source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.RealVector/DiscreteRecombination.cs @ 106

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Data;

namespace HeuristicLab.RealVector {
  public class DiscreteRecombination : OperatorBase {
    public override string Description {
      get {
        return @"Discrete/dominant recombination creates a new offspring by combining the alleles in the parents such that each allele is randomly selected from one parent";
      }
    }

    public DiscreteRecombination()
      : base() {
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Random", "Pseudo random number generator", typeof(IRandom), VariableKind.In));
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Rho", "Amount of parents to recombine", typeof(IntData), VariableKind.In));
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("RealVector", "Parent and child real vector", typeof(DoubleArrayData), VariableKind.In | VariableKind.New));
    }

    public override IOperation Apply(IScope scope) {
      int rho = GetVariableValue<IntData>("Rho", scope, true).Data;
      // with just 1 parent no recombination is necessary/possible
      if (rho == 1) return null;
      IRandom random = GetVariableValue<IRandom>("Random", scope, true);

      if (scope.SubScopes.Count % rho != 0)
        throw new InvalidOperationException("Number of parents is not a multiple of rho");
      int lambda = scope.SubScopes.Count / rho;
      IList<double[]> parents = new List<double[]>(rho);

      for (int i = 0; i < lambda; i++) {
        IScope childScope = new Scope(i.ToString());
        double[] childGene = (double[])scope.SubScopes[0].GetVariableValue<DoubleArrayData>("RealVector", false).Data.Clone();
        parents.Clear();
        for (int j = 0; j < rho; j++) {
          IScope parent = scope.SubScopes[0];
          parents.Add(parent.GetVariableValue<DoubleArrayData>("RealVector", false).Data);
          scope.RemoveSubScope(parent);
        }
        // actual discrete recombination
        for (int x = 0; x < childGene.Length; x++) {
          childGene[x] = parents[random.Next(rho)][x];
        }
        childScope.AddVariable(new Variable(scope.SubScopes[0].TranslateName("RealVector"), new DoubleArrayData(childGene)));
        scope.AddSubScope(childScope);
      }
      return null;
    }
  }
}