/*
* Generate a population of random bits using a random seed
* Parameters: populationSize, chromosomeLength
* Return: boolean
*/
bool Population::generate(size_t populationSize, size_t chromosomeLength) {
random_device rd;
mt19937 gen(rd());
bernoulli_distribution dist; //Bernoulli distribution of type bool
for (size_t i = 0; i < populationSize; i++) {
Chromosome chromosome;
chromosome.reserve(chromosomeLength);
for (size_t j = 0; j < chromosomeLength; j++) {
chromosome.push_back(dist(gen)); ///generate a random bool
}
population.push_back(chromosome);
}
return true;
}
/*
* Generate a population of random bits using a specific seed
* Parameters: populationSize, chromosomeLength, seed value
* Return: boolean
*/
bool Population::generate(size_t populationSize, size_t chromosomeLength, string seedValue) {
seed_seq seed(seedValue.begin(), seedValue.end()); //Use the seed value instead of random_device
mt19937 gen(seed);
bernoulli_distribution dist; //Bernoulli distribution of type bool
for(size_t i = 0; i < populationSize; i++){
Chromosome chromosome;
chromosome.reserve(chromosomeLength);
for(size_t j = 0; j<chromosomeLength; j++){
chromosome.push_back(dist(gen)); ///generate a random bool
}
population.push_back(chromosome);
}
return true;
}
