Class: EvoSynth::ArrayGenome

Inherits:
Array
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/evosynth/core/array_genome.rb

Overview

Array based genome which keeps track of changes (changed attribute) to reduce the need to recalculate the fitness function (see Evaluator)

This genome can contain any type of genes.

TODO: complete documentation

Direct Known Subclasses

Population

Constant Summary collapse

METHODS_THAT_CHANGE_ARRAY =

see ruby-doc.org/doxygen/1.8.4/group__ruby__ary.html#ga9 see rb_ary_store and rb_ary_modify

['initialize', '[]=', 'delete', 'delete_at', 'collect!', 'map!', '<<', 'reject!', 'uniq!', 'unshift',
'shift', 'sort!', 'pop', 'push', 'flatten!', 'reverse!', 'slice!', 'clear']

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#changed=(value) ⇒ Object

Set the changed flag (boolean) of the genome



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# File 'lib/evosynth/core/array_genome.rb', line 38

def changed=(value)
  @changed = value
end

#changed? ⇒ Boolean

True if the genome has changed, false otherwise. Has to be set to false manually.



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# File 'lib/evosynth/core/array_genome.rb', line 44

def changed?
  @changed
end

#clone ⇒ Object

Returns a clone of this genome



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# File 'lib/evosynth/core/array_genome.rb', line 56

def clone
  my_clone = super
  my_clone.changed = false
  my_clone
end

#to_s ⇒ Object

Return a printable version of this genome.



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# File 'lib/evosynth/core/array_genome.rb', line 50

def to_s
  self * ", "
end