//randomly swap genes(cities)
private static void Mutate(Route tour)
{
for (int tourPos1 = 0; tourPos1 < tour.tour.Count; tourPos1++)
{
if (rnd.Next(RouteManager.NumberOfCities) < mutationRate)
{
var tourPos2 = rnd.Next(RouteManager.NumberOfCities);
var city1 = tour.GetCity(tourPos1);
var city2 = tour.GetCity(tourPos2);
tour.SetCity(tourPos2, city1);
tour.SetCity(tourPos1, city2);
}
}
}
//Randomly get cities from first parent and insert them into the child
//If there are no cities fill them with the cities from second parent
private static Route Crossover(Route parent1, Route parent2)
{
var child = new Route();
var startPos = rnd.Next(RouteManager.NumberOfCities);
var endPos = rnd.Next(RouteManager.NumberOfCities);
for (int i = 0; i < RouteManager.NumberOfCities; i++)
{
if (startPos < endPos && i > startPos && i < endPos)
{
child.SetCity(i, parent1.GetCity(i));
}
else if (startPos > endPos)
{
if (!(i < startPos && i > endPos))
{
child.SetCity(i, parent1.GetCity(i));
}
}
}
for (int i = 0; i < parent2.tour.Count; i++)
{
if (!child.ContainsCity(parent2.GetCity(i)))
{
for (int j = 0; j < RouteManager.NumberOfCities; j++)
{
//fill the empty genes with the genes of the second parent
if (child.GetCity(j) == null)
{
child.SetCity(j, parent2.GetCity(i));
break;
}
}
}
}
return(child);
}
