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#endregion
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using HeuristicLab.Common;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Data;
using HeuristicLab.Parameters;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;
namespace HeuristicLab.Encodings.BinaryVectorEncoding {
///
/// N point crossover for binary vectors.
///
///
/// It is implemented as described in Eiben, A.E. and Smith, J.E. 2003. Introduction to Evolutionary Computation. Natural Computing Series, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg..
///
[Item("NPointCrossover", "N point crossover for binary vectors. It is implemented as described in Eiben, A.E. and Smith, J.E. 2003. Introduction to Evolutionary Computation. Natural Computing Series, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.")]
[StorableClass]
public sealed class NPointCrossover : BinaryVectorCrossover {
///
/// Number of crossover points.
///
public ValueLookupParameter NParameter {
get { return (ValueLookupParameter)Parameters["N"]; }
}
[StorableConstructor]
private NPointCrossover(bool deserializing) : base(deserializing) { }
private NPointCrossover(NPointCrossover original, Cloner cloner) : base(original, cloner) { }
///
/// Initializes a new instance of
///
public NPointCrossover()
: base() {
Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("N", "Number of crossover points", new IntValue(2)));
}
public override IDeepCloneable Clone(Cloner cloner) {
return new NPointCrossover(this, cloner);
}
///
/// Performs a N point crossover at randomly chosen positions of the two
/// given parent binary vectors.
///
/// Thrown when the value for N is invalid or when the parent vectors are of different length.
/// A random number generator.
/// The first parent for crossover.
/// The second parent for crossover.
/// Number of crossover points.
/// The newly created binary vector, resulting from the N point crossover.
public static BinaryVector Apply(IRandom random, BinaryVector parent1, BinaryVector parent2, IntValue n) {
if (parent1.Length != parent2.Length)
throw new ArgumentException("NPointCrossover: The parents are of different length.");
if (n.Value > parent1.Length)
throw new ArgumentException("NPointCrossover: There cannot be more breakpoints than the size of the parents.");
if (n.Value < 1)
throw new ArgumentException("NPointCrossover: N cannot be < 1.");
int length = parent1.Length;
bool[] result = new bool[length];
int[] breakpoints = new int[n.Value];
//choose break points
List breakpointPool = new List();
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
breakpointPool.Add(i);
for (int i = 0; i < n.Value; i++) {
int index = random.Next(breakpointPool.Count);
breakpoints[i] = breakpointPool[index];
breakpointPool.RemoveAt(index);
}
Array.Sort(breakpoints);
//perform crossover
int arrayIndex = 0;
int breakPointIndex = 0;
bool firstParent = true;
while (arrayIndex < length) {
if (breakPointIndex < breakpoints.Length &&
arrayIndex == breakpoints[breakPointIndex]) {
breakPointIndex++;
firstParent = !firstParent;
}
if (firstParent)
result[arrayIndex] = parent1[arrayIndex];
else
result[arrayIndex] = parent2[arrayIndex];
arrayIndex++;
}
return new BinaryVector(result);
}
///
/// Performs a N point crossover at a randomly chosen position of two
/// given parent binary vectors.
///
/// Thrown if there are not exactly two parents.
///
/// Thrown when the N parameter could not be found.
///
/// A random number generator.
/// An array containing the two binary vectors that should be crossed.
/// The newly created binary vector, resulting from the N point crossover.
protected override BinaryVector Cross(IRandom random, ItemArray parents) {
if (parents.Length != 2) throw new ArgumentException("ERROR in NPointCrossover: The number of parents is not equal to 2");
if (NParameter.ActualValue == null) throw new InvalidOperationException("NPointCrossover: Parameter " + NParameter.ActualName + " could not be found.");
return Apply(random, parents[0], parents[1], NParameter.Value);
}
}
}