ec.steadystate
Class SteadyStateEvolutionState

java.lang.Object
  extended by ec.EvolutionState
      extended by ec.steadystate.SteadyStateEvolutionState
All Implemented Interfaces:
Setup, Singleton, java.io.Serializable

public class SteadyStateEvolutionState
extends EvolutionState

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Serialized Form

Field Summary
 long evaluations
          How many evaluations have we run so far?
protected  boolean firstTime
          First time calling evolve
 boolean generationBoundary
          Did we just start a new generation?
 int generationSize
          how big is a generation? Set to the size of subpopulation 0 of the initial population.
 long numEvaluations
          How many evaluations should we run for? If set to UNDEFINED (0), we run for the number of generations instead.
static java.lang.String P_NUMEVALUATIONS
           
static java.lang.String P_STEADYSTATE
          base parameter for steady-state
static long UNDEFINED
           
 
Fields inherited from class ec.EvolutionState
breeder, breedthreads, C_STARTED_FRESH, C_STARTED_FROM_CHECKPOINT, checkpoint, checkpointModulo, checkpointPrefix, evalthreads, evaluator, exchanger, finisher, generation, initializer, job, numGenerations, output, P_BREEDER, P_CHECKPOINT, P_CHECKPOINTMODULO, P_CHECKPOINTPREFIX, P_EVALUATOR, P_EXCHANGER, P_FINISHER, P_GENERATIONS, P_INITIALIZER, P_QUITONRUNCOMPLETE, P_STATISTICS, parameters, population, quitOnRunComplete, R_FAILURE, R_NOTDONE, R_SUCCESS, random, randomSeedOffset, runtimeArguments, statistics
 
Constructor Summary
SteadyStateEvolutionState()
           
 
Method Summary
 int evolve()
           
 void finish(int result)
           
 void setup(EvolutionState state, Parameter base)
          Unlike for other setup() methods, ignore the base; it will always be null.
 void startFresh()
           
 
Methods inherited from class ec.EvolutionState
resetFromCheckpoint, run, startFromCheckpoint
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

P_STEADYSTATE

public static final java.lang.String P_STEADYSTATE
base parameter for steady-state

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Constant Field Values

P_NUMEVALUATIONS

public static final java.lang.String P_NUMEVALUATIONS
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Constant Field Values

generationBoundary

public boolean generationBoundary
Did we just start a new generation?


numEvaluations

public long numEvaluations
How many evaluations should we run for? If set to UNDEFINED (0), we run for the number of generations instead.


UNDEFINED

public static long UNDEFINED

generationSize

public int generationSize
how big is a generation? Set to the size of subpopulation 0 of the initial population.


evaluations

public long evaluations
How many evaluations have we run so far?


firstTime

protected boolean firstTime
First time calling evolve

Constructor Detail

SteadyStateEvolutionState

public SteadyStateEvolutionState()
Method Detail

setup

public void setup(EvolutionState state,
                  Parameter base)
Description copied from class: EvolutionState
Unlike for other setup() methods, ignore the base; it will always be null.

Specified by:
setup in interface Setup
Overrides:
setup in class EvolutionState
See Also:
Prototype.setup(EvolutionState,Parameter)

startFresh

public void startFresh()
Overrides:
startFresh in class EvolutionState

evolve

public int evolve()
Overrides:
evolve in class EvolutionState

finish

public void finish(int result)
Overrides:
finish in class EvolutionState
Parameters:
result -