private void Start(int numberOfAnts, int numberOfIterations)
{
List <Ant> antColony = AntColonyManager.CreateAntColony(numberOfAnts, MatrixSize, RandomGenerator);
for (int iterationCounter = 0; iterationCounter < numberOfIterations; iterationCounter++)
{
for (int visitedCityCounter = 0; visitedCityCounter < MatrixSize; visitedCityCounter++)
{
for (int antCounter = 0; antCounter < numberOfAnts; antCounter++)
{
int nextCityIDForCurrentAnt;
if (visitedCityCounter == (MatrixSize - 1))
{
nextCityIDForCurrentAnt = antColony[antCounter].visitedCitiesIdList.First();
}
else
{
var probabilityList = CalculateNextCitiesProbability(antColony[antCounter]);
nextCityIDForCurrentAnt = ChooseNextCityForAnt(antColony[antCounter], probabilityList);
}
MoveAntToNextCity(antColony[antCounter], nextCityIDForCurrentAnt);
}
PheromoneMatrixManager.UpdatePhermoneMatrixByEvaporation(PheromoneMatrix, EvaporationValue);
}
CheckIfBetterSolutionWasFound(antColony, iterationCounter);
AntColonyManager.ResetAntColonyMemory(antColony, MatrixSize, RandomGenerator);
}
}
private void GeneratePrerequisite(string fileName)
{
var fileReader = new FileReader(fileName);
DistanceMatrix = fileReader.CreateDistanceMatrix();
MatrixSize = fileReader.GetMatrixSize();
PheromoneMatrix = PheromoneMatrixManager.CreatePhermoneMatrix(MatrixSize, StartingPheromoneValue);
BestFoundRoute = new List <int>();
}
