source: branches/PersistenceOverhaul/HeuristicLab.Algorithms.ParameterlessPopulationPyramid/3.3/Population.cs

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using System.Collections.Generic;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Encodings.BinaryVectorEncoding;

namespace HeuristicLab.Algorithms.ParameterlessPopulationPyramid {
  // This code is based off the publication
  // B. W. Goldman and W. F. Punch, "Parameter-less Population Pyramid," GECCO, pp. 785–792, 2014
  // and the original source code in C++11 available from: https://github.com/brianwgoldman/Parameter-less_Population_Pyramid
  public class Population {
    public List<BinaryVector> Solutions {
      get;
      private set;
    }

    public LinkageTree Tree {
      get;
      private set;
    }

    public Population(int length, IRandom rand) {
      Solutions = new List<BinaryVector>();
      Tree = new LinkageTree(length, rand);
    }
    public void Add(BinaryVector solution) {
      Solutions.Add(solution);
      Tree.Add(solution);
    }
  }
}