source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.RealVector/UniformOnePositionManipulator.cs @ 1289

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

namespace HeuristicLab.RealVector {
  /// <summary>
  /// Uniformly distributed change of a single position of a real vector.
  /// </summary>
  public class UniformOnePositionManipulator : RealVectorManipulatorBase {
    /// <inheritdoc select="summary"/>
    public override string Description {
      get { return "Uniformly distributed change of a single position of a real vector."; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="UniformOnePositionManipulator"/> with two variable infos
    /// (<c>Minimum</c> and <c>Maximum</c>).
    /// </summary>
    public UniformOnePositionManipulator() {
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Minimum", "Minimum of the sampling range for the vector element (included)", typeof(DoubleData), VariableKind.In));
      AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Maximum", "Maximum of the sampling range for the vector element (excluded)", typeof(DoubleData), VariableKind.In));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Changes randomly a single position in the given real <paramref name="vector"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="random">A random number generator.</param>
    /// <param name="vector">The real vector to manipulate.</param>
    /// <param name="min">The minimum value of the sampling range for 
    /// the vector element to change (inclusive).</param>
    /// <param name="max">The maximum value of the sampling range for
    /// the vector element to change (exclusive).</param>
    /// <returns>The new real vector that has been manipulated.</returns>
    public static double[] Apply(IRandom random, double[] vector, double min, double max) {
      double[] result = (double[])vector.Clone();
      int index = random.Next(result.Length);
      result[index] = min + random.NextDouble() * (max - min);
      return result;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Changes randomly a single position in the given real <paramref name="vector"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>Calls <see cref="Apply"/>.</remarks>
    /// <param name="scope">The current scope.</param>
    /// <param name="random">A random number generator.</param>
    /// <param name="vector">The real vector to manipulate.</param>
    /// <returns>The new real vector that has been manipulated.</returns>
    protected override double[] Manipulate(IScope scope, IRandom random, double[] vector) {
      double min = GetVariableValue<DoubleData>("Minimum", scope, true).Data;
      double max = GetVariableValue<DoubleData>("Maximum", scope, true).Data;
      return Apply(random, vector, min, max);
    }
  }
}