org.opt4j.core

Class Individual

java.lang.Object

org.opt4j.core.Individual

Direct Known Subclasses:

Particle

public class Individual
extends Object

The Individual class forms a single solution for the given optimization problem.

An Individual contains the Genotype, Phenotype, and Objectives: Initially, the Individual contains only a Genotype. The Decoder decodes the Genotype into a Phenotype and adds it to the Individual. Finally, the Phenotype is evaluated and the resulting Objectives are added to the Individual.

Author:

glass, lukasiewycz

See Also:

Genotype, Phenotype, Objectives

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	Individual.State The possible states of an Individual.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Genotype	getGenotype() Returns the genotype.
Objectives	getObjectives() Returns the objectives.
Phenotype	getPhenotype() Returns the phenotype.
Individual.State	getState() Returns the Individual.State of the Individual.
boolean	isDecoded() Indicates whether this Individual is already decoded.
boolean	isEvaluated() Indicates whether this Individual is already evaluated.
void	setGenotype(Genotype genotype) Sets the genotype.
void	setObjectives(Objectives objectives) Sets the objectives.
void	setPhenotype(Phenotype phenotype) Sets the phenotype.
void	setState(Individual.State state) Sets the state of the Individual.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getPhenotype

public Phenotype getPhenotype()

Returns the phenotype.

Returns:

the phenotype

See Also:

setPhenotype(org.opt4j.core.Phenotype)

getObjectives

public Objectives getObjectives()

Returns the objectives.

Returns:

the objectives

See Also:

setObjectives(org.opt4j.core.Objectives)

getGenotype

public Genotype getGenotype()

Returns the genotype.

Returns:

the genotype

See Also:

setGenotype(org.opt4j.core.Genotype)

setGenotype

public void setGenotype(Genotype genotype)

Sets the genotype.

Parameters:

genotype - the genotype to be set

See Also:

getGenotype()

setPhenotype

public void setPhenotype(Phenotype phenotype)

Sets the phenotype.

Parameters:

phenotype - the phenotype to be set

See Also:

getPhenotype()

setObjectives

public void setObjectives(Objectives objectives)

Sets the objectives.

Parameters:

objectives - the objectives to be set

See Also:

getObjectives()

isDecoded

public boolean isDecoded()

Indicates whether this Individual is already decoded.

Returns:

true if this individual is decoded

isEvaluated

public boolean isEvaluated()

Indicates whether this Individual is already evaluated.

Returns:

true if this inividual is evaluated

setState

public void setState(Individual.State state)

Sets the state of the Individual.

Parameters:

state - the new status

See Also:

getState()

getState

public Individual.State getState()

Returns the Individual.State of the Individual.

Returns:

the current state

See Also:

setState(org.opt4j.core.Individual.State)