public void Run()
{
bool confirm = false;
while (confirm == false)
{
Console.WriteLine("Please Enter the number of cities the salesman will visit");
cityCount = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
Console.WriteLine("Please Enter the number of solutions per generation");
population = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
Console.WriteLine("Please enter the total number of generations to create");
generations = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
Console.WriteLine("Please enter, in decimal format, the mutation rate.");
mutationRate = Convert.ToDouble(Console.ReadLine());
Console.WriteLine("Please enter a seed value");
seed = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine($"The salesman will visit {cityCount} cities.");
Console.WriteLine($"The location of these cities will be generated with the seed value {seed}.");
Console.WriteLine($"There will be {population} solutions generated, and {generations} generations overall. ");
Console.WriteLine($"This will cause a total of {population * generations} solution objects to be created.");
Console.WriteLine($"{mutationRate * 100}% of solution objects generated after the initial generation will be mutated.");
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine($"Do you wish to proceed? [Y/N]");
if (Console.ReadLine() == "y" || Console.ReadLine() == "Y")
{
confirm = true;
}
}
generator.Generate(population, generations, cityCount, mutationRate, seed);
Solution bestFit = generator.GetBestFit();
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
foreach (string location in bestFit.path)
{
sb.Append($"{location} ");
}
Console.WriteLine($"The best solution, after {generations} generations, is thus");
Console.WriteLine($"PATH : {sb.ToString()}");
Console.WriteLine($"DISTANCE : {bestFit.distance}");
Console.WriteLine($"ID : {bestFit.id}");
Console.ReadLine();
}
