paradiseo/trunk/paradiseo-mo/src/explorer/moRandomSearchExplorer.h

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  <moRandomSearchExplorer.h>
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#ifndef _moRandomSearchexplorer_h
#define _moRandomSearchexplorer_h

#include <explorer/moNeighborhoodExplorer.h>
#include <neighborhood/moNeighborhood.h>
#include <eoEvalFunc.h>
#include <eoInit.h>

/**
 * Explorer for a pure random search:
 * the solution is initialized at each step
 */
template< class Neighbor >
class moRandomSearchExplorer : public moNeighborhoodExplorer<Neighbor>
{
public:
    typedef typename Neighbor::EOT EOT ;
    typedef moNeighborhood<Neighbor> Neighborhood ;

    using moNeighborhoodExplorer<Neighbor>::neighborhood;
    using moNeighborhoodExplorer<Neighbor>::eval;

    /**
     * Constructor
     * @param _init the solution initializer, to explore at random the search space
     * @param _fulleval the evaluation function
     * @param _nbStep maximum number of step to do
     */
    moRandomSearchExplorer(eoInit<EOT>& _init, eoEvalFunc<EOT>& _fulleval, unsigned _nbStep) : moNeighborhoodExplorer<Neighbor>(), init(_init), fulleval(_fulleval), nbStep(_nbStep) {
        // number of step done
        step = 0;
    }

    /**
     * Destructor
     */
    ~moRandomSearchExplorer() {}

    /**
     * initialization of the number of step to be done
     * @param _solution unused solution
     */
    virtual void initParam(EOT & _solution) {
        step     = 0;
    };

    /**
     * increase the number of step
     * @param _solution unused solution
     */
    virtual void updateParam(EOT & _solution) {
        step++;
    };

    /**
     * terminate: NOTHING TO DO
     * @param _solution unused solution
     */
    virtual void terminate(EOT & _solution) {};

    /**
     * Explore the neighborhood with only one random solution
     * we supposed that the first neighbor is uniformly selected in the neighborhood
     * @param _solution
     */
    virtual void operator()(EOT & _solution) {
        //init the first neighbor
        init(_solution);

        //eval the _solution moved with the neighbor and stock the result in the neighbor
        fulleval(_solution);
    };

    /**
     * continue if it is remains some steps to do
     * @param _solution the solution
     * @return true there is some steps to do
     */
    virtual bool isContinue(EOT & _solution) {
        return (step < nbStep) ;
    };

    /**
     * move the solution with the best neighbor
     * @param _solution the solution to move
     */
    virtual void move(EOT & _solution) {
        // the solution is already move. So nothing to do !
    };

    /**
     * accept test : always accept
     * @param _solution the solution
     * @return true if the best neighbor ameliorate the fitness
     */
    virtual bool accept(EOT & _solution) {
        return true;
    };

private:
    // initialization method to explore at random the search space
    eoInit<EOT> & init;

    // the full eval function
    eoEvalFunc<EOT> & fulleval;

    // current number of step
    unsigned int step;

    // maximum number of steps to do
    unsigned int nbStep;
};


#endif