private List<Schedule> PopulateSchedules(int numberOfGenes, int geneLength)
{
List<Schedule> schedules = new List<Schedule>();
Random r = new Random();
for (int scheduleIdx = 0; scheduleIdx < numberOfSchedules; scheduleIdx++)
{
Schedule schedule = new Schedule();
//If random number is same as number of slots, that's an empty slot (because range starts at 0
//and ends at number of slots - 1 in the slot list).
for (int geneIdx = 0; geneIdx < numberOfGenes; geneIdx++)
{
int random = r.Next(0, numberOfGenes);
schedule.ScheduleString += Helpers.ConvertIntToBinaryString(random, geneLength);
}
schedules.Add(schedule);
}
return schedules;
}
private List<Schedule> CrossOver(List<Schedule> oldPopulation)
{
List<Schedule> newPopulation = new List<Schedule>();
int highestFitness = GetHightestFitness(oldPopulation);
Random r = new Random(DateTime.Now.Millisecond);
bool parentSelected = false;
//Replace all the chromosomes with child chromosomes.
for (int scheduleIdx = 0; scheduleIdx < oldPopulation.Count; scheduleIdx++)
{
Schedule parent1 = new Schedule();
Schedule parent2 = new Schedule();
//Loop through chromosomes twice to pick 2 parents.
for (int parentIdx = 0; parentIdx < 2; parentIdx++)
{
parentSelected = false;
int scheduleIdx2 = 0;
while (parentSelected == false && scheduleIdx2 < oldPopulation.Count)
{
scheduleIdx2++;
Schedule candidate = oldPopulation[r.Next(0, oldPopulation.Count - 1)];
//int fitnessToBeat = r.Next(0, highestFitness);
if (candidate.Fitness >= highestFitness)
{
if (parentIdx == 0)
{
parent1 = candidate;
parentSelected = true;
}
else
{
//Avoid picking same as parent 1.
if (candidate.ScheduleString != parent1.ScheduleString)
{
parent2 = candidate;
parentSelected = true;
}
}
}
}
}
//If we've got to the end of the
//chromosomes without picking parent 2, choose a random parent.
if (!parentSelected)
{
parent2 = oldPopulation[r.Next(0, oldPopulation.Count - 1)];
}
int flipPos = r.Next(0, parent1.ScheduleString.Length);
string newSchedule = parent1.ScheduleString.Substring(0, flipPos) +
parent2.ScheduleString.Substring(flipPos);
Schedule child = new Schedule() { ScheduleString = newSchedule };
newPopulation.Add(child);
}
return newPopulation;
}