public void Reproduce(List <StringTrait> mothers, List <StringTrait> fathers, List <char> characters)
{
Traits = new List <StringTrait>();
var paternal = false;
foreach (var character in characters)
{
var mWeighting = mothers.First(g => g.Character == character).Weighting;
var fWeighting = fathers.First(g => g.Character == character).Weighting;
//var weighting = (mWeighting + fWeighting + Random.Next(-Variance, Variance) / 2);
var weighting = (mWeighting + Random.Next(-Variance, Variance) / 2);
if (paternal)
{
weighting = (fWeighting + Random.Next(-Variance, Variance) / 2);
}
weighting = weighting > 100 ? 100 : weighting;
weighting = weighting < 0 ? 0 : weighting;
var gene = new StringTrait()
{
Random = new Random(Random.Next()),
Character = character,
Weighting = weighting
};
Traits.Add(gene);
paternal = !paternal;
}
}
public void ResetGenes(List <char> characters)
{
Traits = new List <StringTrait>();
foreach (var character in characters)
{
var gene = new StringTrait()
{
Random = new Random(Random.Next()),
Character = character,
Weighting = Random.Next(1, 100)
};
Traits.Add(gene);
}
}
public StringTrait GetWeightedRandomGene()
{
var total = Traits.Sum(g => g.Weighting);
var selected = Random.Next(0, total);
StringTrait output = null;
foreach (var gene in Traits)
{
if (selected < gene.Weighting)
{
output = gene;
break;
}
selected = selected - gene.Weighting;
}
return(output);
}
