org.encog.ml.ea.score

Class EmptyScoreFunction

java.lang.Object

org.encog.ml.ea.score.EmptyScoreFunction

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, CalculateScore

public class EmptyScoreFunction
extends java.lang.Object
implements CalculateScore, java.io.Serializable

An empty score function. Simply returns zero as the score, always.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
EmptyScoreFunction()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	calculateScore(MLMethod phenotype) Calculate this network's score.
boolean	requireSingleThreaded()
boolean	shouldMinimize()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EmptyScoreFunction

public EmptyScoreFunction()

Method Detail

calculateScore

public double calculateScore(MLMethod phenotype)

Calculate this network's score.

Specified by:

calculateScore in interface CalculateScore

Parameters:

phenotype - The ML method.

Returns:

The score.

requireSingleThreaded

public boolean requireSingleThreaded()

Specified by:

requireSingleThreaded in interface CalculateScore

Returns:

True, if this score function cannot be done in parallel.

shouldMinimize

public boolean shouldMinimize()

Specified by:

shouldMinimize in interface CalculateScore

Returns:

True if the goal is to minimize the score.