source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.BitVector/3.2/UniformCrossover.cs @ 3580

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using HeuristicLab.Core;

namespace HeuristicLab.BitVector {
  /// <summary>
  /// Uniform crossover for bit vectors.
  /// </summary>
  public class UniformCrossover : BitVectorCrossoverBase {
    /// <inheritdoc select="summary"/>
    public override string Description {
      get { return "Uniform crossover for bit vectors."; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Performs a uniform crossover randomly choosing the value of the first or second parent for each slot
    /// given parent bit vectors.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="random">A random number generator.</param>
    /// <param name="parent1">The first parent for crossover.</param>
    /// <param name="parent2">The second parent for crossover.</param>
    /// <returns>The newly created bit vector, resulting from the uniform crossover.</returns>
    public static bool[] Apply(IRandom random, bool[] parent1, bool[] parent2) {
      int length = parent1.Length;
      bool[] result = new bool[length];

      // for each slot
      for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
        // take value from first or second parent with equal probability
        result[i] = random.Next(2) == 0 ? parent1[i] : parent2[i];

      return result;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Performs a uniform crossover randomly choosing the value of the first or second parent for each slot
    /// given parent bit vectors.
    /// </summary>
    /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">Thrown if there are not exactly two parents.</exception>
    /// <param name="scope">The current scope.</param>
    /// <param name="random">A random number generator.</param>
    /// <param name="parents">An array containing the two bit vectors that should be crossed.</param>
    /// <returns>The newly created bit vector, resulting from the uniform crossover.</returns>
    protected override bool[] Cross(IScope scope, IRandom random, bool[][] parents) {
      if (parents.Length != 2) throw new InvalidOperationException("ERROR in UniformCrossover: The number of parents is not equal to 2");
      return Apply(random, parents[0], parents[1]);
    }
  }
}