Package org.jppf.ga

Class TournamentSelector

java.lang.Object

org.jppf.ga.TournamentSelector

All Implemented Interfaces:

Selector

public class TournamentSelector
extends Object
implements Selector

Tornament slection implemntation.

Author:

Laurent Cohen

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected Random	random	Random number generator.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TournamentSelector(int size)	Initialize this selector with the specified size.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Chromosome[]	select(Chromosome[] population, int nbSelect)	Select the specified number of chromosomes among the specified population.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

random

protected Random random

Random number generator.

Constructor Details

TournamentSelector

public TournamentSelector(int size)

Initialize this selector with the specified size.

Parameters:

size - the tournament size.

Method Details

select

public Chromosome[] select(Chromosome[] population,
 int nbSelect)

Description copied from interface: Selector

Select the specified number of chromosomes among the specified population.

Specified by:

select in interface Selector

Parameters:

population - the population from which to select.

nbSelect - the number of chromosomes to select.

Returns:

an array of the selected chromosomes.