src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/genetics/BinaryMutation.java

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package org.apache.commons.math.genetics;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Mutation for {@link BinaryChromosome}s. Randomly changes one gene.
 *
 * @version $Revision: 811685 $ $Date: 2009-09-05 19:36:48 +0200 (sam. 05 sept. 2009) $
 * @since 2.0
 */
public class BinaryMutation implements MutationPolicy {

    /**
     * Mutate the given chromosome. Randomly changes one gene.
     * @param original the original chromosome.
     * @return the mutated chromomsome.
     */
    public Chromosome mutate(Chromosome original) {
        if (!(original instanceof BinaryChromosome)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Binary mutation works on BinaryChromosome only.");
        }

        BinaryChromosome origChrom = (BinaryChromosome) original;
        List<Integer> newRepr = new ArrayList<Integer>(origChrom.getRepresentation());

        // randomly select a gene
        int geneIndex = GeneticAlgorithm.getRandomGenerator().nextInt(origChrom.getLength());
        // and change it
        newRepr.set(geneIndex, origChrom.getRepresentation().get(geneIndex) == 0 ? 1 : 0);

        Chromosome newChrom = origChrom.newFixedLengthChromosome(newRepr);
        return newChrom;
    }

}