IPopulationMerger


1   /*
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10  package org.jgap.distr;
11  
12  import org.jgap.*;
13  
14  /**
15   * Interface for implementations allowing to merge two or more independent
16   * Populations to be merged together into one Population.
17   *
18   * @author Klaus Meffert
19   * @since 2.0
20   */
21  public interface IPopulationMerger {
22    /** String containing the CVS revision. Read out via reflection!*/
23    final static String   CVS_REVISION = "$Revision: 1.4 $";
24  
25    /**
26     * Merges two Population's into one that has the given size.
27     *
28     * @param a_population1 first Population
29     * @param a_population2 second Population
30     * @param a_new_population_size size of merged Population
31     * @return the resulting Population
32     *
33     * @author Klaus Meffert
34     * @since 2.0
35     */
36    Population mergePopulations(Population a_population1,
37                                Population a_population2,
38                                int a_new_population_size);
39  }
40

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