source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Encodings.Permutation/3.3/Manipulators/InversionManipulator.cs @ 2907

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

namespace HeuristicLab.Encodings.Permutation {
  /// <summary>
  /// An operator which inverts a randomly chosen part of a permutation.
  /// </summary>
  /// <remarks>
  /// 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.<br />
  /// </remarks>
  [Item("InversionManipulator", "An operator which inverts a randomly chosen part of a permutation. 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.")]
  [EmptyStorableClass]
  [Creatable("Test")]
  public class InversionManipulator : PermutationManipulator {
    /// <summary>
    /// Inverts a randomly chosen part of a permutation.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="random">A random number generator.</param>
    /// <param name="permutation">The permutation to manipulate.</param>
    public static void Apply(IRandom random, Permutation permutation) {
      int breakPoint1, breakPoint2;

      breakPoint1 = random.Next(permutation.Length - 1);
      do {
        breakPoint2 = random.Next(permutation.Length - 1);
      } while (breakPoint2 == breakPoint1);
      if (breakPoint2 < breakPoint1) { int h = breakPoint1; breakPoint1 = breakPoint2; breakPoint2 = h; }

      for (int i = 0; i <= (breakPoint2 - breakPoint1) / 2; i++) {  // invert permutation between breakpoints
        int temp = permutation[breakPoint1 + i];
        permutation[breakPoint1 + i] = permutation[breakPoint2 - i];
        permutation[breakPoint2 - i] = temp;
      }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Inverts a randomly chosen part of a permutation.
    /// </summary>
    /// <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);
    }
  }
}