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+// -*- mode: c++; c-indent-level: 4; c++-member-init-indent: 8; comment-column: 35; -*-
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// eoSteadyFitContinue.h
+// (c) GeNeura Team, 1999, Marc Schoenauer, 2000
+/* 
+    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This library 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
+    Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+
+    Contact: todos@geneura.ugr.es, http://geneura.ugr.es
+ */
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#ifndef _eoSteadyFitContinue_h
+#define _eoSteadyFitContinue_h
+
+#include <eoContinue.h>
+
+/** 
+    A continuator:  does a minimum number of generations, then
+    stops whenever a given number of generations takes place without improvement 
+*/
+template< class EOT>
+class eoSteadyFitContinue: public eoContinue<EOT>
+{
+public:
+  typedef typename EOT::Fitness Fitness;
+
+  /// Ctor for setting a
+  eoSteadyFitContinue( unsigned long _minGens, unsigned long _steadyGens)
+    : repMinGenerations( _minGens ), repSteadyGenerations( _steadyGens),
+      steadyState(false), thisGenerationPlaceHolder(0),
+      thisGeneration(thisGenerationPlaceHolder){};
+	
+  /// Ctor for enabling the save/load the no. of generations counted
+  eoSteadyFitContinue( unsigned long _minGens, unsigned long _steadyGen,
+		 unsigned long& _currentGen)
+    : repMinGenerations( _minGens ), repSteadyGenerations( _steadyGen),
+      steadyState(_currentGen>_minGens), thisGenerationPlaceHolder(0),
+      thisGeneration(_currentGen){};
+
+  /** Returns false when a certain number of generations is
+   * reached withtout improvement */
+  virtual bool operator() ( const eoPop<EOT>& _vEO ) {
+    thisGeneration++;
+    //	  cout << " [" << thisGeneration << "] ";
+    Fitness bestCurrentFitness = _vEO.nth_element_fitness(0);
+
+    if (steadyState) {	   // already after MinGenenerations
+      if (bestCurrentFitness > bestSoFar) {
+	bestSoFar = bestCurrentFitness;
+	lastImprovement = thisGeneration;
+      } else {
+	if (thisGeneration - lastImprovement > repSteadyGenerations) {
+	  cout << "STOP in eoSteadyFitContnue: Done " << repSteadyGenerations 
+	       << " generations without improvement\n";
+	  return false;
+	}
+      } 
+    } else {		   // not yet in steady state
+      if (thisGeneration > repMinGenerations) { // go to steady state
+	steadyState = true;
+	bestSoFar = bestCurrentFitness;
+	lastImprovement = thisGeneration;
+	cout << "eoSteadyFitContnue: Done the minimum number of generations\n";
+      }
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  /** Sets the parameters (minimum nb of gen. + steady nb of gen.) 
+      and sets the current generation to 0 (the begin)*/
+  virtual void totalGenerations( unsigned long _mg, unsigned long _sg ) { 
+    repMinGenerations = _mg; 
+    repSteadyGenerations = _sg;
+    thisGeneration = 0;
+    steadyState = false;
+  };
+
+  /** accessors*/
+  virtual unsigned long minGenerations( ) 
+  {  return repMinGenerations; 	};
+  virtual unsigned long steadyGenerations( ) 
+  {  return repSteadyGenerations; 	};
+    
+private:
+  unsigned long repMinGenerations;
+  unsigned long  repSteadyGenerations;
+  bool steadyState;
+  unsigned long thisGenerationPlaceHolder;
+  unsigned long& thisGeneration;
+  unsigned int lastImprovement;
+  Fitness bestSoFar;
+};
+
+#endif
+