// Copyright 2008, 2009 Brady J. Garvin
// This file is part of Covering Arrays by Simulated Annealing (CASA).
// CASA is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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#ifndef GREEDYFILTER_H
#define GREEDYFILTER_H
#include "search/Filter.H"
// A specialization of Filter where only the heuristically best child is
// explored. Furthermore, if given the option to treat the parent as a child,
// the filter will only have the search explore children if at least one of them
// is heuristically better than the parent.
templateclass GreedyFilter :
public Filter {
typedef Heuristic HeuristicT;
typedef Goal GoalT;
public:
void operator()
(std::set&children, const HeuristicT&heuristic, const GoalT&goal)
const {
typename std::set::iterator best = children.end();
COST score = 0;
for(typename std::set::iterator
iterator = children.begin(),
end = children.end();
iterator != end;
++iterator) {
COST estimate = heuristic.estimate(*iterator, goal);
if (best == children.end() || estimate < score) {
best = iterator;
score = estimate;
}
}
for(typename std::set::iterator
iterator = children.begin(),
end = children.end();
iterator != end;){
if (iterator == best) {
++iterator;
} else {
children.erase(iterator++);
}
}
}
};
#endif