source: branches/3.0/sources/HeuristicLab.RealVector/DiscreteMultiCrossover.cs @ 12467

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Data;

namespace HeuristicLab.RealVector {
  public class DiscreteMultiCrossover : RealVectorMultiCrossoverBase {
    public override string Description {
      get {
        return @"This creates a new offspring by combining the alleles in the parents such that each allele is randomly selected from one parent";
      }
    }

    public static double[] Apply(IRandom random, IList<double[]> parents) {
      int length = parents[0].Length;
      double[] result = new double[length];
      try {
        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
          result[i] = parents[random.Next(parents.Count)][i];
        }
      } catch (IndexOutOfRangeException) {
        throw new InvalidOperationException("Cannot apply multicrossover to real vectors of different length.");
      }
      return result;
    }

    protected override double[] Cross(IScope scope, IRandom random, IList<double[]> parents) {
      return Apply(random, parents);
    }
  }
}