public int CompareTo(Organism <T> other)
{
//sorts by fitness in decending order
return(-fit.CompareTo(other.fit));
}
private void CreateOffspring()
{
//obtains a working genome to be used as scratch
T best = pop[champ].Genome;
T scratch = best.Clone();
//now we can start creating offspring
foreach (var spec in species)
{
//there are no more dead to be reborn
if (deadpool.Count == 0)
{
break;
}
int nchild = spec.NumChildren;
for (int i = 0; i < nchild; i++)
{
//obtains a dead creature to be reborn
if (deadpool.Count == 0)
{
break;
}
Organism <T> rep = deadpool.Pop();
//handels the generation of offspring
Procreate(spec, rep, scratch);
//calculates fitness and updates the organism
double fitness = fitf(scratch);
rep.Update(scratch, fitness);
//updates the champ if this new creature is better
if (fitness > pop[champ].TrueFit)
{
champ = rep.Index;
}
//the organisim is born again
babies.Add(fitness, rep);
rep.Marked = false;
}
}
//we need to take care of the rest of the dead
while (deadpool.Count > 0)
{
//obtains a dead creature to be reborn
Organism <T> rep = deadpool.Pop();
//creates a new random creature
scratch.Overwrite(best);
scratch.Randomize(rng);
//calculates fitness and updates the organism
double fitness = fitf(scratch);
rep.Update(scratch, fitness);
//updates the champ if this new creature is better
if (fitness > pop[champ].TrueFit)
{
champ = rep.Index;
}
//the organisim is born again
babies.Add(fitness, rep);
rep.Marked = false;
}
}
