#region License Information /* HeuristicLab * Copyright (C) 2002-2010 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 System.Collections.Generic; using HeuristicLab.Core; using HeuristicLab.Data; using HeuristicLab.Parameters; using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable; namespace HeuristicLab.Encodings.BinaryVectorEncoding { /// /// N point crossover for binary vectors. /// /// /// It is implemented as described in Eiben, A.E. and Smith, J.E. 2003. Introduction to Evolutionary Computation. Natural Computing Series, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.. /// [Item("NPointCrossover", "N point crossover for binary vectors. It is implemented as described in Eiben, A.E. and Smith, J.E. 2003. Introduction to Evolutionary Computation. Natural Computing Series, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.")] [StorableClass] public class NPointCrossover : BinaryVectorCrossover { /// /// Number of crossover points. /// public ValueLookupParameter NParameter { get { return (ValueLookupParameter)Parameters["N"]; } } /// /// Initializes a new instance of /// public NPointCrossover() { Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("N", "Number of crossover points", new IntValue(2))); } /// /// Performs a N point crossover at randomly chosen positions of the two /// given parent binary vectors. /// /// Thrown when the value for N is invalid or when the parent vectors are of different length. /// A random number generator. /// The first parent for crossover. /// The second parent for crossover. /// Number of crossover points. /// The newly created binary vector, resulting from the N point crossover. public static BinaryVector Apply(IRandom random, BinaryVector parent1, BinaryVector parent2, IntValue n) { if (parent1.Length != parent2.Length) throw new ArgumentException("NPointCrossover: The parents are of different length."); if (n.Value > parent1.Length) throw new ArgumentException("NPointCrossover: There cannot be more breakpoints than the size of the parents."); if (n.Value < 1) throw new ArgumentException("NPointCrossover: N cannot be < 1."); int length = parent1.Length; bool[] result = new bool[length]; int[] breakpoints = new int[n.Value]; //choose break points List breakpointPool = new List(); for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) breakpointPool.Add(i); for (int i = 0; i < n.Value; i++) { int index = random.Next(breakpointPool.Count); breakpoints[i] = breakpointPool[index]; breakpointPool.RemoveAt(index); } Array.Sort(breakpoints); //perform crossover int arrayIndex = 0; int breakPointIndex = 0; bool firstParent = true; while (arrayIndex < length) { if (breakPointIndex < breakpoints.Length && arrayIndex == breakpoints[breakPointIndex]) { breakPointIndex++; firstParent = !firstParent; } if (firstParent) result[arrayIndex] = parent1[arrayIndex]; else result[arrayIndex] = parent2[arrayIndex]; arrayIndex++; } return new BinaryVector(result); } /// /// Performs a N point crossover at a randomly chosen position of two /// given parent binary vectors. /// /// Thrown if there are not exactly two parents. /// /// Thrown when the N parameter could not be found. /// /// A random number generator. /// An array containing the two binary vectors that should be crossed. /// The newly created binary vector, resulting from the N point crossover. protected override BinaryVector Cross(IRandom random, ItemArray parents) { if (parents.Length != 2) throw new ArgumentException("ERROR in NPointCrossover: The number of parents is not equal to 2"); if (NParameter.ActualValue == null) throw new InvalidOperationException("NPointCrossover: Parameter " + NParameter.ActualName + " could not be found."); return Apply(random, parents[0], parents[1], NParameter.Value); } } }