/// <summary>
/// Starts the TSP algorithm.
/// To stop before all generations are calculated, set <see cref="Halt"/> to true.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="populationSize">Number of random tours to create before starting the algorithm.</param>
/// <param name="maxGenerations">Number of times to perform the crossover operation before stopping.</param>
/// <param name="groupSize">Number of tours to examine in each generation. Top 2 are chosen as the parent tours whose children replace the worst 2 tours in the group.</param>
/// <param name="mutation">Odds that a child tour will be mutated..</param>
/// <param name="iterationForConverge">Iteration for converge...</param>
/// <param name="seed">Seed for the random number generator.</param>
/// <param name="chanceToUseCloseCity">The odds (out of 100) that a city that is known to be close will be used in any given link.</param>
/// <param name="cityList">List of cities in the tour.</param>
public void Begin(int populationSize, int maxGenerations, int groupSize, int mutation, int iterationForConverge, int seed, int chanceToUseCloseCity, Cities cityList)
{
rand = new Random(seed);
this.cityList = cityList;
population = new Population();
population.CreateRandomPopulation(populationSize, cityList, rand, chanceToUseCloseCity);
displayTour(population.BestTour, 0, false);
bool foundNewBestTour = false;
TspForm tspform = new TspForm();
int ItterForStop = 0;
int Waiter = 0;
for (generation = 0; generation < maxGenerations; generation++)
{
Waiter += 1;
if (Waiter >= 100)
{
if (TspForm.iteration == 0 || generation >= 50 && generation <= maxGenerations / 100)
{
TspForm.iteration = generation;
}
if (TspForm.iteration != generation)
{
double stop_work = TspForm.iteration - generation / 1.4;
if (stop_work <= 0)
{
ItterForStop += 1;
}
}
if (ItterForStop == iterationForConverge)
{
Halt = true;//Break the algorithm if we found the best tour
}
}
if (Halt)
{
break; // GUI has requested we exit.
}
foundNewBestTour = makeChildren(groupSize, mutation);
if (foundNewBestTour)
{
displayTour(population.BestTour, generation, false);
}
}
displayTour(population.BestTour, generation, true);
}
/// <summary>
/// Open the XML file that contains the list of cities.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fileName">Name of the XML file.</param>
/// <returns>The city list.</returns>
/// <exception cref="FileNotFoundException">fileName parameter is invalid.</exception>
/// <exception cref="InvalidCastException">XML File is not properly formatted.</exception>
public void OpenCityList(string fileName)
{
DataSet cityDS = new DataSet();
try
{
TspForm tspform = new TspForm();
if (TspForm.use_xml_or_kml == true)
{
this.Clear();
cityDS.ReadXml(fileName);
DataRowCollection cities = cityDS.Tables[0].Rows;
foreach (DataRow city in cities)
{
this.Add(new City(Convert.ToInt32(city["X"], CultureInfo.CurrentCulture), Convert.ToInt32(city["Y"], CultureInfo.CurrentCulture)));
}
}
else
{
this.Clear();
XmlDocument xml_doc = new XmlDocument();
xml_doc.Load(fileName);
//Get Main nodes from kml
XmlNodeList Main_nodes = xml_doc.GetElementsByTagName("Document");
//We go in a loop the path to the tag we need(Document/Placemark/LookAt(longitude and latitude ))
foreach (XmlNode First_child in Main_nodes)
{
foreach (XmlNode Second_child in First_child.ChildNodes)
{
if (Second_child.Name == "Folder")
{
foreach (XmlNode Thrid_child in Second_child.ChildNodes)
{
if (Thrid_child.Name == "Placemark")
{
foreach (XmlNode Fourth_child in Thrid_child.ChildNodes)
{
if (Fourth_child.Name == "Point")
{
foreach (XmlNode Fifth_child in Fourth_child.ChildNodes)
{
//Get the cordinates like 31.28600940737578,51.50013904238215,0
if (Fifth_child.Name == "coordinates")//X and Y
{
//Split and get 31.28600940737578
split_cordinates_all = Fifth_child.InnerText.Split(',');
//Now we get 31 and
split_cordinates_x = split_cordinates_all[0].Split('.');
// 28600940737578
split_cordinates_y = split_cordinates_all[1].Split('.');
//Console.WriteLine(split_cordinates_x[0] + "." + split_cordinates_x[1] +
//"," + split_cordinates_y[0] + "." + split_cordinates_y[1]);
}
}
// Add to the city list integer cordinates
this.Add(new City(Convert.ToInt32(split_cordinates_x[0], CultureInfo.CurrentCulture), Convert.ToInt32(split_cordinates_y[0], CultureInfo.CurrentCulture)));
// Add to the city list fraction cordinates
TspForm.fraction_cordinates.Add(new TspForm.Fraction_Cordinates()
{
fraction_x = split_cordinates_x[1],
fraction_y = split_cordinates_y[1]
});
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
finally
{
cityDS.Dispose();
}
}