de.kumpe.hadooptimizer
Interface Recombiner<I>

Type Parameters:

I - the individuals' type

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DuplicatingRecombiner

public interface Recombiner<I>
extends Serializable

A Recombiner combines the given n parents to form m children.

E.g. by cutting two parents somewhere in the middle at the same point and forming two new children:

• the first with the front end of the first parent and the back end of the other
• the second vice versa.

Author:

Christian Kumpe

Method Summary

Collection<I>

recombine(Collection<EvaluationResult<I>> parents) Recombines the children from the parents in the given evaluationResults.

Method Detail

recombine

Collection<I> recombine(Collection<EvaluationResult<I>> parents)

Recombines the children from the parents in the given evaluationResults.

Returns:

the newly created children, they may not be modified parent-objects

See Also:

Recombiner