source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Evolutionary/MultiCrossoverBase.cs @ 1182

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Data;
using HeuristicLab.Operators;

namespace HeuristicLab.Evolutionary {
  /// <summary>
  /// Base class for cross over operators that use more than two parents.
  /// </summary>
  public abstract class MultiCrossoverBase : OperatorBase {
    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="MultiCrossoverBase"/> with two variable infos
    /// (<c>Parents</c> and <c>Random</c>).
    /// </summary>
    public MultiCrossoverBase()
      : base() {
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Random", "Pseudo random number generator", typeof(IRandom), VariableKind.In));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Replaces the parents (sub scopes of the given <paramref name="scope"/>) with created children
    /// by crossing over a specified number of parents.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>Adds the children to the given <paramref name="scope"/> and removes the parents.</remarks>
    /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">Thrown when the size of the mating pool and the 
    /// number of parents don't match.</exception>
    /// <param name="scope">The scope whose sub scopes shall be crossed over.</param>
    /// <returns><c>null</c>.</returns>
    public override IOperation Apply(IScope scope) {
      IRandom random = GetVariableValue<IRandom>("Random", scope, true);
      int parents = scope.SubScopes.Count;

      if (parents < 2)
        throw new InvalidOperationException("ERROR: Number of parents is < 2");

      IScope[] parentScopes = new IScope[parents];
      for (int i = 0; i < parents; i++)
        parentScopes[i] = scope.SubScopes[i];
      IScope child = scope;
      Cross(scope, random, parentScopes, child);

      return null;
    }
    /// <summary>
    /// Performs a cross over of a number of <paramref name="parents"/>
    /// to create a new <paramref name="child"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="scope">The current scope.</param>
    /// <param name="random">A random number generator.</param>
    /// <param name="parents">The scopes to cross over.</param>
    /// <param name="child">The result of the cross over.</param>
    protected abstract void Cross(IScope scope, IRandom random, IScope[] parents, IScope child);
  }
}