source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Encodings.PermutationEncoding/3.3/Manipulators/InsertionManipulator.cs @ 4501

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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 {
    /// <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);
    }
  }
}