#region License Information /* HeuristicLab * Copyright (C) 2002-2015 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL) * * This file is part of HeuristicLab. * * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with HeuristicLab. If not, see . */ #endregion using System; using HeuristicLab.Common; using HeuristicLab.Core; using HeuristicLab.Data; using HeuristicLab.Parameters; using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable; namespace HeuristicLab.Encodings.IntegerVectorEncoding { /// /// Rounded blend alpha crossover for integer vectors (BLX-a). Creates a new offspring by selecting a random value /// from the interval between the two alleles of the parent solutions and rounding the result to the next feasible /// integer. The interval is increased in both directions by the factor alpha. /// [Item("RoundedBlendAlphaCrossover", "The rounded blend alpha crossover (BLX-a) for integer vectors creates new offspring by sampling a new value in the range [min_i - d * alpha, max_i + d * alpha) at each position i and rounding the result to the next feasible integer. Here min_i and max_i are the smaller and larger value of the two parents at position i and d is max_i - min_i.")] [StorableClass("DD591661-53F5-4B3E-AA1C-38F65F9007EB")] public class RoundedBlendAlphaCrossover : BoundedIntegerVectorCrossover { /// /// The alpha parameter specifies how much the interval between the parents should be extended to the left and right. /// The value of this parameter also determines the name of the operator: BLX-0.0 for example means alpha is set to 0. /// When Alpha is 0, then the offspring will only be chosen in between the parents, the bigger alpha is the more it will be possible to choose /// values left and right of the min and max value for each gene. /// public ValueLookupParameter AlphaParameter { get { return (ValueLookupParameter)Parameters["Alpha"]; } } [StorableConstructor] protected RoundedBlendAlphaCrossover(bool deserializing) : base(deserializing) { } protected RoundedBlendAlphaCrossover(RoundedBlendAlphaCrossover original, Cloner cloner) : base(original, cloner) { } /// /// Initializes a new instance of with one parameter (Alpha). /// public RoundedBlendAlphaCrossover() : base() { Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("Alpha", "The Alpha parameter controls the extension of the range beyond the two parents. It must be >= 0. A value of 0.5 means that half the range is added to both sides of the intervals.", new DoubleValue(0.5))); } public override IDeepCloneable Clone(Cloner cloner) { return new RoundedBlendAlphaCrossover(this, cloner); } /// /// Performs the rounded blend alpha crossover (BLX-a) of two integer vectors.
/// It creates new offspring by sampling a new value in the range [min_i - d * alpha, max_i + d * alpha) at each position i /// and rounding the result to the next integer. /// Here min_i and max_i are the smaller and larger value of the two parents at position i and d is max_i - min_i. ///
/// /// Thrown when and are of different length or
/// when is less than 0. ///
/// The random number generator. /// The first parent for the crossover operation. /// The second parent for the crossover operation. /// The bounds and step size for each dimension (will be cycled in case there are less rows than elements in the parent vectors). /// The alpha value for the crossover. /// The newly created integer vector resulting from the crossover operation. public static IntegerVector Apply(IRandom random, IntegerVector parent1, IntegerVector parent2, IntMatrix bounds, DoubleValue alpha) { if (parent1.Length != parent2.Length) throw new ArgumentException("RoundedBlendAlphaCrossover: The parents' vectors are of different length.", "parent1"); if (alpha.Value < 0) throw new ArgumentException("RoundedBlendAlphaCrossover: Paramter alpha must be greater or equal than 0.", "alpha"); if (bounds == null || bounds.Rows < 1 || bounds.Columns < 2) throw new ArgumentException("RoundedBlendAlphaCrossover: Invalid bounds specified.", "bounds"); int length = parent1.Length; var result = new IntegerVector(length); double max = 0, min = 0, d = 0, resMin = 0, resMax = 0; int minBound, maxBound, step = 1; for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) { minBound = bounds[i % bounds.Rows, 0]; maxBound = bounds[i % bounds.Rows, 1]; if (bounds.Columns > 2) step = bounds[i % bounds.Rows, 2]; maxBound = FloorFeasible(minBound, maxBound, step, maxBound - 1); max = Math.Max(parent1[i], parent2[i]); min = Math.Min(parent1[i], parent2[i]); d = Math.Abs(max - min); resMin = FloorFeasible(minBound, maxBound, step, min - d * alpha.Value); resMax = CeilingFeasible(minBound, maxBound, step, max + d * alpha.Value); result[i] = RoundFeasible(minBound, maxBound, step, resMin + random.NextDouble() * Math.Abs(resMax - resMin)); } return result; } /// /// Checks that the number of parents is equal to 2 and forwards the call to . /// /// Thrown when the number of parents is not equal to 2. /// Thrown when the parameter alpha could not be found. /// The random number generator to use. /// The collection of parents (must be of size 2). /// The bounds and step size for each dimension (will be cycled in case there are less rows than elements in the parent vectors). /// The integer vector resulting from the crossover operation. protected override IntegerVector CrossBounded(IRandom random, ItemArray parents, IntMatrix bounds) { if (parents.Length != 2) throw new ArgumentException("RoundedBlendAlphaCrossover: The number of parents is not equal to 2", "parents"); if (AlphaParameter.ActualValue == null) throw new InvalidOperationException("RoundedBlendAlphaCrossover: Parameter " + AlphaParameter.ActualName + " could not be found."); return Apply(random, parents[0], parents[1], bounds, AlphaParameter.ActualValue); } } }