onepoint.cpp

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#include "crossovers/onepoint.h"
#include "core/genotype.h"
#include "randomgenerator.h"
#include "configurationparameters.h"

namespace farsa {

OnePoint::OnePoint() : Crossover() {
}

OnePoint::~OnePoint() {
    //--- nothing to do
}

void OnePoint::crossover( Genotype* father, const Genotype* mother ) {
    int max = qMin( father->size(), mother->size() );
    int splitpoint = globalRNG->getInt( 0, max );
    for( int i=splitpoint; i<max; i++ ) {
        if ( father->bit(i) != mother->bit(i) ) {
            father->toggle(i);
        }
    }
}

void OnePoint::configure( ConfigurationParameters& params, QString prefix ) {
    Q_UNUSED( params );
    Q_UNUSED( prefix );
    //--- nothing to do
}

void OnePoint::save( ConfigurationParameters& params, QString prefix ) {
    params.createParameter( prefix, QString("type"), "OnePoint" );
}

void OnePoint::describe( QString type ) {
    addTypeDescription( type, "The one point crossover", "It randomly select one point where to split the two Genotypes, and create a new one combining the first part of one Genotype with the second part of the other one" );
}

} // end namespace farsa