/*

     dsh-evolve  Framework for evolutionary algorithms.

     Copyright (c) 2005-2013 held jointly by the individual authors.

     This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it

     under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published

     by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at

     your option) any later version.

     This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT

     ANY WARRANTY; with out even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or

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     Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307  USA.

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 */

 package org.dishevelled.evolve;

 import java.util.Collection;

 /**

  * A recombination function.

  *

  * @param <I> individual type

  * @author  Michael Heuer

  */

 public interface Recombination<I>

 {

     /**

      * Recombine the individuals in the specified population of individuals.

      *

      * @param population population of individuals

      * @return a collection of recombined individuals

      */

     Collection<I> recombine(Collection<I> population);

 }