de.kumpe.hadooptimizer
Interface Evaluator<I>

Type Parameters:

I - the individuals' type

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

EsEvaluatorWrapper, NeuronalNetEvaluator, PolynomialEvaluator, PolynomialEvaluator

public interface Evaluator<I>
extends Serializable

An Evaluator calculates the evaluation (fitness) of a given individual as a single double-value.

Author:

Christian Kumpe

Method Summary

double

evaluate(I individual) Calculates the evaluation (fitness) of the given individual.

Method Detail

evaluate

double evaluate(I individual)

Calculates the evaluation (fitness) of the given individual.

A smaller value means better fitness.

Parameters:

individual - the individual to calculate the evaluation (fitness)

Returns:

the evaluation (fitness) of the given individual