com.rubecula.darwin.examples.pepperedmoth
Class ApplicationDefinitions

java.lang.Object
  com.rubecula.darwin.examples.pepperedmoth.ApplicationDefinitions_
      com.rubecula.darwin.examples.pepperedmoth.ApplicationDefinitions

public final class ApplicationDefinitions
extends ApplicationDefinitions_

TODO eliminate this class.

This class defines an evolutionary process for a Darwinian System, namely the evolution of the peppered moth. This example does not pretend to be the last word (or even the first) on actual peppered moths. It is just a (toy) sample application whose raison d'etre is documentation and exemplification. Serious applications would be found in the Evolutions subdirectory (parallel to the Darwin subdirectory).

The details of the simulation are as follows:

• The system is diploid;
• There is one locus and one trait, and they share the same name: WingColor;
• A set of values serves for both the trait and the alleles: see $Colors.
• Dominance in the expression of alleles as traits is the extremely arbitrary dictionary order of their names (the allele for BattleshipGrey tends to dominate therefore).
• There is one environmental factor (other than saturation population): soot density.
• When evaluating fitness, darker-winged moths fare better in a sootier environment.
• The system has two populations, a control population where soot density is the mean value and an experimental population where soot density varies according to the run-time arguments.
• For the ordering/defaults of run-time arguments, see PepperedMoth.main(String[])

Note that all the fields and methods of this class are static.

Version:

$Revision: 1.31 $

Author:

Robin Hillyard

Field Summary

static java.lang.String[]

$Colors TODO replace this usage by reference to the WingColor enum.

Fields inherited from class com.rubecula.darwin.examples.pepperedmoth.ApplicationDefinitions_

$IdealPopulationDefault, $SeedPopulationDefault, $SeedPopulationRatio

Constructor Summary

ApplicationDefinitions()

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class com.rubecula.darwin.examples.pepperedmoth.ApplicationDefinitions_

LookupIndex

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

$Colors

public static final java.lang.String[] $Colors

TODO replace this usage by reference to the WingColor enum. An array of four colors: white, typica (light grey), carbonaria (dark grey), black

Constructor Detail

ApplicationDefinitions

public ApplicationDefinitions()