source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Random/3.3/NormalRandomizer.cs @ 2530

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

namespace HeuristicLab.Random {
  /// <summary>
  /// Normally distributed random number generator.
  /// </summary>
  [EmptyStorableClass]
  public class NormalRandomizer : OperatorBase {
    private static int MAX_NUMBER_OF_TRIES = 100;

    /// <inheritdoc select="summary"/>
    public override string Description {
      get { return "Initializes the value of variable 'Value' to a random value normally distributed with 'Mu' and 'Sigma'."; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the value for µ.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>Gets or sets the variable with the name <c>Mu</c> through the method 
    /// <see cref="OperatorBase.GetVariable"/> of class <see cref="OperatorBase"/>.</remarks>
    public double Mu {
      get { return ((DoubleData)GetVariable("Mu").Value).Data; }
      set { ((DoubleData)GetVariable("Mu").Value).Data = value; }
    }
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the value for sigma.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>Gets or sets the variable with the name <c>Sigma</c> through the method 
    /// <see cref="OperatorBase.GetVariable"/> of class <see cref="OperatorBase"/>.</remarks>
    public double Sigma {
      get { return ((DoubleData)GetVariable("Sigma").Value).Data; }
      set { ((DoubleData)GetVariable("Sigma").Value).Data = value; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="NormalRandomizer"/> with four variable infos
    /// (<c>Mu</c>, <c>Sigma</c>, <c>Value</c> and <c>Random</c>).
    /// </summary>
    public NormalRandomizer() {
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Mu", "Parameter mu of the normal distribution", typeof(DoubleData), VariableKind.None));
      GetVariableInfo("Mu").Local = true;
      AddVariable(new Variable("Mu", new DoubleData(0.0)));

      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Sigma", "Parameter sigma of the normal distribution", typeof(DoubleData), VariableKind.None));
      GetVariableInfo("Sigma").Local = true;
      AddVariable(new Variable("Sigma", new DoubleData(1.0)));

      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Value", "The value to manipulate (actual type is one of: IntData, DoubleData, ConstrainedIntData, ConstrainedDoubleData)", typeof(IObjectData), VariableKind.In));
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Random", "The random generator to use", typeof(MersenneTwister), VariableKind.In));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Generates a new normally distributed random variable and assigns it to the specified variable
    /// in the given <paramref name="scope"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="scope">The scope where to assign the new random value to.</param>
    /// <returns><c>null</c>.</returns>
    public override IOperation Apply(IScope scope) {
      IObjectData value = GetVariableValue<IObjectData>("Value", scope, false);
      MersenneTwister mt = GetVariableValue<MersenneTwister>("Random", scope, true);
      double mu = GetVariableValue<DoubleData>("Mu", scope, true).Data;
      double sigma = GetVariableValue<DoubleData>("Sigma", scope, true).Data;

      NormalDistributedRandom n = new NormalDistributedRandom(mt, mu, sigma);
      RandomizeNormal(value, n);
      return null;
    }

    private void RandomizeNormal(IObjectData value, NormalDistributedRandom n) {
      // dispatch manually based on dynamic type
      if (value is IntData)
        RandomizeNormal((IntData)value, n);
      else if (value is DoubleData)
        RandomizeNormal((DoubleData)value, n);
      else throw new InvalidOperationException("Can't handle type " + value.GetType().Name);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Generates a new double random number based on a continuous, normally distributed random number
    /// generator <paramref name="normal"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="data">The double object where to assign the new value to.</param>
    /// <param name="normal">The continuous, normally distributed random variable.</param>
    public void RandomizeNormal(DoubleData data, NormalDistributedRandom normal) {
      data.Data = normal.NextDouble();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Generates a new int random number based on a continuous, normally distributed random number 
    /// generator <paramref name="normal"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="data">The int object where to assign the new value to.</param>
    /// <param name="normal">The continuous, normally distributed random variable.</param>
    public void RandomizeNormal(IntData data, NormalDistributedRandom normal) {
      data.Data = (int)Math.Round(normal.NextDouble());
    }
  }
}