jcgp.backend.modules.mutator

Class ProbabilisticMutator

java.lang.Object

jcgp.backend.modules.Module

jcgp.backend.modules.mutator.Mutator

jcgp.backend.modules.mutator.ProbabilisticMutator

public class ProbabilisticMutator
extends Mutator

Probabilistic mutator

This operator iterates through every mutable gene in the chromosome and decides whether to mutate each of them individually. The decision is made based on the difference between the mutation probability and a randomly generated double between 0 and 100.

Author:

Eduardo Pedroni

See Also:

Mutator

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ProbabilisticMutator(Resources resources) Creates a new instance of ProbabilisticMutator.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	mutate(Chromosome chromosome) Applies mutations to the specified chromosome according to the parameter values.

Methods inherited from class jcgp.backend.modules.Module

getLocalParameters, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ProbabilisticMutator

public ProbabilisticMutator(Resources resources)

Creates a new instance of ProbabilisticMutator.

Parameters:

resources - a reference to the experiment's resources.

Method Detail

mutate

public void mutate(Chromosome chromosome)

Description copied from class: Mutator

Applies mutations to the specified chromosome according to the parameter values.

Specified by:

mutate in class Mutator

Parameters:

chromosome - the chromosome to mutate.