/// ------------------------------------------------------
/// SwarmOps - Numeric and heuristic optimization for C#
/// Copyright (C) 2003-2011 Magnus Erik Hvass Pedersen.
/// Please see the file license.txt for license details.
/// SwarmOps on the internet: http://www.Hvass-Labs.org/
/// ------------------------------------------------------
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;
namespace SwarmOps
{
///
/// Used for sorting optimization problems so that those hardest
/// to optimize are tried first. This is used in the MetaFitness
/// class where Pre-emptive Fitness Evaluation seeks to abort the
/// meta-fitness evaluation as early as possible.
///
public class ProblemIndex
{
#region Constructors.
///
/// Construct the ProblemIndex-object.
///
/// The problems to be indexed.
public ProblemIndex(Problem[] problems)
: base()
{
Debug.Assert(problems.Length > 0);
int numProblems = problems.Count();
double weight = 1.0 / numProblems;
Index = new List(numProblems);
foreach (Problem problem in problems)
{
Index.Add(new ProblemFitness(problem, weight));
}
}
///
/// Construct the ProblemIndex-object.
///
/// The problems to be indexed.
public ProblemIndex(WeightedProblem[] weightedProblems)
: base()
{
// Ensure array has elements.
Debug.Assert(weightedProblems.Length > 0);
Index = new List(weightedProblems.Length);
double weightSum = weightedProblems.Sum(o => o.Weight);
foreach (WeightedProblem weightedProblem in weightedProblems)
{
Problem problem = weightedProblem.Problem;
double weight = weightedProblem.Weight;
double weightNormalized = weight / weightSum;
// Ensure weight is positive.
Debug.Assert(weight > 0);
Index.Add(new ProblemFitness(problem, weightNormalized));
}
}
#endregion
#region Internal class.
///
/// Associate an optimization problem with a fitness.
///
class ProblemFitness
{
public ProblemFitness(Problem problem, double weight)
{
Problem = problem;
Weight = weight;
Fitness = problem.MaxFitness;
}
///
/// The optimization problem.
///
public Problem Problem
{
get;
private set;
}
///
/// Weight of the optimization problem.
///
public double Weight
{
get;
private set;
}
///
/// The fitness achieved when last optimizing that problem.
///
public double Fitness
{
get;
set;
}
public static int Compare(ProblemFitness x, ProblemFitness y)
{
Debug.Assert(x != null && y != null);
return System.Math.Sign(y.Fitness - x.Fitness);
}
}
#endregion
#region Internal variables.
///
/// The list of optimization problems sorted according to fitness.
///
List Index;
#endregion
#region Public fields.
///
/// Return the number of problems.
///
public int Count
{
get { return Index.Count; }
}
#endregion
#region Public methods.
///
/// Return the i'th optimization problem, sorted so that the
/// problems with the worst fitness have lowest indices.
///
public Problem GetProblem(int i)
{
return Index[i].Problem;
}
///
/// Return the weight associated with the i'th problem.
///
public double GetWeight(int i)
{
return Index[i].Weight;
}
///
/// Set the fitness associated with the i'th problem.
///
public void SetFitness(int i, double fitness)
{
Index[i].Fitness = fitness;
}
///
/// Sort the optimization problems according to their associated fitness.
///
public void Sort()
{
Index.Sort(ProblemFitness.Compare);
}
#endregion
}
}