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If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ #endregion using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using HeuristicLab.Common; using HeuristicLab.Core; using HeuristicLab.Data; using HeuristicLab.Parameters; using HEAL.Attic; namespace HeuristicLab.Encodings.BinaryVectorEncoding { /// <summary> /// N point crossover for binary vectors. /// </summary> /// <remarks> /// It is implemented as described in Eiben, A.E. and Smith, J.E. 2003. Introduction to Evolutionary Computation. Natural Computing Series, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.. /// </remarks> [Item("NPointCrossover", "N point crossover for binary vectors. It is implemented as described in Eiben, A.E. and Smith, J.E. 2003. Introduction to Evolutionary Computation. Natural Computing Series, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.")] [StorableType("59683F25-9315-47D9-9E06-539559C9DEE1")] public sealed class NPointCrossover : BinaryVectorCrossover { /// <summary> /// Number of crossover points. /// </summary> public IValueLookupParameter<IntValue> NParameter { get { return (IValueLookupParameter<IntValue>)Parameters["N"]; } } [StorableConstructor] private NPointCrossover(StorableConstructorFlag _) : base(_) { } private NPointCrossover(NPointCrossover original, Cloner cloner) : base(original, cloner) { } /// <summary> /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="NPointCrossover"/> /// </summary> public NPointCrossover() : base() { Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter<IntValue>("N", "Number of crossover points", new IntValue(2))); } public override IDeepCloneable Clone(Cloner cloner) { return new NPointCrossover(this, cloner); } /// <summary> /// Performs a N point crossover at randomly chosen positions of the two /// given parent binary vectors. /// </summary> /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Thrown when the value for N is invalid or when the parent vectors are of different length.</exception> /// <param name="random">A random number generator.</param> /// <param name="parent1">The first parent for crossover.</param> /// <param name="parent2">The second parent for crossover.</param> /// <param name="n">Number of crossover points.</param> /// <returns>The newly created binary vector, resulting from the N point crossover.</returns> public static BinaryVector Apply(IRandom random, BinaryVector parent1, BinaryVector parent2, IntValue n) { if (parent1.Length != parent2.Length) throw new ArgumentException("NPointCrossover: The parents are of different length."); if (n.Value > parent1.Length) throw new ArgumentException("NPointCrossover: There cannot be more breakpoints than the size of the parents."); if (n.Value < 1) throw new ArgumentException("NPointCrossover: N cannot be < 1."); int length = parent1.Length; bool[] result = new bool[length]; int[] breakpoints = new int[n.Value]; //choose break points List<int> breakpointPool = new List<int>(); for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) breakpointPool.Add(i); for (int i = 0; i < n.Value; i++) { int index = random.Next(breakpointPool.Count); breakpoints[i] = breakpointPool[index]; breakpointPool.RemoveAt(index); } Array.Sort(breakpoints); //perform crossover int arrayIndex = 0; int breakPointIndex = 0; bool firstParent = true; while (arrayIndex < length) { if (breakPointIndex < breakpoints.Length && arrayIndex == breakpoints[breakPointIndex]) { breakPointIndex++; firstParent = !firstParent; } if (firstParent) result[arrayIndex] = parent1[arrayIndex]; else result[arrayIndex] = parent2[arrayIndex]; arrayIndex++; } return new BinaryVector(result); } /// <summary> /// Performs a N point crossover at a randomly chosen position of two /// given parent binary vectors. /// </summary> /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Thrown if there are not exactly two parents.</exception> /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException"> /// Thrown when the N parameter could not be found.</description></item> /// </exception> /// <param name="random">A random number generator.</param> /// <param name="parents">An array containing the two binary vectors that should be crossed.</param> /// <returns>The newly created binary vector, resulting from the N point crossover.</returns> protected override BinaryVector Cross(IRandom random, ItemArray<BinaryVector> parents) { if (parents.Length != 2) throw new ArgumentException("ERROR in NPointCrossover: The number of parents is not equal to 2"); if (NParameter.ActualValue == null) throw new InvalidOperationException("NPointCrossover: Parameter " + NParameter.ActualName + " could not be found."); return Apply(random, parents[0], parents[1], NParameter.ActualValue); } } }