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-<div class="block">This class encapsulates a CGP chromosome.
- <br><br>
- A chromosome contains a matrix of nodes and arrays of inputs and outputs.
- These elements are all interconnected, and actually form the chromosome
- network itself. Individual nodes can be retrieved using <code>getNode()</code>
- which requires the row and column to be specified. The same works for
- inputs and outputs using the associated getters, in which case only the
- index is necessary.
- <br><br>
- In evolutionary computation it is often necessary to make copies of
- chromosomes; this can be accomplished in JCGP in two ways. The recommended
- way to do this is using <code>copyChromosome()</code> in <code>Population</code>, but alternatively
- it can be done by using the <code>Chromosome</code> copy constructor and specifying the
- object to copy from, or by using the <code>copyGenes()</code> method.
- <br><br>
- To illustrate this, given two chromosomes, chr1 and chr2, the following code:
- <br><br>
- <code>
- chr1.copyGenes(chr2);
- </code><br><br>
- will modify all of chr1's connections and functions to match those of chr2, without
- creating a new instance. In contrast,
- <br><br>
- <code>
- chr1 = new Chromosome(chr2);
- </code><br><br>
- creates a new instance of chromosome which is identical to chr2 and assigns it to chr1,
- meaning any old references to chr1 that are not updated will still refer to a chromosome
- that is not identical to chr2. In practice, the most reliable way is to use the copy method
- in <code>Population</code>. Assuming chr1 and chr2 are indexed 1 and 2 in <code>population</code> respectively,
- <br><br>
- population.copyChromosome(2, 1);
- <br><br>
- will copy chr2 into chr1 without creating new instances or requiring access to the underlying
- chromosome array. <code>Chromosome</code> offers a variety of methods to compare chromosomes as well,
- such as <code>compareGenesTo()</code> and <code>compareActiveGenesTo()</code>. <code>Comparable</code> is implemented
- to compare fitness value, meaning <code>compareTo()</code> returns a value depending the relative fitness
- of the compared chromosomes.
- <br><br>
- In order to set the chromosome's input values for decoding, <code>setInputs()</code> should be used. A few
- utility methods are provided in order to retrieve random elements from the chromosome, which are used
- internally to initialise with random connections but also externally by mutators when performing
- mutations.</div>
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-<dt><span class="simpleTagLabel">Author:</span></dt>
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-<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../jcgp/backend/population/Chromosome.html#compareActiveGenesTo-jcgp.backend.population.Chromosome-">compareActiveGenesTo</a></span>(<a href="../../../jcgp/backend/population/Chromosome.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.population">Chromosome</a>&nbsp;chromosome)</code>
-<div class="block">Does the same as <code>compareGenesto()</code> but only looks
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-<div class="block">Creates a deep copy of the specified chromosome in the
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-<td class="colFirst"><code>java.util.ArrayList&lt;<a href="../../../jcgp/backend/population/Node.html" title="class in jcgp.backend.population">Node</a>&gt;</code></td>
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- This method may always pick inputs, as they can be picked
- regardless of the column.</div>
-</td>
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-<div class="block">This method is useful for mutating chromosomes.</div>
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