org.apache.commons.math3.genetics

## Class CycleCrossover<T>

• Type Parameters:
T - generic type of the AbstractListChromosomes for crossover
All Implemented Interfaces:
CrossoverPolicy

public class CycleCrossover<T>
extends Object
implements CrossoverPolicy
Cycle Crossover [CX] builds offspring from ordered chromosomes by identifying cycles between two parent chromosomes. To form the children, the cycles are copied from the respective parents.

To form a cycle the following procedure is applied:

2. look at the gene at the same position of parent 2
3. go to the position with the same gene in parent 1
4. add this gene index to the cycle
5. repeat the steps 2-5 until we arrive at the starting gene of this cycle
The indices that form a cycle are then used to form the children in alternating order, i.e. in cycle 1, the genes of parent 1 are copied to child 1, while in cycle 2 the genes of parent 1 are copied to child 2, and so forth ...

Example (zero-start cycle):
p1 = (8 4 7 3 6 2 5 1 9 0)    X   c1 = (8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 0)
p2 = (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9)    X   c2 = (0 4 7 3 6 2 5 1 8 9)

cycle 1: 8 0 9
cycle 2: 4 1 7 2 5 6
cycle 3: 3

This policy works only on AbstractListChromosome, and therefore it is parameterized by T. Moreover, the chromosomes must have same lengths.
Since:
3.1
Version:
$Id: CycleCrossover.java 1385297 2012-09-16 16:05:57Z tn$