aima.core.search.local

Class Individual<A>

java.lang.Object

aima.core.search.local.Individual<A>

Type Parameters:

A - the type of the alphabet used in the representation of the individuals in the population (this is to provide flexibility in terms of how a problem can be encoded).

public class Individual<A>
extends java.lang.Object

Artificial Intelligence A Modern Approach (3rd Edition): page 127.

A state in a genetic algorithm is represented as an individual from the population.

Author:

Ciaran O'Reilly

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Individual(java.util.List<A> representation) Construct an individual using the provided representation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getDescendants() Returns the number of descendants for this individual.
java.util.List<A>	getRepresentation()
void	incDescendants() Should be called by the genetic algorithm whenever the individual is selected to produce a descendant.
int	length()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Individual

public Individual(java.util.List<A> representation)

Construct an individual using the provided representation.

Parameters:

representation - the individual's representation.

Method Detail

getRepresentation

public java.util.List<A> getRepresentation()

Returns:

the individual's representation.

length

public int length()

Returns:

the length of the individual's representation.

incDescendants

public void incDescendants()

Should be called by the genetic algorithm whenever the individual is selected to produce a descendant.

getDescendants

public int getDescendants()

Returns the number of descendants for this individual.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object