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
Version:
$Revision: 811685 $ $Date: 2009-09-05 13:36:48 -0400 (Sat, 05 Sep 2009) $

Method Summary
 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.


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