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<h1>Algorithm::StopCriterias::GaGenerationCriteria Class Reference</h1><!-- doxytag: class="Algorithm::StopCriterias::GaGenerationCriteria" --><!-- doxytag: inherits="Algorithm::GaStopCriteria" --><code><a class="el" href="class_algorithm_1_1_stop_criterias_1_1_ga_generation_criteria.html" title="GaGenerationCriteria is used to stop genetic algorithm when it reaches specified...">GaGenerationCriteria</a></code> is used to stop genetic algorithm when it reaches specified number of generations. This stop criteria uses <a class="el" href="class_algorithm_1_1_stop_criterias_1_1_ga_generation_criteria_params.html" title="GaGenerationCriteriaParams class is used by GaGenerationCriteria class as parameters...">GaGenerationCriteriaParams</a> class as parameters.  
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<code>#include &lt;source/StopCriterias.h&gt;</code>
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Inherits <a class="el" href="class_algorithm_1_1_ga_stop_criteria.html">Algorithm::GaStopCriteria</a>.
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<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">virtual GAL_API bool GACALL&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="class_algorithm_1_1_stop_criterias_1_1_ga_generation_criteria.html#a2f7bf9299f6aee54f5b69d4c12030d5">Evaluate</a> (const <a class="el" href="class_algorithm_1_1_ga_algorithm.html">GaAlgorithm</a> &amp;algorithm, const <a class="el" href="class_algorithm_1_1_ga_stop_criteria_params.html">GaStopCriteriaParams</a> &amp;parameters) const </td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">More details are given in specification of <a class="el" href="class_algorithm_1_1_ga_stop_criteria.html#28bdda47ef0fb7d7c22fedd0427b2a76" title="This method compares current state of the algorithm against desired state specified...">GaStopCriteria::Evaluate</a> method.  <a href="#a2f7bf9299f6aee54f5b69d4c12030d5"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">virtual <a class="el" href="class_common_1_1_ga_parameters.html">GaParameters</a> *GACALL&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="class_algorithm_1_1_stop_criterias_1_1_ga_generation_criteria.html#a672aea5ab7ea137a7331590d472ef48">MakeParameters</a> () const </td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">More details are given in specification of GaOperation::MakeParameters method.  <a href="#a672aea5ab7ea137a7331590d472ef48"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">virtual bool GACALL&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="class_algorithm_1_1_stop_criterias_1_1_ga_generation_criteria.html#acb70103776052c37c2cbaad3a888673">CheckParameters</a> (const <a class="el" href="class_common_1_1_ga_parameters.html">GaParameters</a> &amp;parameters) const </td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Valid parameters must have number of generations grater then 0.  <a href="#acb70103776052c37c2cbaad3a888673"></a><br></td></tr>
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<code><a class="el" href="class_algorithm_1_1_stop_criterias_1_1_ga_generation_criteria.html" title="GaGenerationCriteria is used to stop genetic algorithm when it reaches specified...">GaGenerationCriteria</a></code> is used to stop genetic algorithm when it reaches specified number of generations. This stop criteria uses <a class="el" href="class_algorithm_1_1_stop_criterias_1_1_ga_generation_criteria_params.html" title="GaGenerationCriteriaParams class is used by GaGenerationCriteria class as parameters...">GaGenerationCriteriaParams</a> class as parameters. 
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This class has no built-in synchronizator, so <code>LOCK_OBJECT</code> and <code>LOCK_THIS_OBJECT</code> macros cannot be used with instances of this class. Because this genetic operation is stateless all public method are thread-safe. <hr><h2>Member Function Documentation</h2>
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          <td class="memname">bool Algorithm::StopCriterias::GaGenerationCriteria::Evaluate           </td>
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More details are given in specification of <a class="el" href="class_algorithm_1_1_ga_stop_criteria.html#28bdda47ef0fb7d7c22fedd0427b2a76" title="This method compares current state of the algorithm against desired state specified...">GaStopCriteria::Evaluate</a> method. 
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This method is thread-safe. 
<p>Implements <a class="el" href="class_algorithm_1_1_ga_stop_criteria.html#28bdda47ef0fb7d7c22fedd0427b2a76">Algorithm::GaStopCriteria</a>.</p>

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<a class="anchor" name="a672aea5ab7ea137a7331590d472ef48"></a><!-- doxytag: member="Algorithm::StopCriterias::GaGenerationCriteria::MakeParameters" ref="a672aea5ab7ea137a7331590d472ef48" args="() const " -->
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          <td class="memname">virtual <a class="el" href="class_common_1_1_ga_parameters.html">GaParameters</a>* GACALL Algorithm::StopCriterias::GaGenerationCriteria::MakeParameters           </td>
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More details are given in specification of GaOperation::MakeParameters method. 
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This method is thread-safe. <dl class="return" compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd>Method makes new instance of <a class="el" href="class_algorithm_1_1_stop_criterias_1_1_ga_generation_criteria_params.html" title="GaGenerationCriteriaParams class is used by GaGenerationCriteria class as parameters...">GaGenerationCriteriaParams</a> class.</dd></dl>

<p>Implements <a class="el" href="class_common_1_1_ga_operation.html#7da19e41bc86254ea540a55a09384023">Common::GaOperation</a>.</p>

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          <td class="memname">virtual bool GACALL Algorithm::StopCriterias::GaGenerationCriteria::CheckParameters           </td>
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Valid parameters must have number of generations grater then 0. 
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More details are given in specification of GaOperation::CheckParameters method.<p>
This method is thread-safe. 
<p>Implements <a class="el" href="class_common_1_1_ga_operation.html#43b1b5c6a68418b09ec1ac04663d02b6">Common::GaOperation</a>.</p>

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<hr>The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:<ul>
<li>source/<a class="el" href="_stop_criterias_8h.html">StopCriterias.h</a><li>source/<a class="el" href="_stop_criterias_8cpp.html">StopCriterias.cpp</a></ul>
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