source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Permutation/3.2/CosaCrossover.cs @ 2491

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

namespace HeuristicLab.Permutation {
  /// <summary>
  /// Performs a cross over permutation between two permutation arrays by taking randomly chosen 
  /// reverse and forward intervals from the first permutation array inserting 
  /// it in the child on different positions depending on the second permutation array.
  /// </summary>
  public class CosaCrossover : PermutationCrossoverBase {
    /// <inheritdoc select="summary"/>
    public override string Description {
      get { return @"TODO\r\nOperator description still missing ..."; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Performs a cross over permutation of <paramref name="parent1"/> and <paramref name="parent2"/>
    /// by taking first the reverse elements of a randomly chosen interval of parent1 
    /// and inserting it in the result at a position specified by the permutation of parent2. 
    /// The remaining elements to be inserted are taken again from parent1 in the forward direction.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="random">The random number generator.</param>
    /// <param name="parent1">The parent scope 1 to cross over.</param>
    /// <param name="parent2">The parent scope 2 to cross over.</param>
    /// <returns>The created cross over permutation as int array.</returns>
    public static int[] Apply(IRandom random, int[] parent1, int[] parent2) {
      int length = parent1.Length;
      int[] result = new int[length];
      int crossPoint, startIndex, endIndex;

      crossPoint = random.Next(length);
      startIndex = (crossPoint + 1) % length;

      int i = 0;
      while ((i < parent2.Length) && (parent2[i] != parent1[startIndex])) {  // find index of start value in second permutation
        i++;
      }
      i = (i + 1) % length;
      int j = 0;
      while ((j < parent1.Length) && (parent1[j] != parent2[i])) {  // find index of parent2[i] in first permutation
        j++;
      }
      endIndex = (j - 1 + length) % length;

      i = endIndex;
      j = 0;
      do {  // permutation from end to crosspoint (backwards)
        result[j] = parent1[i];
        i = (i - 1 + length) % length;
        j++;
      } while (i != crossPoint);

      i = (endIndex + 1) % length;
      while (i != crossPoint) {  // permutation from end to crosspoint (forwards)
        result[j] = parent1[i];
        i = (i + 1) % length;
        j++;
      }
      result[j] = parent1[crossPoint];  // last station: crosspoint
      return result;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Performs a COSA crossover operation for two given parent permutations.
    /// </summary>
    /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">Thrown if there are not exactly two parents.</exception>
    /// <param name="scope">The current scope.</param>
    /// <param name="random">A random number generator.</param>
    /// <param name="parents">An array containing the two permutations that should be crossed.</param>
    /// <returns>The newly created permutation, resulting from the crossover operation.</returns>
    protected override int[] Cross(IScope scope, IRandom random, int[][] parents) {
      if (parents.Length != 2) throw new InvalidOperationException("ERROR in CosaCrossover: The number of parents is not equal to 2");
      return Apply(random, parents[0], parents[1]);
    }
  }
}