SelectProportion.java

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package org.encog.neural.neat.training.opp.links;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;

import org.encog.ml.ea.train.EvolutionaryAlgorithm;
import org.encog.neural.neat.training.NEATGenome;
import org.encog.neural.neat.training.NEATLinkGene;

/**
 * Select a random proportion of links to mutate.
 * 
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~kstanley/ Encog's NEAT implementation was drawn from
 * the following three Journal Articles. For more complete BibTeX sources, see
 * NEATNetwork.java.
 * 
 * Evolving Neural Networks Through Augmenting Topologies
 * 
 * Generating Large-Scale Neural Networks Through Discovering Geometric
 * Regularities
 * 
 * Automatic feature selection in neuroevolution
 */
public class SelectProportion implements SelectLinks, Serializable {
	
	/**
	 * The portion of the links to mutate. 0.0 for none, 1.0 for all.
	 */
	private double proportion;
	
	/**
	 * The trainer.
	 */
	private EvolutionaryAlgorithm trainer;
	
	/**
	 * Select based on proportion.
	 * @param theProportion The proportion to select from.
	 */
	public SelectProportion(double theProportion) {
		this.proportion = theProportion;
	}
	
	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	@Override
	public void init(EvolutionaryAlgorithm theTrainer) {
		this.trainer = theTrainer;
	}
	
	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	@Override
	public List<NEATLinkGene> selectLinks(Random rnd, NEATGenome genome) {
		List<NEATLinkGene> result = new ArrayList<NEATLinkGene>();
		
		boolean mutated = false;
		
		for (final NEATLinkGene linkGene : genome.getLinksChromosome()) {
			if (rnd.nextDouble() < this.proportion) {
				mutated = true;
				result.add(linkGene);	
			}
		}
		
		if( !mutated ) {
			int idx = rnd.nextInt(genome.getLinksChromosome().size());
			NEATLinkGene linkGene  = genome.getLinksChromosome().get(idx);
			result.add(linkGene);	
		}
		
		return result;
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	@Override
	public EvolutionaryAlgorithm getTrainer() {
		return trainer;
	}
	
	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	@Override
	public String toString() {
		StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
		result.append("[");
		result.append(this.getClass().getSimpleName());
		result.append(":proportion=");
		result.append(this.proportion);
		result.append("]");
		return result.toString();
	}
	
	
}