keel.Algorithms.Neural_Networks.gann

Class Population

java.lang.Object

keel.Algorithms.Neural_Networks.gann.Population

public class Population
extends java.lang.Object

Class Population, which represents a population of individuals

Since:

JDK1.5

Version:

0.1

Author:

Written by Nicolas Garcia Pedrajas (University of Cordoba) 9/02/2007

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Population(SetupParameters global) Constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Individual	EvolvePopulation(SetupParameters global, Data data) Method that evolves the population until the maximum number of generations is reached.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Population

public Population(SetupParameters global)

Constructor

Parameters:

global -

Method Detail

EvolvePopulation

public Individual EvolvePopulation(SetupParameters global,
                                   Data data)

Method that evolves the population until the maximum number of generations is reached. It initializes the first population, and in each iteration, saves the best individual by replicating it, makes the crossover, makes the mutation, copies the new population into the old one, and evaluates fitness.

Parameters:

global - Global Definition parameters

data - Input data

Returns:

Best individual obtained