org.uncommons.watchmaker.framework.termination
Class GenerationCount

java.lang.Object
  org.uncommons.watchmaker.framework.termination.GenerationCount

All Implemented Interfaces:

TerminationCondition

public class GenerationCount
extends Object
implements TerminationCondition

Terminates evolution after a set number of generations have passed.

Author:

Daniel Dyer

Constructor Summary

GenerationCount(int generationCount)

Method Summary

boolean

shouldTerminate(PopulationData<?> populationData) The condition is queried via this method to determine whether or not evolution should finish at the current point.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GenerationCount

public GenerationCount(int generationCount)

Parameters:

generationCount - The maximum number of generations that the evolutionary algorithm will permit before terminating.

Method Detail

shouldTerminate

public boolean shouldTerminate(PopulationData<?> populationData)

The condition is queried via this method to determine whether or not evolution should finish at the current point.

Specified by:

shouldTerminate in interface TerminationCondition

Parameters:

populationData - Information about the current state of evolution. This may be used to determine whether evolution should continue or not.

Returns:

true if evolution should be terminated, false otherwise.