source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Random/3.3/UniformRandomizer.cs @ 2527

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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>
  /// Uniformly distributed random number generator.
  /// </summary>
  [EmptyStorableClass]
  public class UniformRandomizer : 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 uniformly distributed between 'Min' and 'Max' (exclusive)"; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the maximum value of the random number generator (exclusive).
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>Gets or sets the variable with name <c>Max</c> through the 
    /// <see cref="OperatorBase.GetVariable"/> method of class <see cref="OperatorBase"/>.</remarks>
    public double Max {
      get { return ((DoubleData)GetVariable("Max").Value).Data; }
      set { ((DoubleData)GetVariable("Max").Value).Data = value; }
    }
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the minimum value of the random number generator.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>Gets or sets the variable with name <c>Min</c> through the 
    /// <see cref="OperatorBase.GetVariable"/> method of class <see cref="OperatorBase"/>.</remarks>
    public double Min {
      get { return ((DoubleData)GetVariable("Min").Value).Data; }
      set { ((DoubleData)GetVariable("Min").Value).Data = value; }
    }

    /// <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() {
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Value", "The value to manipulate (type is one of: IntData, ConstrainedIntData, DoubleData, ConstrainedDoubleData)", typeof(IObjectData), VariableKind.In));
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Random", "The random generator to use", typeof(MersenneTwister), VariableKind.In));
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Min", "Lower bound of the uniform distribution (inclusive)", typeof(DoubleData), VariableKind.None));
      GetVariableInfo("Min").Local = true;
      AddVariable(new Variable("Min", new DoubleData(0.0)));

      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Max", "Upper bound of the uniform distribution (exclusive)", typeof(DoubleData), VariableKind.None));
      GetVariableInfo("Max").Local = true;
      AddVariable(new Variable("Max", new DoubleData(1.0)));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Generates a new uniformly distributed random variable.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="scope">The scope where to apply the random number generator.</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 min = GetVariableValue<DoubleData>("Min", scope, true).Data;
      double max = GetVariableValue<DoubleData>("Max", scope, true).Data;

      RandomizeUniform(value, mt, min, max);
      return null;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Generates a new random number depending on the type of the <paramref name="value"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Thrown when an unhandleable type appears.</exception>
    /// <param name="value">The object whose data should be a new randomly generated number.</param>
    /// <param name="mt">The MersenneTwister to generate a new random number.</param>
    /// <param name="min">The left border of the interval in which the next random number has to lie.</param>
    /// <param name="max">The right border (exclusive) of the interval in which the next random number
    /// has to lie.</param>
    private void RandomizeUniform(IObjectData value, MersenneTwister mt, double min, double max) {
      // Dispatch manually based on dynamic type,
      // a bit awkward but necessary until we create a better type hierarchy for numeric types (gkronber 15.11.2008).
      if (value is DoubleData)
        RandomizeUniform((DoubleData)value, mt, min, max);
      else if (value is IntData)
        RandomizeUniform((IntData)value, mt, min, max);
      else throw new ArgumentException("Can't handle type " + value.GetType().Name);
    }

      /// <summary>
      /// Generates a new double random number.
      /// </summary>
      /// <param name="data">The double object which the new value is assigned to.</param>
      /// <param name="mt">The random number generator.</param>
      /// <param name="min">The left border of the interval in which the next random number has to lie.</param>
      /// <param name="max">The right border (exclusive) of the interval in which the next random number
      /// has to lie.</param>
      public void RandomizeUniform(DoubleData data, MersenneTwister mt, double min, double max) {
        data.Data = mt.NextDouble() * (max - min) + min;
      }

      /// <summary>
      /// Generates a new int random number.
      /// </summary>
      /// <param name="data">The int object which the new value is assigned to.</param>
      /// <param name="mt">The random number generator.</param>
      /// <param name="min">The left border of the interval in which the next random number has to lie.</param>
      /// <param name="max">The right border (exclusive) of the interval in which the next random number
      /// has to lie.</param>
      public void RandomizeUniform(IntData data, MersenneTwister mt, double min, double max) {
        data.Data = (int)Math.Floor(mt.NextDouble() * (max - min) + min);
      }
    }
}