BinaryTranscribe.h

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#ifndef CSTANDARDTRANSCRIBE_H
#define CSTANDARDTRANSCRIBE_H
#include "GeneralTranscribe.h"

/** \addtogroup gainv Genetic algorithm optimization */
/* @{ */

//! BinaryTranscibe implements transcription for standard binary populations
/*! It works for simple binary string populations with the "canonic" decoding of the bit string
 * For each parameter a basevalue, stepsize and genesize has to be specified
 * upon construction.
 */
class BinaryTranscribe : public GeneralTranscribe{
protected:
        const ttranscribed basevalues;//!< The minimum value for each parameter 
        const ttranscribed stepsizes;//!< The stepsize associated to a bit change for each parameter
        const tsizev genesizes; //!< The number of bits for each parameter
public:
        virtual ttranscribed GetValues(const tpopmember &member); //!< Implements the abstract function from GeneralTranscribe
        //! Without basevalues, stepsizes and genesizes BinaryTranscribe does not work, so we inforce their use by
        //! including them in the constructor
        BinaryTranscribe(const ttranscribed &base, const ttranscribed &step,const tsizev &gene);
        virtual int GetNparams(){return basevalues.size();};
        //! We declare a copy constructor that copies the private variables;
        BinaryTranscribe(const BinaryTranscribe &Old);
        BinaryTranscribe(const GeneralTranscribe &Old);
        virtual ~BinaryTranscribe();
};
/* @} */
#endif // CSTANDARDTRANSCRIBE_H

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