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package com.rapidminer.operator.features;
/**
* Ensures that every individual appears only once.
*
* @author Simon Fischer, Ingo Mierswa
* Exp $
*/
public class RedundanceRemoval implements PopulationOperator {
/** The default implementation returns true for every generation. */
public boolean performOperation(int generation) {
return true;
}
public void operate(Population pop) {
for (int i = 0; i < pop.getNumberOfIndividuals() - 1; i++) {
for (int j = pop.getNumberOfIndividuals() - 1; j > i; j--) {
if (pop.get(i).equals(pop.get(j)))
pop.remove(j);
}
}
}
}