source: branches/Operator Architecture Refactoring/HeuristicLab.Permutation/3.3/PartiallyMatchedCrossover.cs @ 2006

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

namespace HeuristicLab.Permutation {
  /// <summary>
  /// Performs a cross over permutation between two permuation arrays
  /// by taking a randomly chosen interval from the first, keeping the position, 
  /// then all positions from the second permutation which are still free in the child 
  /// (the position is free and the value is "free")
  /// and then missing ones from the second array in the order they occur in the second array.
  /// </summary>
  public class PartiallyMatchedCrossover : PermutationCrossoverBase {
    /// <inheritdoc select="summary"/>
    public override string Description {
      get { return @"TODO\r\nOperator description still missing ..."; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Performs a cross over permuation of <paramref name="parent1"/> and <paramref name="parent2"/>
    /// by taking a randomly chosen interval from <paramref name="parent1"/>, preserving the position, 
    /// then all positions from <paramref name="parent2"/> which are still free in the child 
    /// (the position is free and the value is "free")
    /// and then missing ones from <paramref name="parent2"/> in the order they occur 
    /// in <paramref name="parent2"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="random">The random number generator.</param>
    /// <param name="parent1">The parent scope 1 to cross over.</param>
    /// <param name="parent2">The parent scope 2 to cross over.</param>
    /// <returns>The created cross over permutation as int array.</returns>
    public static int[] Apply(IRandom random, int[] parent1, int[] parent2) {
      int length = parent1.Length;
      int[] result = new int[length];
      bool[] numbersCopied = new bool[length];

      int breakPoint1 = random.Next(length - 1);
      int breakPoint2 = random.Next(breakPoint1 + 1, length);

      for (int j = breakPoint1; j <= breakPoint2; j++) {  // copy part of first permutation
        result[j] = parent1[j];
        numbersCopied[result[j]] = true;
      }

      int index = breakPoint1;
      int i = (breakPoint1 == 0 ? (breakPoint2 + 1) : 0);
      while (i < length) {  // copy rest from second permutation
        if (!numbersCopied[parent2[i]]) {  // copy directly
          result[i] = parent2[i];
        } else {  // copy from area between breakpoints
          while (numbersCopied[parent2[index]]) {  // find next valid index
            index++;
          }
          result[i] = parent2[index];
          index++;
        }

        i++;
        if (i == breakPoint1) {  // skip area between breakpoints
          i = breakPoint2 + 1;
        }
      }
      return result;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Performs a partially matched crossover operation for two given parent permutations.
    /// </summary>
    /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">Thrown if there are not exactly two parents.</exception>
    /// <param name="scope">The current scope.</param>
    /// <param name="random">A random number generator.</param>
    /// <param name="parents">An array containing the two permutations that should be crossed.</param>
    /// <returns>The newly created permutation, resulting from the crossover operation.</returns>
    protected override int[] Cross(IScope scope, IRandom random, int[][] parents) {
      if (parents.Length != 2) throw new InvalidOperationException("ERROR in PartiallyMatchedCrossover: The number of parents is not equal to 2");
      return Apply(random, parents[0], parents[1]);
    }
  }
}