source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Encodings.PermutationEncoding/3.3/Manipulators/InsertionManipulator.cs @ 15647

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

namespace HeuristicLab.Encodings.PermutationEncoding {
  /// <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 (Insertion is a special case of Translocation). 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]
  public class InsertionManipulator : PermutationManipulator {
    [StorableConstructor]
    protected InsertionManipulator(bool deserializing) : base(deserializing) { }
    protected InsertionManipulator(InsertionManipulator original, Cloner cloner) : base(original, cloner) { }
    public InsertionManipulator() : base() { }

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

    /// <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) {
      var cutIndex = random.Next(permutation.Length);
      var insertIndex = random.Next(permutation.Length);

      if (cutIndex == insertIndex) return;

      permutation.Move(cutIndex, cutIndex, insertIndex);
    }

    /// <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);
    }
  }
}