org.opt4j.optimizer.ea

Class Crowding

java.lang.Object

org.opt4j.optimizer.ea.Crowding

All Implemented Interfaces:

FrontDensityIndicator

public class Crowding
extends Object
implements FrontDensityIndicator

The Crowding calculates the crowding distance of Individuals as used for instance in the the Nsga2 algorithm. A bounding box around each individual is defined and restricted by the neighboring individuals in each dimension. The crowding distance is the sum of the side-lengths of the bounding box. If an individual does not have neighbors on all sides, the crowding distance is maximal. A normalization in each dimension is applied.

Author:

lukasiewycz

See Also:

"A fast and elitist multiobjective genetic algorithm : NSGA-II, K. Deb, A. Pratap, S. Agarwal, and T. Meyarivan Evolutionary Computation, IEEETransactions on, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 182-197, August 2002."

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Crowding()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Map<Individual,Double>	getDensityValues(Collection<Individual> individuals) Returns the density values for a collection on Individuals.
List<Individual>	order(Map<Individual,Double> values) Returns an ordered list of the Individuals corresponding to their crowding distance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Crowding

public Crowding()

Method Detail

order

public List<Individual> order(Map<Individual,Double> values)

Returns an ordered list of the Individuals corresponding to their crowding distance. Individuals with a high crowding distance are sorted to the front.

Parameters:

values - the map of individuals to their crowding distance values

Returns:

the sorted list of individuals based on their crowding distance

getDensityValues

public Map<Individual,Double> getDensityValues(Collection<Individual> individuals)

Description copied from interface: FrontDensityIndicator

Returns the density values for a collection on Individuals.

Specified by:

getDensityValues in interface FrontDensityIndicator

Parameters:

individuals - the individuals

Returns:

a map of each individual to its density value