Package org.apache.commons.math.genetics

Interface CrossoverPolicy

All Known Implementing Classes:

OnePointCrossover

public interface CrossoverPolicy

Policy used to create a pair of new chromosomes by performing a crossover operation on a source pair of chromosomes.

Since:

2.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ChromosomePair	crossover(Chromosome first, Chromosome second)	Perform a crossover operation on the given chromosomes.

Method Detail

crossover

ChromosomePair crossover(Chromosome first,
                         Chromosome second)

Perform a crossover operation on the given chromosomes.

Parameters:

first - the first chromosome.

second - the second chromosome.

Returns:

the pair of new chromosomes that resulted from the crossover.