eoMerge.h

// -*- mode: c++; c-indent-level: 4; c++-member-init-indent: 8; comment-column: 35; -*-

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// eoMerge.h
//   Base class for elitist-merging classes
// (c) GeNeura Team, 1998
/* 
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   Contact: todos@geneura.ugr.es, http://geneura.ugr.es
 */
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

#ifndef eoMerge_h
#define eoMerge_h

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

#include <stdexcept>

// EO includes
#include <eoPop.h>     // eoPop
#include <eoFunctor.h>  // eoMerge

template<class Chrom> class eoMerge: public eoBF<const eoPop<Chrom>&, eoPop<Chrom>&, void>
{};

template <class EOT> class eoElitism : public eoMerge<EOT>
{
public :
  eoElitism(double  _rate, bool _interpret_as_rate = true):
    rate(0), combien(0)
  {
    if (_interpret_as_rate)
      {
        if ( (_rate<0) || (_rate>1) )
          throw std::logic_error("eoElitism: rate shoud be in [0,1]");
        rate = _rate;
      }
    else
      {
        if (_rate<0)
          throw std::logic_error("Negative number of offspring in eoElitism!");
        combien = (unsigned int)_rate;
        if (combien != _rate)
          std::cout << "Warning: Number of guys to merge in eoElitism was rounded";
      }
  }
  
  void operator()(const eoPop<EOT>& _pop, eoPop<EOT>& _offspring)
  {
    if ((combien == 0) && (rate == 0.0))
      return;
    unsigned combienLocal;
    if (combien == 0)      // rate is specified
      combienLocal = (unsigned int) (rate * _pop.size());
    else
      combienLocal = combien;
    
    if (combienLocal > _pop.size())
      throw std::logic_error("Elite larger than population");
    
    std::vector<const EOT*> result;
    _pop.nth_element(combienLocal, result);
    
    for (size_t i = 0; i < result.size(); ++i)
      {
        _offspring.push_back(*result[i]);
      }
  }
  
private :
  double rate;
  unsigned combien;
};

template <class EOT> class eoNoElitism : public eoElitism<EOT>
{
    public :
        eoNoElitism() : eoElitism<EOT>(0) {}
};

template <class EOT> class eoPlus : public eoMerge<EOT>
{
    public :
        void operator()(const eoPop<EOT>& _pop, eoPop<EOT>& _offspring)
        {
            _offspring.reserve(_offspring.size() + _pop.size());

            for (size_t i = 0; i < _pop.size(); ++i)
            {
                _offspring.push_back(_pop[i]);
            }
        }

    private :
};

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

#endif 

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