source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Encodings.Permutation/3.3/Manipulators/InsertionManipulator.cs @ 3021

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

namespace HeuristicLab.Encodings.Permutation {
  /// <summary>
  /// Manipulates a permutation array by moving randomly one element to another position in the array.
  /// </summary> 
  /// <remarks>
  /// It is implemented as described in Fogel, D.B. (1988). An Evolutionary Approach to the Traveling Salesman Problem, Biological Cybernetics, 60, pp. 139-144.
  /// </remarks>
  [Item("InsertionManipulator", "An operator which moves randomly one element to another position in the permutation. It is implemented as described in Fogel, D.B. (1988). An Evolutionary Approach to the Traveling Salesman Problem, Biological Cybernetics, 60, pp. 139-144.")]
  [StorableClass]
  [Creatable("Test")]
  public class InsertionManipulator : PermutationManipulator {
    /// <summary>
    /// Moves an randomly chosen element in the specified <paramref name="permutation"/> array 
    /// to another randomly generated position.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="random">The random number generator.</param>
    /// <param name="permutation">The permutation to manipulate.</param>
    public static void Apply(IRandom random, Permutation permutation) {
      Permutation original = (Permutation)permutation.Clone();
      int cutIndex, insertIndex, number;

      cutIndex = random.Next(original.Length);
      insertIndex = random.Next(original.Length);
      number = original[cutIndex];

      int i = 0;  // index in new permutation
      int j = 0;  // index in old permutation
      while (i < original.Length) {
        if (j == cutIndex) {
          j++;
        }
        if (i == insertIndex) {
          permutation[i] = number;
          i++;
        }
        if ((i < original.Length) && (j < original.Length)) {
          permutation[i] = original[j];
          i++;
          j++;
        }
      }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Moves an randomly chosen element in the specified <paramref name="permutation"/> array 
    /// to another randomly generated position.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>Calls <see cref="Apply"/>.</remarks>
    /// <param name="random">A random number generator.</param>
    /// <param name="permutation">The permutation to manipulate.</param>
    protected override void Manipulate(IRandom random, Permutation permutation) {
      Apply(random, permutation);
    }
  }
}