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AnyFloatGene Class Reference

Abstract interface class for genes that encode a floating-point value. More...

#include <genes.h>

Inheritance diagram for AnyFloatGene:

List of all members.

Public Methods
	AnyFloatGene ()
	AnyFloatGene (const GeneticID &id, double min, double max, double m=1.0)
virtual double	getvalue () const
virtual void	copy (const Genstruct &other)
virtual void	check () const
Protected Attributes
double	mMin
double	mMax

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Detailed Description

Abstract interface class for genes that encode a floating-point value.

You can read about the creation of floating-point genes and how they are inserted in the genomes from the specific subclass documentation. The values of the genes are read from the genome as follows:

double x = dynamic_cast<const AnyFloatGene&> (*individual.getGene("myGene")).getvalue();

This class is actually not abstract, because of technical limitations in the dynamic runtime information system.

Definition at line 234 of file genes.h.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

AnyFloatGene (    )  [inline]

Default constructor, FORBIDDEN! Exists only because of RTTI system. Definition at line 239 of file genes.h.

AnyFloatGene (  const GeneticID &    id, double    min, double    max, double    m = 1.0 )

The subclass should call this constructor to set the name, value range and mutation parameter coefficient. Parameters: id  Name of the gene. min  Lower limit for the floating-point value range. max  Upper limit for the floating-point value range. m  Mutation parameter coefficient; the exact semantics of this variable depends on the subclass. Definition at line 150 of file genes.cc. References mMax, and mMin.

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Member Function Documentation

void check (    )  [virtual]

Standard check operator. Implementation for Object. Exceptions: assertion_failed  check_failed Reimplemented from Gene. Reimplemented in FloatGene, and BitFloatGene. Definition at line 167 of file genes.cc. References Gene::check(), mMax, and mMin. Referenced by BitFloatGene::check(), and FloatGene::check().

void copy (  const Genstruct &    other )  [virtual]

Standard copy operator. Implementation for Genstruct. Reimplemented from Gene. Reimplemented in FloatGene, and BitFloatGene. Definition at line 157 of file genes.cc. References Gene::copy(). Referenced by BitFloatGene::copy(), and FloatGene::copy().

virtual double getvalue (    )  const [inline, virtual]

Returns the decoded, phenotypic value of the gene. The inheritor MUST overload this method. Exceptions: must_overload  Reimplemented in FloatGene, and BitFloatGene. Definition at line 263 of file genes.h.

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Member Data Documentation

double mMax [protected]

The upper limit for the gene value. Definition at line 280 of file genes.h. Referenced by AnyFloatGene(), BitFloatGene::check(), FloatGene::check(), check(), FloatGene::equality(), FloatGene::FloatGene(), BitFloatGene::getvalue(), FloatGene::init(), and FloatGene::pointMutate().

double mMin [protected]

The lower limit for the gene value. Definition at line 277 of file genes.h. Referenced by AnyFloatGene(), BitFloatGene::check(), FloatGene::check(), check(), FloatGene::equality(), BitFloatGene::getvalue(), FloatGene::init(), and FloatGene::pointMutate().

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• genes.h
• genes.cc

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