/// <summary>
/// breads the two NetChromo objects to create a new child NetChromo that inherits traits from both parent NetChromos
/// </summary>
/// <param name="mother">One of the parent NetChromo s</param>
/// <param name="father">The other of the parent NetChromo s</param>
/// <param name="mutationChance">The chance of a mutation happening. [0..1] should be a small value</param>
/// <param name="mutationRate">How large of a chance will happen to a trait if it mutates [0..1] should be a small value</param>
/// <returns>A new NetChromo based of the two parent NetChromos</returns>
public override Chromo breed(Chromo father, double mutationChance, double mutationRate)
{
NetChromo _father = (NetChromo)father;
NetChromo _mother = this;
NetChromo child = new NetChromo(_mother);
for (int a = 0; a < child.chromoData.Length; a++)
{
for (int b = 0; b < child.chromoData[a].Length; b++)
{
for (int c = 0; c < child.chromoData[a][b].Length; c++)
{
// half the time the child should have the farthers gene not the mothers
if (ChromoRand.NextDouble() < 0.5)
{
child.chromoData[a][b][c] = _father.chromoData[a][b][c];
}
// some of the time we will mutate a gene
if (ChromoRand.NextDouble() < mutationChance)
{
child.chromoData[a][b][c] += mutationRate - (2.0 * mutationRate * ChromoRand.NextDouble());
}
}
}
}
return(child);
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts a <see cref="Chromo"/> into a <see cref="Net"/> via the <see cref="IChromosonable"/> interface.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="chromo"> A <see cref="Chromo"/> representing this Net.</param>
/// <returns> A <see cref="Net"/> that the input represented</returns>
public object FromChromo(Chromo chromo)
{
NetChromo netChromo = (NetChromo)chromo;
return(new Net(netChromo.getChromoData()));
}
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="NetChromo"/> class from an existing <see cref="NetChromo"> instance.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="other">this becomes a clone of other</param>
public NetChromo(NetChromo other)
{
this.chromoData = other.chromoData;
}
