SelectionPolicy (Apache Commons Math 4.0-SNAPSHOT)

All Known Implementing Classes:

TournamentSelection
```
public interface SelectionPolicy
```
Algorithm used to select a chromosome pair from a population.

Since:

2.0

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  ChromosomePair select(Population population)
  Select two chromosomes from the population.

- Method Detail
  - select
```
ChromosomePair select(Population population)
               throws MathIllegalArgumentException
```
    Select two chromosomes from the population.
    
    Parameters:
    
    population - the population from which the chromosomes are chosen.
    
    Returns:
    
    the selected chromosomes.
    
    Throws:
    
    MathIllegalArgumentException - if the population is not compatible with this SelectionPolicy