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Interface ParentSelector

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

RouletteWheel, TournamentSelector

public interface ParentSelector
extends Serializable

This interface defines the method that must be implemented by any class that will be used to select parents for reproduction.

Version:

Jan 7, 2007

Author:

Grant Braught, Dickinson College

Method Summary

Individual

pickParent(Population pop) Choose an Individual from the specified Population to become a parent.

Method Detail

pickParent

Individual pickParent(Population pop)

Choose an Individual from the specified Population to become a parent.

Parameters:

pop - the Population.

Returns:

the Individual selected to become a Parent.