com.rubecula.darwin.core
Interface MateChoice

All Known Implementing Classes:

MateChoice_Abstract, MateChoice_Default, MateChoice_PepperedMoth

public interface MateChoice

Defines methods to determine how mates are chosen. In the current implementation, male mates are always chosen by females, never the other way around.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

Author:

Robin Hillyard

Method Summary

double	getDesirabilityIndex(Organism female, Organism male) Method to determine the desirability of a given male in the eyes, etc.
double	getMinimumDesirability()

Method Detail

getDesirabilityIndex

double getDesirabilityIndex(Organism female,
                            Organism male)

Method to determine the desirability of a given male in the eyes, etc. of a given female.

Parameters:

female - the choosy female.

male - the poor schmuck male.

Returns:

the desirability from 0 (not desirable) through infinity (totally desirable).

getMinimumDesirability

double getMinimumDesirability()

Returns:

a value for the desirability threshold for choosing a mate (same scale as the desirability index, see getDesirabilityIndex(Organism, Organism)