Interface MutationPolicy

All Known Implementing Classes:

BinaryMutation, RandomKeyMutation

public interface MutationPolicy

Algorithm used to mutate a chromosome.

Since:

2.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Chromosome	mutate(Chromosome original)	Mutate the given chromosome.

Method Details

mutate

Chromosome mutate(Chromosome original)
           throws MathIllegalArgumentException

Mutate the given chromosome.

Parameters:

original - the original chromosome.

Returns:

the mutated chromosome.

Throws:

MathIllegalArgumentException - if the given chromosome is not compatible with this MutationPolicy