org.uncommons.watchmaker.framework
Interface TerminationCondition

All Known Implementing Classes:

ElapsedTime, GenerationCount, Stagnation, TargetFitness, UserAbort

public interface TerminationCondition

Interface for implementing conditions used to terminate evolutionary algorithms.

Author:

Daniel Dyer

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.

Method Detail

shouldTerminate

boolean shouldTerminate(PopulationData<?> populationData)

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

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.