source: branches/3.0/sources/HeuristicLab.Functions/Division.cs @ 4945

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using System.Diagnostics;
using HeuristicLab.Constraints;
using System.Linq;
using HeuristicLab.DataAnalysis;

namespace HeuristicLab.Functions {
  public class Division : FunctionBase {
    private const double EPSILON = 10.0E-20; // if any divisor is < EPSILON return 0

    public override string Description {
      get {
        return @"Protected division
Divides the result of the first sub-operator by the results of the following sub-operators.
In case one of the divisors is 0 returns 0.
    (/ 3) => 1/3
    (/ 2 3) => 2/3
    (/ 3 4 5) => 3/20
    (/ 2 0 4) => 0
";
      }
    }

    public Division()
      : base() {

      // 2 - 3 seems like an reasonable defaut (used for +,-,*,/) (discussion with swinkler and maffenze)
      AddConstraint(new NumberOfSubOperatorsConstraint(2, 3));
    }

    public Division(Division source, IDictionary<Guid, object> clonedObjects)
      : base(source, clonedObjects) {
    }

    public override double Evaluate(Dataset dataset, int sampleIndex) {
      // (/ 3) => 1/3
      // (/ 2 3) => 2/3
      // (/ 3 4 5) => 3/20

      if(SubFunctions.Count == 1) {
        double divisor = SubFunctions[0].Evaluate(dataset, sampleIndex);
        if(Math.Abs(divisor) < EPSILON) return 0;
        else return 1.0 / divisor;
      } else {
        double result = SubFunctions[0].Evaluate(dataset, sampleIndex);
        for(int i = 1; i < SubFunctions.Count; i++) {
          double divisor = SubFunctions[i].Evaluate(dataset, sampleIndex);
          if(Math.Abs(divisor) < EPSILON) return 0.0;
          result /= divisor;
        }
        return result;
      }
    }

    public override object Clone(IDictionary<Guid, object> clonedObjects) {
      Division clone = new Division(this, clonedObjects);
      clonedObjects.Add(clone.Guid, clone);
      return clone;
    }

    public override void Accept(IFunctionVisitor visitor) {
      visitor.Visit(this);
    }
  }
}