org.jscience.computing.ai.evolutionary.geneticprogramming
Class Terminal

java.lang.Object
  org.jscience.computing.ai.evolutionary.geneticprogramming.Program
      org.jscience.computing.ai.evolutionary.geneticprogramming.Terminal

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

public abstract class Terminal
extends Program

Abstraction for the terminals in genetic programming.

Constructor Summary

Terminal()

Method Summary

java.lang.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 org.jscience.computing.ai.evolutionary.geneticprogramming.Program

eval, getName, toText

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Terminal

public Terminal()

Method Detail

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 java.lang.Object clone()

Returns a deep copy of this Terminal instance

Specified by:

clone in class Program

Returns:

deep copy of this terminal