001 /* 002 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more 003 * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with 004 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. 005 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 006 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with 007 * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 008 * 009 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 010 * 011 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 012 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 013 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 014 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 015 * limitations under the License. 016 */ 017 package org.apache.commons.math.genetics; 018 019 /** 020 * Algorithm used to determine when to stop evolution. 021 * 022 * @since 2.0 023 * @version $Revision: 800116 $ $Date: 2009-08-02 13:49:59 -0400 (Sun, 02 Aug 2009) $ 024 */ 025 public interface StoppingCondition { 026 /** 027 * Determine whether or not the given population satisfies the stopping 028 * condition. 029 * 030 * @param population the population to test. 031 * @return <code>true</code> if this stopping condition is met by the 032 * given population. <code>false</code> otherwise. 033 */ 034 boolean isSatisfied(Population population); 035 }