org.encog.ml.genetic.genome
Class Chromosome

java.lang.Object
  org.encog.ml.genetic.genome.Chromosome

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class Chromosome
extends Object
implements Serializable

Implements a chromosome to genetic algorithm. This is an abstract class. Other classes are provided in this book that use this base class to train neural networks or provide an answer to the traveling salesman problem. Chromosomes are made up of genes. Genomes in this genetic algorithm consist of one or more chromosomes.

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Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Chromosome()

Method Summary

void	add(Gene gene) Add a gene.
Gene	get(int i) Get an individual gene.
Gene	getGene(int gene) Get the specified gene.
List<Gene>	getGenes() Used the get the entire gene list.
int	size()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Chromosome

public Chromosome()

Method Detail

add

public final void add(Gene gene)

Add a gene.

Parameters:

gene - The gene to add.

get

public final Gene get(int i)

Get an individual gene.

Parameters:

i - The index of the gene.

Returns:

The gene.

getGene

public final Gene getGene(int gene)

Get the specified gene.

Parameters:

gene - The specified gene.

Returns:

The gene specified.

getGenes

public final List<Gene> getGenes()

Used the get the entire gene list.

Returns:

the genes

size

public final int size()

Returns:

The number of genes in this chromosome.