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PathOperator |
Base class of the local search operators dedicated to path modifications
(a path is a set of nodes linked together by arcs).
This family of neighborhoods supposes they are handling next variables
representing the arcs (var[i] represents the node immediately after i on
a path).
Several services are provided:
- arc manipulators (SetNext(), ReverseChain(), MoveChain())
- path inspectors (Next(), Prev(), IsPathEnd())
- path iterators: operators need a given number of nodes to define a
neighbor; this class provides the iteration on a given number of (base)
nodes which can be used to define a neighbor (through the BaseNode method)
Subclasses only need to override MakeNeighbor to create neighbors using
the services above (no direct manipulation of assignments).
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