org.apache.commons.math3.genetics
Interface CrossoverPolicy

All Known Implementing Classes:

CycleCrossover, NPointCrossover, OnePointCrossover, OrderedCrossover, UniformCrossover

public interface CrossoverPolicy

Policy used to create a pair of new chromosomes by performing a crossover operation on a source pair of chromosomes.

Since:

2.0

Version:

$Id: CrossoverPolicy.java 7721 2013-02-14 14:07:13Z CardosoP $

Method Summary

ChromosomePair

crossover(Chromosome first, Chromosome second) Perform a crossover operation on the given chromosomes.

Method Detail

crossover

ChromosomePair crossover(Chromosome first,
                         Chromosome second)
                         throws MathIllegalArgumentException

Perform a crossover operation on the given chromosomes.

Parameters:

first - the first chromosome.

second - the second chromosome.

Returns:

the pair of new chromosomes that resulted from the crossover.

Throws:

MathIllegalArgumentException - if the given chromosomes are not compatible with this CrossoverPolicy