source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Encodings.PermutationEncoding/3.3/Manipulators/Swap2Manipulator.cs @ 3160

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

namespace HeuristicLab.Encodings.PermutationEncoding {
  /// <summary>
  /// Manipulates a permutation array by swapping to randomly chosen elements.
  /// </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.
  /// </remarks>
  [Item("Swap2Manipulator", "An operator which manipulates a permutation array by swapping to randomly chosen elements. 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.")]
  [StorableClass]
  public class Swap2Manipulator : PermutationManipulator {
    /// <summary>
    /// Swaps two randomly chosen elements in the given <paramref name="permutation"/> permutation.
    /// </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) {
      int index1, index2, temp;

      index1 = random.Next(permutation.Length);
      index2 = random.Next(permutation.Length);

      temp = permutation[index1];
      permutation[index1] = permutation[index2];
      permutation[index2] = temp;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Swaps two randomly chosen elements in the given <paramref name="permutation"/> array.
    /// </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);
    }
  }
}