Package dealib.components.selectors

Interface Selector

All Known Implementing Classes:

BinarySelector

public interface Selector

Selector is a class implementing the basic scheme of a selector operator in differential evolution.

Since:

1.0

Version:

1.0

Author:

Alicia Vazquez Ramos

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Individual	selectIndividual(Individual... candidates)	Executes a specific selector scheme.

Method Details

selectIndividual

Individual selectIndividual(Individual... candidates)
                     throws IncompatibleConfigurationException

Executes a specific selector scheme.

Parameters:

candidates - a set of candidates for selecting the best of them with a concrete selector operator.

Returns:

S, the selected individual.

Throws:

IncompatibleConfigurationException - when selector is not enabled with the defined configuration or when the Evaluator used throws this exception because of an incorrect dimensionality of the problem.