#region License Information /* HeuristicLab * Copyright (C) 2002-2008 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL) * * This file is part of HeuristicLab. * * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with HeuristicLab. If not, see . */ #endregion using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using HeuristicLab.Core; using HeuristicLab.Data; using HeuristicLab.Operators; namespace HeuristicLab.Evolutionary { /// /// Base class for cross over operators that use more than two parents. /// public abstract class MultiCrossoverBase : OperatorBase { /// /// Initializes a new instance of with two variable infos /// (Parents and Random). /// public MultiCrossoverBase() : base() { AddVariableInfo(new VariableInfo("Random", "Pseudo random number generator", typeof(IRandom), VariableKind.In)); } /// /// Replaces the parents (sub scopes of the given ) with created children /// by crossing over a specified number of parents. /// /// Adds the children to the given and removes the parents. /// Thrown when the size of the mating pool and the /// number of parents don't match. /// The scope whose sub scopes shall be crossed over. /// null. public override IOperation Apply(IScope scope) { IRandom random = GetVariableValue("Random", scope, true); int parents = scope.SubScopes.Count; if (parents < 2) throw new InvalidOperationException("ERROR: Number of parents is < 2"); IScope[] parentScopes = new IScope[parents]; for (int i = 0; i < parents; i++) parentScopes[i] = scope.SubScopes[i]; IScope child = scope; Cross(scope, random, parentScopes, child); return null; } /// /// Performs a cross over of a number of /// to create a new . /// /// The current scope. /// A random number generator. /// The scopes to cross over. /// The result of the cross over. protected abstract void Cross(IScope scope, IRandom random, IScope[] parents, IScope child); } }