source: stable/HeuristicLab.Optimization.Operators/3.3/ExponentialDiscreteDoubleValueModifier.cs @ 15030

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

namespace HeuristicLab.Optimization.Operators {
  /// <summary>
  /// Modifies the value by exponential fall (steep fall initially, slow fall to the end) or rise (slow rise initially, fast rise to the end).
  /// </summary>
  [Item("ExponentialDiscreteDoubleValueModifier",
@"Modifies the value by exponential fall (steep fall initially, slow fall to the end) or rise (slow rise initially, fast rise to the end).
This uses a standard exponential distribution and yields a base which is implicitly derived by start and end indices and values.")]
  [StorableClass]
  public class ExponentialDiscreteDoubleValueModifier : DiscreteDoubleValueModifier {
    [StorableConstructor]
    protected ExponentialDiscreteDoubleValueModifier(bool deserializing) : base(deserializing) { }
    protected ExponentialDiscreteDoubleValueModifier(ExponentialDiscreteDoubleValueModifier original, Cloner cloner) : base(original, cloner) { }
    public ExponentialDiscreteDoubleValueModifier() : base() { }

    public override IDeepCloneable Clone(Cloner cloner) {
      return new ExponentialDiscreteDoubleValueModifier(this, cloner);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Calculates a new value based on exponential decay or growth.
    /// </summary>
    /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Thrown when endValue or startValue or both are 0.</exception>
    /// <param name="value">The last value.</param>
    /// <param name="startValue">The start value.</param>
    /// <param name="endValue">The end value.</param>
    /// <param name="index">The current index.</param>
    /// <param name="startIndex">The start index.</param>
    /// <param name="endIndex">The end index.</param>
    /// <returns>The new value.</returns>
    protected override double Modify(double value, double startValue, double endValue, int index, int startIndex, int endIndex) {
      if (endValue <= 0 || startValue <= 0) throw new ArgumentException("startValue and endValue must be greater than 0.");
      double b = Math.Pow(endValue / startValue, 1.0 / (endIndex - startIndex));
      return startValue * Math.Pow(b, index - startIndex);
    }
  }
}