com.rapidminer.operator.features
Class KeepBest

java.lang.Object
  com.rapidminer.operator.features.KeepBest

All Implemented Interfaces:

PopulationOperator

public class KeepBest
extends java.lang.Object
implements PopulationOperator

Keeps the n best individuals and kicks out the rest.

Author:

Simon Fischer, Ingo Mierswa

Constructor Summary

KeepBest(int bestN)

Method Summary

void	operate(Population pop) Modifies the population.
boolean	performOperation(int generation) The default implementation returns true for every generation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

KeepBest

public KeepBest(int bestN)

Method Detail

performOperation

public boolean performOperation(int generation)

The default implementation returns true for every generation.

Specified by:

performOperation in interface PopulationOperator

operate

public void operate(Population pop)

Description copied from interface: PopulationOperator

Modifies the population.

Specified by:

operate in interface PopulationOperator