Package org.moeaframework.core

Interface EvolutionaryAlgorithm

All Superinterfaces:

Algorithm, Stateful

All Known Subinterfaces:

EpsilonBoxEvolutionaryAlgorithm

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractEvolutionaryAlgorithm, AdaptiveTimeContinuation, DBEA, DifferentialEvolution, EpsilonMOEA, EpsilonNSGAII, EpsilonProgressContinuation, EvolutionStrategy, GDE3, GeneticAlgorithm, IBEA, MSOPS, NSGAII, NSGAIII, PAES, PESA2, RVEA, SingleObjectiveEvolutionaryAlgorithm, SMSEMOA, SPEA2, VEGA

public interface EvolutionaryAlgorithm
extends Algorithm

Interface for an evolutionary algorithm. Evolutionary algorithms are characterized by their use of a population and inspiration from biological and other natural processes.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
NondominatedPopulation	getArchive()	Returns the current non-dominated archive of the best solutions generated by this evolutionary algorithm, or null if no archive is used.
Population	getPopulation()	Returns the current population of this evolutionary algorithm.

Methods inherited from interface org.moeaframework.core.Algorithm

evaluate, getNumberOfEvaluations, getProblem, getResult, isTerminated, run, run, step, terminate

Methods inherited from interface org.moeaframework.core.Stateful

loadState, saveState

Method Details

getPopulation

Population getPopulation()

Returns the current population of this evolutionary algorithm.

Returns:

the current population of this evolutionary algorithm

getArchive

NondominatedPopulation getArchive()

Returns the current non-dominated archive of the best solutions generated by this evolutionary algorithm, or null if no archive is used.

Returns:

the current non-dominated archive of the best solutions generated by this evolutionary algorithm, or null if no archive is used