NAME

Algorithm::Evolutionary::Op::Bitflip - BitFlip mutation

SYNOPSIS

my $xmlStr2=<<EOC; #howMany should be integer
<op name='Bitflip' type='unary' rate='0.5' >
  <param name='howMany' value='2' /> 
</op>
EOC
my $ref2 = XMLin($xmlStr2);

my $op2 = Algorithm::Evolutionary::Op::Base->fromXML( $ref2 );
print $op2->asXML(), "\n*Arity ", $op->arity(), "\n";

my $op = new Algorithm::Evolutionary::Op::Bitflip 2; #Create from scratch with default rate

Base Class

Algorithm::Evolutionary::Op::Base

DESCRIPTION

Mutation operator for a GA; changes a single bit in the bitstring; does not need a rate

METHODS

new

Creates a new mutation operator with a bitflip application rate, which defaults to 0.5, and an operator application rate (general for all ops), which defaults to 1.

create

Creates a new mutation operator.

apply

Applies mutation operator to a "Chromosome", a bitstring, really. Can be applied only to victims with the _str instance variable; but it checks before application that both operands are of type BitString.

Copyright

This file is released under the GPL. See the LICENSE file included in this distribution,
or go to http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.txt

CVS Info: $Date: 2002/07/26 10:51:00 $ 
$Header: /cvsroot/opeal/opeal/Algorithm/Evolutionary/Op/Bitflip.pm,v 1.5 2002/07/26 10:51:00 jmerelo Exp $ 
$Author: jmerelo $ 
$Revision: 1.5 $
$Name $