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1#region License Information
2/* HeuristicLab
3 * Copyright (C) 2002-2018 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)
4 *
5 * This file is part of HeuristicLab.
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20#endregion
21
22namespace HeuristicLab.Optimization {
23  /// <summary>
24  /// This is only a marker interface to prevent operators that expect to work with multiple quality values
25  /// and/or multiple maximization flags to appear in single-objective algorithms.
26  /// </summary>
27  /// <remarks>
28  /// Marker interfaces are typically not a good design, however specifying a reasonable non-empty common
29  /// interface for all multi-objective operators is difficult. There are many different variants of
30  /// multi-ojective operators with specific needs that can currently only be abstracted by an empty interface.
31  /// In the following, please find a list of different kinds of multi-objective operators.
32  /// <list type="bullet">
33  ///   <item>
34  ///     <term>Evaluators</term>
35  ///     <description>These only need a qualities parameter, but not a maximization parameter.</description>
36  ///   </item>
37  ///   <item>
38  ///     <term>Population-based operators</term>
39  ///     <description>These require the qualities parameter to be a scope-tree lookup, e.g. analyzers, crossovers, multi-objective selectors.</description>
40  ///   </item>
41  ///   <item>
42  ///     <term>Problem-specific operators</term>
43  ///     <description>They may perform multiple operations on a solution, evaluate and select without taking into account maximization or the evaluator</description>
44  ///   </item>
45  ///   <item>
46  ///     <term>Other multi-objective operators</term>
47  ///     <description>They would need both a qualities, and a maximization parameter, and may be population-based or not.</description>
48  ///   </item>
49  /// </list>
50  /// </remarks>
51  public interface IMultiObjectiveOperator { }
52}
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