edu.udo.cs.yale.operator.features
Class RemoveUselessAttributes

java.lang.Object
  edu.udo.cs.yale.operator.features.IndividualOperator
      edu.udo.cs.yale.operator.features.RemoveUselessAttributes

All Implemented Interfaces:

PopulationOperator

public class RemoveUselessAttributes
extends IndividualOperator

This individual operator removes all attributes from the example set which has weight 0 or the same minimum and maximum values.

Version:

$Id: RemoveUselessFeatures.java,v 2.12 2006/03/27 13:21:58 ingomierswa Exp $

Author:

Ingo Mierswa

Constructor Summary

RemoveUselessAttributes()

Method Summary

java.util.List<Individual>

operate(Individual individual) Subclasses must implement this method providing a list of new individuals.

Methods inherited from class edu.udo.cs.yale.operator.features.IndividualOperator

operate, performOperation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

RemoveUselessAttributes

public RemoveUselessAttributes()

Method Detail

operate

public java.util.List<Individual> operate(Individual individual)
                                   throws java.lang.Exception

Description copied from class: IndividualOperator

Subclasses must implement this method providing a list of new individuals. individual will be removed from the population so it might be useful to return a list of size 1 containing only the modified individual. If the original individual should also be part of the new population it must also be added to the result list.

Specified by:

operate in class IndividualOperator

Throws:

java.lang.Exception