source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Optimization.Operators/3.3/WeightedParentsQualityComparator.cs @ 3461

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Data;
using HeuristicLab.Operators;
using HeuristicLab.Parameters;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;

namespace HeuristicLab.Optimization.Operators {
  [Item("WeightedParentsQualityComparator", "Compares the quality against that of its parents (assumes the parents are subscopes to the child scope). This operator works with any number of subscopes > 0.")]
  [StorableClass]
  public class WeightedParentsQualityComparator : SingleSuccessorOperator, ISubScopesQualityComparator {
    public IValueLookupParameter<BoolValue> MaximizationParameter {
      get { return (IValueLookupParameter<BoolValue>)Parameters["Maximization"]; }
    }
    public ILookupParameter<DoubleValue> LeftSideParameter {
      get { return (ILookupParameter<DoubleValue>)Parameters["LeftSide"]; }
    }
    public ILookupParameter<ItemArray<DoubleValue>> RightSideParameter {
      get { return (ILookupParameter<ItemArray<DoubleValue>>)Parameters["RightSide"]; }
    }
    public ILookupParameter<BoolValue> ResultParameter {
      get { return (ILookupParameter<BoolValue>)Parameters["Result"]; }
    }
    public ValueLookupParameter<DoubleValue> ComparisonFactorParameter {
      get { return (ValueLookupParameter<DoubleValue>)Parameters["ComparisonFactor"]; }
    }

    public WeightedParentsQualityComparator()
      : base() {
      Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter<BoolValue>("Maximization", "True if the problem is a maximization problem, false otherwise"));
      Parameters.Add(new LookupParameter<DoubleValue>("LeftSide", "The quality of the child."));
      Parameters.Add(new SubScopesLookupParameter<DoubleValue>("RightSide", "The qualities of the parents."));
      Parameters.Add(new LookupParameter<BoolValue>("Result", "The result of the comparison: True means Quality is better, False means it is worse than parents."));
      Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter<DoubleValue>("ComparisonFactor", "Determines if the quality should be compared to the better parent (1.0), to the worse (0.0) or to any linearly interpolated value between them."));
    }

    public override IOperation Apply() {
      ItemArray<DoubleValue> rightQualities = RightSideParameter.ActualValue;
      if (rightQualities.Length < 1) throw new InvalidOperationException(Name + ": No subscopes found.");
      double compFact = ComparisonFactorParameter.ActualValue.Value;
      if (compFact < 0 || compFact > 1) throw new InvalidOperationException(Name + ": Comparison Factor is outside the range [0;1]");
      bool maximization = MaximizationParameter.ActualValue.Value;
      double leftQuality = LeftSideParameter.ActualValue.Value;

      double threshold = 0;

      #region Calculate threshold
      if (rightQualities.Length == 2) { // this case will probably be used most often
        threshold = (maximization ?
        (Math.Max(rightQualities[0].Value, rightQualities[1].Value) * compFact + Math.Min(rightQualities[0].Value, rightQualities[1].Value) * (1 - compFact)) :
        (Math.Min(rightQualities[0].Value, rightQualities[1].Value) * compFact + Math.Max(rightQualities[0].Value, rightQualities[1].Value) * (1 - compFact)));
      } else if (rightQualities.Length == 1) { // case for just one parent
        threshold = rightQualities[0].Value;
      } else { // general case extended to 3 or more parents
        List<double> sortedQualities = rightQualities.Select(x => x.Value).ToList();
        sortedQualities.Sort();
        double min = sortedQualities.First() * -1; // min is used to pull the qualities to the 0 line

        double sum = min * sortedQualities.Count;
        for (int i = 0; i < sortedQualities.Count - 1; i++) {
          sum += (sortedQualities[i] + sortedQualities[i + 1]) / 2.0; // sum of the trapezoid
        }
        if (sum == 0) threshold = sortedQualities[0]; // all qualities are equal
        else {
          double area = sum * (maximization ? compFact : (1 - compFact)); // the qualities are sorted ascending so in minimization a high comp factor (close to 1) means small area
          sum = 0;
          for (int i = 0; i < sortedQualities.Count - 1; i++) {
            double currentArea = (sortedQualities[i] + sortedQualities[i + 1]) / 2.0;
            if (min + currentArea == 0) continue; // skip the first few consecutive 0s
            sum += min + currentArea;
            if (sum >= area) {
              double factor = 1 - ((sum - area) / (min + currentArea));
              threshold = sortedQualities[i] + (sortedQualities[i + 1] - sortedQualities[i]) * factor;
              break;
            }
          }
        }
      }
      #endregion

      bool result = maximization && leftQuality > threshold || !maximization && leftQuality < threshold;
      BoolValue resultValue = ResultParameter.ActualValue;
      if (resultValue == null) {
        ResultParameter.ActualValue = new BoolValue(result);
      } else {
        resultValue.Value = result;
      }

      return base.Apply();
    }
  }
}