Evocosm - A C++ Framework for Evolutionary Computing

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Created by Scott Robert Ladd at Coyote Gulch Productions.

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organism.h

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//  Evocosm -- An Object-Oriented Framework for Evolutionary Algorithms
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//  organism.h
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#if !defined(LIBEVOCOSM_ORGANISM_H)
#define LIBEVOCOSM_ORGANISM_H

// Standard C++ Library
#include <cstddef>

// libevocosm
#include "evocommon.h"

namespace libevocosm
{
    using std::vector;


    template <typename Genotype>
    class organism : protected globals
    {
    protected:
        double m_fitness;

        Genotype m_genes;

    public:

        organism()
            : m_fitness(0.0),
              m_genes()
        {
            // nada
        }


        organism(const Genotype & a_value)
            : m_fitness(0.0),
              m_genes(a_value)
        {
            // nada
        }


        organism(const organism & a_source)
            : m_fitness(a_source.m_fitness),
              m_genes(a_source.m_genes)
        {
            // nada
        }


        organism(const organism & a_parent1, const organism & a_parent2)
            : m_fitness(a_parent1.m_fitness),
              m_genes(a_parent1.m_genes,a_parent2.m_genes)
        {
            // nada
        }


        virtual ~organism()
        {
            // nada
        }


        organism & operator = (const organism & a_source)
        {
            m_fitness = a_source.m_fitness;
            m_genes   = a_source.m_genes;
            return *this;
        }


        virtual bool operator < (const organism & a_right) const
        {
            return (m_fitness > a_right.m_fitness);
        }
        

        virtual void reset_all()
        {
            m_fitness = 0.0;
        }
    

        double & fitness()
        {
            return m_fitness;
        }


        double fitness() const
        {
            return m_fitness;
        }


        Genotype & genes()
        {
            return m_genes;
        }


        const Genotype & genes() const
        {
            return m_genes;
        }
    };

};

#endif

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