Class Terminal

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.core.mathematics.optimization.evolutionary.geneticprogramming.Program

org.episteme.core.mathematics.optimization.evolutionary.geneticprogramming.Terminal

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable

public abstract class Terminal
extends Program

Abstraction for the terminals in genetic programming.

Version:

0.1

Author:

Levent Bayindir

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Terminal()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	clone()	Returns a deep copy of this Terminal instance
int	countFunctionNodes()	Returns the number of function nodes this terminal has.
int	countNodes()	Returns the number of nodes this terminal has.
int	countProgramNodes()	Returns the number of program nodes this terminal has.

Methods inherited from class Program

eval, getName, toText

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

Terminal

public Terminal()

Method Details

countNodes

public int countNodes()

Returns the number of nodes this terminal has.

Specified by:

countNodes in class Program

Returns:

1 (each terminal has one node)

countProgramNodes

public int countProgramNodes()

Returns the number of program nodes this terminal has.

Specified by:

countProgramNodes in class Program

Returns:

1 (each terminal has one program)

countFunctionNodes

public int countFunctionNodes()

Returns the number of function nodes this terminal has.

Specified by:

countFunctionNodes in class Program

Returns:

0 (this node is a terminal not a function)

clone

public Object clone()

Returns a deep copy of this Terminal instance

Specified by:

clone in class Program

Returns:

deep copy of this terminal