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package net.sourceforge.cilib.controlparameter.adaptation;

import net.sourceforge.cilib.controlparameter.SettableControlParameter;
import net.sourceforge.cilib.entity.Entity;
import net.sourceforge.cilib.util.Cloneable;

/**
 * This is an interface for parameter adaptation strategies, that is, strategies 
 * that will change the values of parameters.
 */
public interface ParameterAdaptationStrategy extends Cloneable {
    @Override
    ParameterAdaptationStrategy getClone();

    public void change(SettableControlParameter parameter);
    
    public void accepted(SettableControlParameter parameter, Entity entity, boolean accepted);
    
    public double recalculateAdaptiveVariables();
}