Robot Simulator of the Robotics Group for Self-Organization of Control: IMutationFactorStrategy.h Source File

# IMutationFactorStrategy.h

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    00026
    00027 #ifndef IMUTATIONFACTORSTRATEGY_H_
    00028 #define IMUTATIONFACTORSTRATEGY_H_
    00029
    00030 //includes
    00031 #include <vector>
    00032
    00033 //forward declarations
    00034 class Gen;
    00035 class IValue;
    00036
    00037 /**
    00038  * This is a interface for a strategy, which is used by ValueMutationStrategy
    00039  */
    00040 class IMutationFactorStrategy {
    00041 public:
    00042         /**
    00043          * default constructor
    00044          */
    00045         IMutationFactorStrategy();
    00046
    00047         /**
    00048          * default destructor
    00049          */
    00050         virtual ~IMutationFactorStrategy();
    00051
    00052         /**
    00053          * this abstract function should later calculate the new mutation factor.
    00054          * It use for this a set gens. Most the gens which for one prototyp in one generation are.
    00055          * @param gene (vector<Gen*>) this set of gens
    00056          * @return (IValue*) the mutation factor
    00057          */
    00058         virtual IValue* calcMutationFactor(const std::vector<Gen*>& gene) = 0;
    00059 };
    00060
    00061 #endif /* IMUTATIONFACTORSTRATEGY_H_ */