#region License Information /* HeuristicLab * Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL) * * This file is part of HeuristicLab. * * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with HeuristicLab. If not, see . */ #endregion using System; using HeuristicLab.Common; using HeuristicLab.Core; using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable; namespace HeuristicLab.Encodings.RealVectorEncoding { /// /// Single point crossover for real vectors. The implementation is similar to the single point crossover for binary vectors. /// After a breakpoint is randomly chosen in the interval [1,N-1) with N = length of the vector, the first part is copied from parent1 the other part copied from parent2. /// The interval is chosen such that at least one position is taken from a different parent. /// /// /// It is implemented as described in Michalewicz, Z. 1999. Genetic Algorithms + Data Structures = Evolution Programs. Third, Revised and Extended Edition, Spring-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. /// [Item("SinglePointCrossover", "Breaks both parent chromosomes at a randomly chosen point and assembles a child by taking one part of the first parent and the other part of the second pard. It is implemented as described in Michalewicz, Z. 1999. Genetic Algorithms + Data Structures = Evolution Programs. Third, Revised and Extended Edition, Spring-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.")] [StorableClass] public class SinglePointCrossover : RealVectorCrossover { [StorableConstructor] protected SinglePointCrossover(bool deserializing) : base(deserializing) { } protected SinglePointCrossover(SinglePointCrossover original, Cloner cloner) : base(original, cloner) { } public SinglePointCrossover() : base() { } public override IDeepCloneable Clone(Cloner cloner) { return new SinglePointCrossover(this, cloner); } /// /// Performs the single point crossover for real vectors. The implementation is similar to the single point crossover for binary vectors. /// After a breakpoint is randomly chosen in the interval [1,N-1) with N = length of the vector, the first part is copied from parent1 the other part copied from parent2. /// /// Thrown when the length of the vector is not the same in both parents. /// A random number generator. /// The first parent for crossover. /// The second parent for crossover. /// The newly created real vector, resulting from the single point crossover. public static RealVector Apply(IRandom random, RealVector parent1, RealVector parent2) { if (parent1.Length != parent2.Length) throw new ArgumentException("SinglePointCrossover: Parents are of unequal length"); if (parent1.Length < 2) throw new ArgumentException("SinglePointCrossover: Cannot be applied to vectors with just one dimension."); int length = parent1.Length; RealVector result = new RealVector(length); int breakPoint; if (length == 2) breakPoint = 1; else breakPoint = random.Next(1, length - 1); for (int i = 0; i < breakPoint; i++) result[i] = parent1[i]; for (int i = breakPoint; i < length; i++) result[i] = parent2[i]; return result; } /// /// Checks number of parents and forwards the call to . /// /// Thrown when the parents' vectors are of unequal length or when is smaller than 0. /// The pseudo random number generator to use. /// The list of parents. /// A new real vector. protected override RealVector Cross(IRandom random, ItemArray parents) { if (parents.Length != 2) throw new ArgumentException("SinglePointCrossover: The number of parents is not equal to 2"); return Apply(random, parents[0], parents[1]); } } }