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package smile.gap;
/**
* Artificial chromosomes used in Lamarckian algorithm that is a hybrid of
* of evolutionary computation and a local improver such as hill-climbing.
* Lamarckian algorithm augments an EA with some
* hill-climbing during the fitness assessment phase to revise each individual
* as it is being assessed. The revised individual replaces the original one
* in the population.
*
* @author Haifeng Li
*/
public interface LamarckianChromosome extends Chromosome {
/**
* Performs a step of (hill-climbing) local search to evolve this chromosome.
*/
public void evolve();
}