Requirements controlled design: A method for discovery of discontinuous system boundaries in the requirements hyperspace

void update(); abstract boolean mutate(int probability); abstract void corrolateChromosomes(); public abstract Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException; } D.3.5 Simple Individual Class SimpleIndividual.java package edu.asdl.design.ea.basic; // // SimpleIndividual.java // JAVA SPEA // // Created by Peter Hollingsworth on Wed Sep 24 2003. // Copyright (c) 2003 __MyCompanyName__. All rights reserved. // import java.util.Random; public class SimpleIndividual extends Individual implements Cloneable { // // A more specific extension of the Idividual Class. It actually implements many Methods // public SimpleIndividual(short numgenes, short[] numbits) { bitChrome = new Chromosome(numgenes, numbits); bitChrome.initRandom(); realChrome = new RealValChromosome(bitChrome); this.numgenes = numgenes; this.numbits = numbits; } void corrolateChromosomes() { realChrome.update(); } public void update() { corrolateChromosomes(); } public boolean mutate(int probability) { // // Simple bit flip mutation // boolean bool= false; float prob = probability * 1e-2f; Random rand = new Random(); short ind1, ind2; float rand_val = rand.nextFloat(); if (rand_val <= prob) { ind1 = (short) rand.nextInt(numgenes); ind2 = (short)rand.nextInt(numbits[ind1]); bool = true; bitChrome.flipBit(ind1, ind2); } return bool; } public boolean crossover(int probability, SimpleIndividual tradeindv) { // //Simple Gene Swap Crossover // boolean bool= false; float prob = probability * 1e-2f; Random rand = new Random(); Gene trade_gene; Chromosome trade_chrom = tradeindv.bitChrome; float rand_val = rand.nextFloat(); if (rand_val <= prob) { short index = (short)rand.nextInt(bitChrome.getGeneNumber()); trade_gene = trade_chrom.gene[index]; trade_gene = bitChrome.tradeGene(index, trade_gene); bool = true; } return bool; } public boolean equals(SimpleIndividual simpind) { // // Checks if the two indivduals are Genetically Identical\ // boolean bool = true;

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