Package org.uma.jmetal.problem

Interface Problem<S>

Type Parameters:

S - Encoding

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

BinaryProblem, DoubleProblem, DynamicProblem<S,D>, IntegerProblem, PermutationProblem<S>, SequenceProblem<S>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBinaryProblem, AbstractDoubleProblem, AbstractIntegerPermutationProblem, AbstractIntegerProblem, CharSequenceProblem, ComposableDoubleProblem, FakeBinaryProblem, FakeDoubleProblem, FakeIntegerPermutationProblem, FakeIntegerProblem

public interface Problem<S>
extends Serializable

Interface representing a multi-objective optimization problem. A single-objective problem is a multi-objective one with an objective.

Author:

Antonio J. Nebro

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
S	createSolution()
S	evaluate(S solution)	This method receives a solution, evaluates it, and returns the evaluated solution.
String	name()
int	numberOfConstraints()
int	numberOfObjectives()
int	numberOfVariables()

Method Details

numberOfVariables

int numberOfVariables()

numberOfObjectives

int numberOfObjectives()

numberOfConstraints

int numberOfConstraints()

name

String name()

evaluate

S evaluate(S solution)

This method receives a solution, evaluates it, and returns the evaluated solution.

Parameters:

solution -

Returns:

createSolution

S createSolution()