source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.RealVector/RealVectorMultiCrossoverBase.cs @ 1184

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

namespace HeuristicLab.RealVector {
  /// <summary>
  /// Base class for all real vector multiple crossover operators.
  /// </summary>
  public abstract class RealVectorMultiCrossoverBase : MultiCrossoverBase {
    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="RealVectorMultiCrossoverBase"/> with one variable info
    /// (<c>RealVector</c>).
    /// </summary>
    public RealVectorMultiCrossoverBase()
      : base() {
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("RealVector", "Parent and child real vector", typeof(DoubleArrayData), VariableKind.In | VariableKind.New));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Performs a crossover of a number of given parents.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="scope">The current scope.</param>
    /// <param name="random">A random number generator.</param>
    /// <param name="parents">The parents for crossover.</param>
    /// <param name="child">The resulting child scope.</param>
    protected sealed override void Cross(IScope scope, IRandom random, IScope[] parents, IScope child) {
      IList<double[]> parentsList = new List<double[]>(parents.Length);

      for (int i = 0; i < parents.Length; i++)
        parentsList.Add(parents[i].GetVariableValue<DoubleArrayData>("RealVector", false).Data);

      double[] result = Cross(scope, random, parentsList);
      child.AddVariable(new Variable(child.TranslateName("RealVector"), new DoubleArrayData(result)));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Performs a crossover of a number of given parents.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="scope">The current scope.</param>
    /// <param name="random">A random number generator.</param>
    /// <param name="parents">The parents for crossover.</param>
    /// <returns>The newly created real vector, resulting from the crossover operation.</returns>
    protected abstract double[] Cross(IScope scope, IRandom random, IList<double[]> parents);
  }
}