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#endregion
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;
namespace HeuristicLab.Encodings.PermutationEncoding {
///
/// Manipulates a permutation array by moving randomly one element to another position in the array.
///
///
/// It is implemented as described in Fogel, D.B. (1988). An Evolutionary Approach to the Traveling Salesman Problem, Biological Cybernetics, 60, pp. 139-144.
///
[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 {
///
/// Moves an randomly chosen element in the specified array
/// to another randomly generated position.
///
/// The random number generator.
/// The permutation to manipulate.
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++;
}
}
}
///
/// Moves an randomly chosen element in the specified array
/// to another randomly generated position.
///
/// Calls .
/// A random number generator.
/// The permutation to manipulate.
protected override void Manipulate(IRandom random, Permutation permutation) {
Apply(random, permutation);
}
}
}