seed population, if it is larger than the set population size. It is a truncation or could be viewed as (mu, lambda) selection from ES.

Since:

August 22, 2001 $Id: DecimationSelection.java 532 2013-03-20 18:55:18Z helmut $

Version:

0.9.8

Author:

Helmut A. Mayer

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DecimationSelection() Default constructor for decimation selection.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	doSelect(SubPopulation parents, SubPopulation offspring) JEvolution native selection method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DecimationSelection

public DecimationSelection()

Default constructor for decimation selection.

Method Detail

doSelect

public void doSelect(SubPopulation parents,
            SubPopulation offspring)

JEvolution native selection method. Decimation is simply a truncation of an over-sized population to the set population size.

Specified by:

doSelect in interface Selection

Parameters:

parents - the SubPopulation under pressure

offspring - the SubPopulation of survivors