source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding/3.3/ArchitectureManipulators/ArgumentDeleter.cs @ 4689

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using System.Linq;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Data;
using HeuristicLab.Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding.Symbols;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;

namespace HeuristicLab.Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding.ArchitectureManipulators {
  /// <summary>
  /// As described in Koza, Bennett, Andre, Keane, Genetic Programming III - Darwinian Invention and Problem Solving, 1999, pp. 112
  /// </summary>
  [Item("ArgumentDeleter", "Manipulates a symbolic expression by deleting an argument from an existing function defining branch.")]
  [StorableClass]
  public sealed class ArgumentDeleter : SymbolicExpressionTreeArchitectureManipulator {
    public override sealed void ModifyArchitecture(
      IRandom random,
      SymbolicExpressionTree symbolicExpressionTree,
      ISymbolicExpressionGrammar grammar,
      IntValue maxTreeSize, IntValue maxTreeHeight,
      IntValue maxFunctionDefiningBranches, IntValue maxFunctionArguments,
      out bool success) {
      success = DeleteArgument(random, symbolicExpressionTree, grammar, maxTreeSize.Value, maxTreeHeight.Value, maxFunctionDefiningBranches.Value, maxFunctionArguments.Value);
    }

    public static bool DeleteArgument(
      IRandom random,
      SymbolicExpressionTree symbolicExpressionTree,
      ISymbolicExpressionGrammar grammar,
      int maxTreeSize, int maxTreeHeight,
      int maxFunctionDefiningBranches, int maxFunctionArguments) {

      var functionDefiningBranches = symbolicExpressionTree.IterateNodesPrefix().OfType<DefunTreeNode>();
      if (functionDefiningBranches.Count() == 0)
        // no function defining branch => abort
        return false;
      var selectedDefunBranch = functionDefiningBranches.SelectRandom(random);
      if (selectedDefunBranch.NumberOfArguments <= 1)
        // argument deletion by consolidation is not possible => abort
        return false;
      // the argument to be removed is always the one with the largest index 
      // (otherwise we would have to decrement the index of the larger argument symbols)
      var removedArgument = (from sym in selectedDefunBranch.Grammar.Symbols.OfType<Argument>()
                             select sym.ArgumentIndex).Distinct().OrderBy(x => x).Last();
      // find invocations of the manipulated funcion and remove the specified argument tree
      var invocationNodes = (from node in symbolicExpressionTree.IterateNodesPrefix().OfType<InvokeFunctionTreeNode>()
                             where node.Symbol.FunctionName == selectedDefunBranch.FunctionName
                             select node).ToList();
      foreach (var invokeNode in invocationNodes) {
        invokeNode.RemoveSubTree(removedArgument);
      }

      DeleteArgumentByConsolidation(random, selectedDefunBranch, removedArgument);

      // delete the dynamic argument symbol that matches the argument to be removed
      var matchingSymbol = selectedDefunBranch.Grammar.Symbols.OfType<Argument>().Where(s => s.ArgumentIndex == removedArgument).Single();
      selectedDefunBranch.Grammar.RemoveSymbol(matchingSymbol);
      selectedDefunBranch.NumberOfArguments--;
      // reduce arity in known functions of all root branches
      foreach (var subtree in symbolicExpressionTree.Root.SubTrees) {
        var matchingInvokeSymbol = subtree.Grammar.Symbols.OfType<InvokeFunction>().Where(s => s.FunctionName == selectedDefunBranch.FunctionName).SingleOrDefault();
        if (matchingInvokeSymbol != null) {
          subtree.Grammar.SetMinSubtreeCount(matchingInvokeSymbol, selectedDefunBranch.NumberOfArguments);
          subtree.Grammar.SetMaxSubtreeCount(matchingInvokeSymbol, selectedDefunBranch.NumberOfArguments);
        }
      }
      return true;
    }

    private static void DeleteArgumentByConsolidation(IRandom random, DefunTreeNode branch, int removedArgumentIndex) {
      // replace references to the deleted argument with random references to existing arguments
      var possibleArgumentSymbols = (from sym in branch.Grammar.Symbols.OfType<Argument>()
                                     where sym.ArgumentIndex != removedArgumentIndex
                                     select sym).ToList();
      var argNodes = from node in branch.IterateNodesPrefix().OfType<ArgumentTreeNode>()
                     where node.Symbol.ArgumentIndex == removedArgumentIndex
                     select node;
      foreach (var argNode in argNodes) {
        var replacementSymbol = possibleArgumentSymbols.SelectRandom(random);
        argNode.Symbol = replacementSymbol;
      }
    }
  }
}