/// <summary>
/// Passes the reset on to the list of cells
/// </summary>
/// <summary>
/// Implements the following table for affinities:
/// Affinity table- Affinity A, B, result (new affinity, Chromosome, conj. Chromosome)
/// 00 00 00 A and[not] B
/// 00 01 01 A and[not] B
/// 00 10 10 B and[not] A
/// 00 11 Chromosomes laid out vertically
/// 01 00 01 B and[not] A
/// 01 01 Chromosomes laid out vertically
/// 01 10 11 B and[not] A
/// 01 11 Chromosomes laid out vertically
/// 10 00 10 A and[not] B
/// 10 01 11 A and[not] B
/// 10 10 Chromosomes laid out vertically
/// 10 11 Chromosomes laid out vertically
/// 11 00 Chromosomes laid out vertically
/// 11 01 Chromosomes laid out vertically
/// 11 10 Chromosomes laid out vertically
/// 11 11 Chromosomes laid out vertically
/// </summary>
/// <param name="a">Chromosome A(above)</param>
/// <param name="b">Chromosome B(above)</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Chromosome[] Merge(Chromosome a, Chromosome b)
{
Affinities aAffinity = (Affinities)a.affinityBits.BitsToString().BinaryStringToInt();
Affinities bAffinity = (Affinities)b.affinityBits.BitsToString().BinaryStringToInt();
BitArray result = AffinityBitsFromAffinity(aAffinity | bAffinity);
Affinities order = aAffinity | bAffinity;
Chromosome[] ret;
if (aAffinity == Affinities.complete || bAffinity == Affinities.complete ||
(aAffinity == bAffinity && bAffinity != Affinities.dontCare))
{//if both are competing for the same position, vertical
ret = new Chromosome[2];
ret[0] = a.deepCopy();
ret[1] = b.deepCopy();
}
else if (bAffinity == Affinities.first || aAffinity == Affinities.last)
{ //B and [not] A
ret = new Chromosome[1];
ret[0] = new Chromosome(b.cells);
ret[0] = JoinCells(ret[0], a);
ret[0].affinityBits = AffinityBitsFromAffinity(bAffinity);
ret[0].classBits = b.classBits;
ret[0].updateCellNum();
}
else
{
ret = new Chromosome[1];
ret[0] = new Chromosome(a.cells);
ret[0] = JoinCells(ret[0], b);
ret[0].affinityBits = AffinityBitsFromAffinity(aAffinity);
ret[0].classBits = a.classBits;
ret[0].updateCellNum();
//A and [not] B
}
return(ret);
}
public void AddChromosome(Chromosome x)
{
x.updateCellNum();
myChromosomes.Add(x.deepCopy());
}
