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+<div class="block">Digital circuit problem
+ <br><br>
+ Using this problem type, digital logic circuits can be evolved.
+ <code>parseData()</code> must be used to load the desired circuit
+ truth table in the standard CGP .plu format.</div>
+<dl>
+<dt><span class="simpleTagLabel">Author:</span></dt>
+<dd>Eduardo Pedroni</dd>
+<dt><span class="seeLabel">See Also:</span></dt>
+<dd><a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/function/DigitalCircuitFunctions.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.function"><code>DigitalCircuitFunctions</code></a></dd>
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+<code><a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/modules/problem/TestCaseProblem.TestCase.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.modules.problem">TestCaseProblem.TestCase</a>&lt;<a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/modules/problem/TestCaseProblem.TestCase.html" title="type parameter in TestCaseProblem.TestCase">U</a>&gt;</code></li>
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+<td class="colOne"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/modules/problem/DigitalCircuitProblem.html#DigitalCircuitProblem-jcgp.backend.resources.Resources-">DigitalCircuitProblem</a></span>(<a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/resources/Resources.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.resources">Resources</a>&nbsp;resources)</code>
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+<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
+<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/modules/problem/DigitalCircuitProblem.html#evaluate-jcgp.backend.population.Population-jcgp.backend.resources.Resources-">evaluate</a></span>(<a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/population/Population.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.population">Population</a>&nbsp;population,
+ <a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/resources/Resources.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.resources">Resources</a>&nbsp;resources)</code>
+<div class="block">The most important method of the problem type.</div>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr id="i1" class="rowColor">
+<td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
+<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/modules/problem/DigitalCircuitProblem.html#hasImprovement-jcgp.backend.population.Population-">hasImprovement</a></span>(<a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/population/Population.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.population">Population</a>&nbsp;population)</code>
+<div class="block">Used to assert whether a given population has a chromosome that is an improvement over
+ the current best chromosome.</div>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr id="i2" class="altColor">
+<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/modules/problem/TestCaseProblem.TestCase.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.modules.problem">TestCaseProblem.TestCase</a>&lt;<a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/function/UnsignedInteger.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.function">UnsignedInteger</a>&gt;</code></td>
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+<div class="block">This method is used internally by <code>addTestCase()</code> in order
+ to appropriately parse strings into the right data type for the
+ test cases.</div>
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+<td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
+<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/modules/problem/DigitalCircuitProblem.html#perfectSolutionFound-jcgp.backend.population.Population-">perfectSolutionFound</a></span>(<a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/population/Population.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.population">Population</a>&nbsp;population)</code>
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+<pre>public&nbsp;DigitalCircuitProblem(<a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/resources/Resources.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.resources">Resources</a>&nbsp;resources)</pre>
+<div class="block">Construct a new instance of DigitalCircuitProblem.</div>
+<dl>
+<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
+<dd><code>resources</code> - a reference to the experiment's resources.</dd>
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+<pre>public&nbsp;void&nbsp;evaluate(<a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/population/Population.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.population">Population</a>&nbsp;population,
+ <a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/resources/Resources.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.resources">Resources</a>&nbsp;resources)</pre>
+<div class="block"><span class="descfrmTypeLabel">Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/modules/problem/Problem.html#evaluate-jcgp.backend.population.Population-jcgp.backend.resources.Resources-">Problem</a></code></span></div>
+<div class="block">The most important method of the problem type. This is called once
+ per generation, when the new population has been generated.
+ <br><br>
+ The basic functionality of this method is to loop through all chromosomes
+ in the population and decode them according to the problem type. The
+ fitness of each chromosome is then calculated using the problem data
+ or otherwise (subjective problem types such as art generation might
+ leave fitness evaluations up to the user) and assigned to the appropriate
+ chromosome.
+ <br><br>
+ In addition, realisations of this method should update the value of
+ bestFitness as appropriate, since the value of this parameter is displayed
+ if a GUI is in use.</div>
+<dl>
+<dt><span class="overrideSpecifyLabel">Specified by:</span></dt>
+<dd><code><a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/modules/problem/Problem.html#evaluate-jcgp.backend.population.Population-jcgp.backend.resources.Resources-">evaluate</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/modules/problem/Problem.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.modules.problem">Problem</a></code></dd>
+<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
+<dd><code>population</code> - the population to be evaluated.</dd>
+<dd><code>resources</code> - parameters and utilities for optional reference.</dd>
+</dl>
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+<pre>public&nbsp;<a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/modules/problem/TestCaseProblem.TestCase.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.modules.problem">TestCaseProblem.TestCase</a>&lt;<a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/function/UnsignedInteger.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.function">UnsignedInteger</a>&gt;&nbsp;parseTestCase(java.lang.String[]&nbsp;inputs,
+ java.lang.String[]&nbsp;outputs)</pre>
+<div class="block"><span class="descfrmTypeLabel">Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/modules/problem/TestCaseProblem.html#parseTestCase-java.lang.String:A-java.lang.String:A-">TestCaseProblem</a></code></span></div>
+<div class="block">This method is used internally by <code>addTestCase()</code> in order
+ to appropriately parse strings into the right data type for the
+ test cases. Since the data type is problem-dependent, subclasses must
+ implement this method. This method must return a built <code>TestCase</code>
+ object from the arguments given.</div>
+<dl>
+<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
+<dd><code>inputs</code> - the inputs represented as strings.</dd>
+<dd><code>outputs</code> - the outputs represented as strings.</dd>
+<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
+<dd>the parsed test case.</dd>
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+<pre>public&nbsp;int&nbsp;perfectSolutionFound(<a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/population/Population.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.population">Population</a>&nbsp;population)</pre>
+<div class="block"><span class="descfrmTypeLabel">Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/modules/problem/Problem.html#perfectSolutionFound-jcgp.backend.population.Population-">Problem</a></code></span></div>
+<div class="block">Used to assert whether a given population contains a perfect solution
+ to the problem. It is up to the problem to define what qualifies
+ a perfect solution, as some problems (subject ones such as music and
+ art evolution, for example) might not have perfect solutions at all.</div>
+<dl>
+<dt><span class="overrideSpecifyLabel">Specified by:</span></dt>
+<dd><code><a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/modules/problem/Problem.html#perfectSolutionFound-jcgp.backend.population.Population-">perfectSolutionFound</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/modules/problem/Problem.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.modules.problem">Problem</a></code></dd>
+<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
+<dd><code>population</code> - the population to search through for a perfect chromosome.</dd>
+<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
+<dd>the perfect solution index, if one exits, -1 if no perfect solution was found.</dd>
+</dl>
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+<pre>public&nbsp;int&nbsp;hasImprovement(<a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/population/Population.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.population">Population</a>&nbsp;population)</pre>
+<div class="block"><span class="descfrmTypeLabel">Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/modules/problem/Problem.html#hasImprovement-jcgp.backend.population.Population-">Problem</a></code></span></div>
+<div class="block">Used to assert whether a given population has a chromosome that is an improvement over
+ the current best chromosome. A typical implementation of this method
+ will simply compare chromosome fitness values, though the problem type
+ is free to implement this in any way.</div>
+<dl>
+<dt><span class="overrideSpecifyLabel">Specified by:</span></dt>
+<dd><code><a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/modules/problem/Problem.html#hasImprovement-jcgp.backend.population.Population-">hasImprovement</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../jcgp/backend/modules/problem/Problem.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.modules.problem">Problem</a></code></dd>
+<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
+<dd><code>population</code> - the population potentially containing a fitter chromosome.</dd>
+<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
+<dd>the index of the first chromosome in the population that is an improvement, -1 if none is found.</dd>
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