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The Chromosome.java Java example source code

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package org.apache.commons.math3.genetics;

/**
 * Individual in a population. Chromosomes are compared based on their fitness.
 * <p>
 * The chromosomes are IMMUTABLE, and so their fitness is also immutable and
 * therefore it can be cached.
 *
 * @since 2.0
 */
public abstract class Chromosome implements Comparable<Chromosome>,Fitness {
    /** Value assigned when no fitness has been computed yet. */
    private static final double NO_FITNESS = Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;

    /** Cached value of the fitness of this chromosome. */
    private double fitness = NO_FITNESS;

    /**
     * Access the fitness of this chromosome. The bigger the fitness, the better the chromosome.
     * <p>
     * Computation of fitness is usually very time-consuming task, therefore the fitness is cached.
     *
     * @return the fitness
     */
    public double getFitness() {
        if (this.fitness == NO_FITNESS) {
            // no cache - compute the fitness
            this.fitness = fitness();
        }
        return this.fitness;
    }

    /**
     * Compares two chromosomes based on their fitness. The bigger the fitness, the better the chromosome.
     *
     * @param another another chromosome to compare
     * @return
     * <ul>
     *   <li>-1 if another is better than this
     *   <li>1 if another is worse than this
     *   <li>0 if the two chromosomes have the same fitness
     * </ul>
     */
    public int compareTo(final Chromosome another) {
        return Double.compare(getFitness(), another.getFitness());
    }

    /**
     * Returns <code>true iff another has the same representation and therefore the same fitness. By
     * default, it returns false -- override it in your implementation if you need it.
     *
     * @param another chromosome to compare
     * @return true if <code>another is equivalent to this chromosome
     */
    protected boolean isSame(final Chromosome another) {
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Searches the <code>population for another chromosome with the same representation. If such chromosome is
     * found, it is returned, if no such chromosome exists, returns <code>null.
     *
     * @param population Population to search
     * @return Chromosome with the same representation, or <code>null if no such chromosome exists.
     */
    protected Chromosome findSameChromosome(final Population population) {
        for (Chromosome anotherChr : population) {
            if (this.isSame(anotherChr)) {
                return anotherChr;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Searches the population for a chromosome representing the same solution, and if it finds one,
     * updates the fitness to its value.
     *
     * @param population Population to search
     */
    public void searchForFitnessUpdate(final Population population) {
        Chromosome sameChromosome = findSameChromosome(population);
        if (sameChromosome != null) {
            fitness = sameChromosome.getFitness();
        }
    }

}