source: branches/ScatterSearch (trunk integration)/HeuristicLab.Optimization.Operators/3.3/GeneralizedExponentialDiscreteDoubleValueModifier.cs @ 8322

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using System;
using HeuristicLab.Common;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Data;
using HeuristicLab.Parameters;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;

namespace HeuristicLab.Optimization.Operators {

  /// <summary>
  /// Modifies a value by exponentially.
  /// </summary>
  [Item("GeneralizedExponentialDiscreteDoubleValueModifier", @"Modifies the value exponentially.
The base is a standardized exponential function with exponent `Base`
that is then transformed to pass through the startValue at the startIndex
and through the endValue at the endIndex.
For a slow change initially use a value > 1 for `Base`.
For a steep change initially use a value < 1 for `Base`.
Negative slopes are automatically generated if the start value is greater than the end value.
If you use `base`=1 you will get a linear interpolation.")]
  [StorableClass]
  public class GeneralizedExponentialDiscreteDoubleValueModifier : DiscreteDoubleValueModifier {

    protected ValueLookupParameter<DoubleValue> BaseParameter {
      get { return (ValueLookupParameter<DoubleValue>) Parameters["Base"]; }
    }
    private double Base { get { return BaseParameter.Value.Value; } }

    [StorableConstructor]
    protected GeneralizedExponentialDiscreteDoubleValueModifier(bool deserializing) : base(deserializing) { }
    protected GeneralizedExponentialDiscreteDoubleValueModifier(GeneralizedExponentialDiscreteDoubleValueModifier original, Cloner cloner) : base(original, cloner) { }
    public GeneralizedExponentialDiscreteDoubleValueModifier() {
      Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter<DoubleValue>("Base", "Base of the exponential function. Must be > 0. If > 1 steep in the end, if < 1 steep at the start, if == 1 linear interpolation.", new DoubleValue(0.00001)));
    }
    public override IDeepCloneable Clone(Cloner cloner) {
      return new GeneralizedExponentialDiscreteDoubleValueModifier(this, cloner);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Calculates a new value based on exponential decay or growth.
    /// </summary>
    /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Thrown if Base &lt;= 0.</exception>
    /// <param name="value">The previous value.</param>
    /// <param name="startValue">The initial value.</param>
    /// <param name="endValue">The final value.</param>
    /// <param name="index">The current index.</param>
    /// <param name="startIndex">The initial index.</param>
    /// <param name="endIndex">The final index.</param>
    /// <returns>The new value.</returns>
    protected override double Modify(double value, double startValue, double endValue, int index, int startIndex, int endIndex) {
      if (Base <= 0)
        throw new ArgumentException("Base must be > 0.");
      if (Base == 1.0)
        return startValue + (endValue - startValue)*(index - startIndex)/(endIndex - startIndex);
      return startValue + (endValue - startValue)*(Math.Pow(Base, 1.0*(index-startIndex)/(endIndex-startIndex)) - 1)/(Base - 1);
    }
  }
}