source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Problems.TravelingSalesman/3.3/Evaluators/TSPGeoPathEvaluator.cs @ 4402

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using System;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;

namespace HeuristicLab.Problems.TravelingSalesman {
  /// <summary>
  /// An operator which evaluates TSP solutions given in path representation using the GEO distance metric (globe coordinates).
  /// </summary>
  [Item("TSPGeoPathEvaluator", "An operator which evaluates TSP solutions given in path representation using the GEO distance metric (globe coordinates).")]
  [StorableClass]
  public sealed class TSPGeoPathEvaluator : TSPCoordinatesPathEvaluator {
    private const double PI = 3.141592;
    private const double RADIUS = 6378.388;

    /// <summary>
    /// Calculates the distance between two points using the GEO distance metric (globe coordinates).
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="x1">The x-coordinate of point 1.</param>
    /// <param name="y1">The y-coordinate of point 1.</param>
    /// <param name="x2">The x-coordinate of point 2.</param>
    /// <param name="y2">The y-coordinate of point 2.</param>
    /// <returns>The calculated distance.</returns>
    protected override double CalculateDistance(double x1, double y1, double x2, double y2) {
      double latitude1, longitude1, latitude2, longitude2;
      double q1, q2, q3;
      double length;

      latitude1 = ConvertToRadian(x1);
      longitude1 = ConvertToRadian(y1);
      latitude2 = ConvertToRadian(x2);
      longitude2 = ConvertToRadian(y2);

      q1 = Math.Cos(longitude1 - longitude2);
      q2 = Math.Cos(latitude1 - latitude2);
      q3 = Math.Cos(latitude1 + latitude2);

      length = (int)(RADIUS * Math.Acos(0.5 * ((1.0 + q1) * q2 - (1.0 - q1) * q3)) + 1.0);
      return (length);
    }

    private double ConvertToRadian(double x) {
      return PI * (Math.Truncate(x) + 5.0 * (x - Math.Truncate(x)) / 3.0) / 180.0;
    }
  }
}