CrossoverPolicy (Apache Commons Math 3.6.1 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:: CycleCrossover, NPointCrossover, OnePointCrossover, OrderedCrossover, UniformCrossover

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 Details
- crossover
  
  ChromosomePair crossover(Chromosome first, Chromosome second) throws MathIllegalArgumentException
  
  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.
  
  Throws:
  
  MathIllegalArgumentException - if the given chromosomes are not compatible with this CrossoverPolicy