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package org.uncommons.watchmaker.framework.islands;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;
import org.uncommons.watchmaker.framework.EvaluatedCandidate;
/**
* Migrates a fixed number of individuals from each island to the adjacent island.
* Operates as if the islands are arranged in a ring with migration occurring in a
* clockwise direction. The individuals to be migrated are chosen completely at random.
* @author Daniel Dyer
*/
public class RingMigration implements Migration<Object>
{
/**
* Migrates a fixed number of individuals from each island to the adjacent island.
* Operates as if the islands are arranged in a ring with migration occurring in a
* clockwise direction. The individuals to be migrated are chosen completely at random.
* @param islandPopulations A list of the populations of each island.
* @param migrantCount The number of (randomly selected) individuals to be moved on from
* each island.
* @param rng A source of randomness.
* @param <S> The type of entity being evolved.
*/
public <S extends Object> void migrate(List<List<EvaluatedCandidate<S>>> islandPopulations, int migrantCount, Random rng)
{
// The first batch of immigrants is from the last island to the first.
List<EvaluatedCandidate<S>> lastIsland = islandPopulations.get(islandPopulations.size() - 1);
Collections.shuffle(lastIsland, rng);
List<EvaluatedCandidate<S>> migrants = lastIsland.subList(lastIsland.size() - migrantCount, lastIsland.size());
for (List<EvaluatedCandidate<S>> island : islandPopulations)
{
// Migrants from the last island are immigrants for this island.
List<EvaluatedCandidate<S>> immigrants = migrants;
if (island != lastIsland) // We've already migrated individuals from the last island.
{
// Select the migrants that will move to the next island to make room for the immigrants here.
// Randomise the population so that there is no bias concerning which individuals are migrated.
Collections.shuffle(island, rng);
migrants = new ArrayList<EvaluatedCandidate<S>>(island.subList(island.size() - migrantCount, island.size()));
}
// Copy the immigrants over the last members of the population (those that are themselves
// migrating to the next island).
for (int i = 0; i < immigrants.size(); i++)
{
island.set(island.size() - migrantCount + i, immigrants.get(i));
}
}
}
}