source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Permutation/3.3/ScrambleManipulator.cs @ 2861

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;

namespace HeuristicLab.Permutation {
  /// <summary>
  /// Manipulates a permutation array by randomly scrambling the elements in a randomly chosen interval.
  /// </summary>
  /// <remarks>
  /// Implemented as described in Syswerda, G. (1991). Schedule Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms,
  /// in Davis, L. (Ed.) Handbook of Genetic Algorithms, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, pp 332-349.
  /// </remarks>
  [Item("ScrambleManipulator", "An operator which manipulates a permutation array by randomly scrambling the elements in a randomly chosen interval.")]
  [EmptyStorableClass]
  [Creatable("Test")]
  public class ScrambleManipulator : PermutationManipulator {
    /// <summary>
    /// Mixes the elements of the given <paramref name="permutation"/> randomly 
    /// in a randomly chosen interval.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="random">The random number generator.</param>
    /// <param name="permutation">The permutation to manipulate.</param>
    public static void Apply(IRandom random, Permutation permutation) {
      Permutation original = (Permutation)permutation.Clone();

      int breakPoint1, breakPoint2;
      int[] scrambledIndices, remainingIndices, temp;
      int selectedIndex, index;

      breakPoint1 = random.Next(original.Length - 1);
      breakPoint2 = random.Next(breakPoint1 + 1, original.Length);

      scrambledIndices = new int[breakPoint2 - breakPoint1 + 1];
      remainingIndices = new int[breakPoint2 - breakPoint1 + 1];
      for (int i = 0; i < remainingIndices.Length; i++) {  // initialise indices
        remainingIndices[i] = i;
      }
      for (int i = 0; i < scrambledIndices.Length; i++) {  // generate permutation of indices
        selectedIndex = random.Next(remainingIndices.Length);
        scrambledIndices[i] = remainingIndices[selectedIndex];

        temp = remainingIndices;
        remainingIndices = new int[temp.Length - 1];
        index = 0;
        for (int j = 0; j < remainingIndices.Length; j++) {
          if (index == selectedIndex) {
            index++;
          }
          remainingIndices[j] = temp[index];
          index++;
        }
      }

      for (int i = 0; i <= (breakPoint2 - breakPoint1); i++) {  // scramble permutation between breakpoints
        permutation[breakPoint1 + i] = original[breakPoint1 + scrambledIndices[i]];
      }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Mixes the elements of the given <paramref name="permutation"/> randomly 
    /// in a randomly chosen interval.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>Calls <see cref="Apply"/>.</remarks>
    /// <param name="random">A random number generator.</param>
    /// <param name="permutation">The permutation to manipulate.</param>
    protected override void Manipulate(IRandom random, Permutation permutation) {
      Apply(random, permutation);
    }
  }
}