org.artoflife.gp.genome.numeric
Class BinaryNumericGene

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.artoflife.gp.genome.GpTreeNode
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        +--org.artoflife.gp.genome.FunctionGene
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              +--org.artoflife.gp.genome.numeric.BinaryNumericGene

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AddGene, DivideGene, MaxGene, MinGene, ModGene, MultiplyGene, PowGene, SubGene

public abstract class BinaryNumericGene

extends FunctionGene

Abstract base class for binary numeric operators like AddGene and others. Assumes parameter genes return Number values that are interpreted here as float values for the subclass to use.

Author:

Steve Meyfroidt

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.artoflife.gp.genome.FunctionGene

parameterGenes

Constructor Summary

BinaryNumericGene()

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	evaluate(Phenotype phenotype, java.util.List parameters)
protected abstract float	evaluateFor(float parameter1, float parameter2) Evaluate the function across the parameters passed in.
protected java.util.List	getParameterClasses()
java.lang.Class	getReturnClass()

Methods inherited from class org.artoflife.gp.genome.FunctionGene

clone, evaluate, getBooleanParameter, getDoubleParameter, getFloatParameter, getMutators, getParameterGene, initParameterGenes, setParameterGene, toString

Methods inherited from class org.artoflife.gp.genome.GpTreeNode

getParameterClass, getParametersLength, getSize, mutate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BinaryNumericGene

public BinaryNumericGene()

Method Detail

getParameterClasses

protected java.util.List getParameterClasses()

Specified by:

getParameterClasses in class FunctionGene

Returns:

List of the Classes that this gene expects to evaluate against, never null

See Also:

GpTreeNode.getParameterClasses()

getReturnClass

public java.lang.Class getReturnClass()

Specified by:

getReturnClass in class GpTreeNode

Returns:

the class this gene returns on evaluation

See Also:

GpTreeNode.getReturnClass()

evaluate

public java.lang.Object evaluate(Phenotype phenotype,
                                 java.util.List parameters)

Specified by:

evaluate in class FunctionGene

evaluateFor

protected abstract float evaluateFor(float parameter1,
                                     float parameter2)

Evaluate the function across the parameters passed in.