source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Random/3.3/UniformRandomizer.cs @ 4168

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using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Data;
using HeuristicLab.Operators;
using HeuristicLab.Parameters;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;

namespace HeuristicLab.Random {
  /// <summary>
  /// Uniformly distributed random number generator.
  /// </summary>
  [StorableClass]
  [Item("UniformRandomizer", "Initializes the value of variable 'Value' to a random value uniformly distributed between 'Min' and 'Max'")]
  public class UniformRandomizer : SingleSuccessorOperator {
    #region parameter properties
    public ILookupParameter<IRandom> RandomParameter {
      get { return (ILookupParameter<IRandom>)Parameters["Random"]; }
    }
    public IValueLookupParameter<DoubleValue> MinParameter {
      get { return (IValueLookupParameter<DoubleValue>)Parameters["Min"]; }
    }
    public IValueLookupParameter<DoubleValue> MaxParameter {
      get { return (IValueLookupParameter<DoubleValue>)Parameters["Max"]; }
    }
    public ILookupParameter<DoubleValue> ValueParameter {
      get { return (ILookupParameter<DoubleValue>)Parameters["Value"]; }
    }
    #endregion
    #region Properties
    public DoubleValue Min {
      get { return MinParameter.ActualValue; }
      set { MinParameter.ActualValue = value; }
    }
    public DoubleValue Max {
      get { return MaxParameter.ActualValue; }
      set { MaxParameter.ActualValue = value; }
    }
    #endregion

    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="UniformRandomizer"/> with four variable infos 
    /// (<c>Value</c>, <c>Random</c>, <c>Max</c> and <c>Min</c>), being a random number generator 
    /// between 0.0 and 1.0.
    /// </summary>
    public UniformRandomizer()
      : base() {
      Parameters.Add(new LookupParameter<IRandom>("Random", "A random generator that supplies uniformly distributed values."));
      Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter<DoubleValue>("Min", "The minimal allowed value (inclusive)"));
      Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter<DoubleValue>("Max", "The maximal allowed value (exclusive)"));
      Parameters.Add(new LookupParameter<DoubleValue>("Value", "The value that should be set to a random value."));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Generates a new uniformly distributed random variable.
    /// </summary>
    public override IOperation Apply() {
      IRandom random = RandomParameter.ActualValue;
      double min = MinParameter.ActualValue.Value;
      double max = MaxParameter.ActualValue.Value;

      ValueParameter.ActualValue = new DoubleValue(random.NextDouble() * (max - min) + min);
      return null;
    }
  }
}