IndiBase - Base class for chromosomes; knows how to build them, and has some helper methods.
my $xmlStr="<indi type='BinaryIndi'><atom>1</atom><atom>0</atom><atom>1</atom><atom>0</atom></indi>"; my $ref = XMLin($xmlStr);
my $binIndi2 = IndiBase->fromXML( $ref ); #From XML fragment print $binIndi2->asXML();
my $indi = IndiBase->fromParam( $ref->{initial}{section}{indi}{param} ); #From parametric description
$binIndi2->Fitness( 3.5 ); #Sets or gets fitness print $binIndi2->Fitness();
my $emptyIndi = new IndiBase;
Base class for individuals in evolutionary computation algorithms
Creates a new IndiBase of the required class, with a fitness, and sets fitnes to undef
Takes a definition in the shape <indi><atom>....</indi><fitness></fitness></indi> and turns it into a bitstring, if it knows how to do it. The definition must have been processed using XML::Simple
This function needs to know about all available classes. Right now it is done harwired, but in the future, classes should answer to messages from this
Takes an array of params that describe the individual, and build it, with random initial values.
Params have this shape: <param name='type' value='VectorIndi' /> <param name='length' value='2' /> <param name='range' start='0' end='1' />
The 'type' will show the class of the individuals that are going to be created, and the rest will be type-specific, and left to the particular object to interpret.
Prints it as XML. The caller must close the tags.
Sets or gets the value of an atom. Each individual is divided in atoms, which can be accessed sequentially. If that does not apply, Atom can simply return the whole individual
Sets or gets fitness
Sets or gets the chromosome itself, that is, the data structure evolved. Since each derived class has its own data structure, and its own name, it's left to them to return it
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CVS Info: $Date: 2001/11/27 13:22:58 $ $Header: /cvsroot/opeal/opeal/IndiBase.pm,v 1.7 2001/11/27 13:22:58 jmerelo Exp $ $Author: jmerelo $ $Revision: 1.7 $ =cut
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