#region License Information /* HeuristicLab * Copyright (C) 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 HeuristicLab.Common; using HeuristicLab.Core; using HeuristicLab.Data; using HeuristicLab.Parameters; using HEAL.Attic; namespace HeuristicLab.Optimization.Operators { /// /// Compares two qualities and creates a boolean flag that indicates if the left side is better than the right side or if the difference in quality is acceptable given a certain probability. /// /// /// The probabilty is that of simulated annealing: A randomly drawn (uniformly) real value in /// the interval [0;1) has to be smaller than e^(-diff/T) where diff is the absolute quality difference /// and T is the temperature (here called dampening). /// [Item("ProbabilisticQualityComparator", "Compares two qualities and creates a boolean flag that indicates if the left side is better than the right side or if the difference in quality is acceptable given a certain probability.")] [StorableType("E8467C96-D88F-4EFA-B3BF-78DBFA63B36A")] public class ProbabilisticQualityComparator : QualityComparator, IStochasticOperator { public ILookupParameter DampeningParameter { get { return (ILookupParameter)Parameters["Dampening"]; } } public ILookupParameter RandomParameter { get { return (ILookupParameter)Parameters["Random"]; } } [StorableConstructor] protected ProbabilisticQualityComparator(StorableConstructorFlag _) : base(_) { } protected ProbabilisticQualityComparator(ProbabilisticQualityComparator original, Cloner cloner) : base(original, cloner) { } public ProbabilisticQualityComparator() : base() { Parameters.Add(new LookupParameter("Dampening", "The dampening factor that influences the probability.")); Parameters.Add(new LookupParameter("Random", "The random number generator.")); } public override IDeepCloneable Clone(Cloner cloner) { return new ProbabilisticQualityComparator(this, cloner); } protected override bool Compare(bool maximization, double left, double right) { if (base.Compare(maximization, left, right)) return true; double t = DampeningParameter.ActualValue.Value; double probability = Math.Exp(-Math.Abs(left - right) / t); return RandomParameter.ActualValue.NextDouble() < probability; } } }