org.apache.commons.math.genetics
Class RandomKeyMutation

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.math.genetics.RandomKeyMutation

All Implemented Interfaces:

MutationPolicy

public class RandomKeyMutation
extends Object
implements MutationPolicy

Mutation operator for RandomKeys. Changes a randomly chosen element of the array representation to a random value uniformly distributed in [0,1].

Since:

2.0

Constructor Summary

RandomKeyMutation()

Method Summary

Chromosome

mutate(Chromosome original) Mutate the given chromosome.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

RandomKeyMutation

public RandomKeyMutation()

Method Detail

mutate

public Chromosome mutate(Chromosome original)

Mutate the given chromosome.

Specified by:

mutate in interface MutationPolicy

Parameters:

original - the original chromosome.

Returns:

the mutated chromomsome.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if original is not a RandomKey instance