/**
* Reproduce method that generates a new <code>Chrome</code> object from the two given ones.
*
* @param x First <code>Chrome</code> object
* @param y Second <code>Chrome</code> object
* @return The <code>Chrome</code> object which was created from <code>x</code> and <code>y</code>
*/
public Chrome reproduce(Chrome x, Chrome y) {
Random r = new Random();
CustomMap childGenes = new CustomMap();
// Randomly choose the intersection point
int intersectionPoint = r.nextInt(x.getSize());
for (int i = 0; i < intersectionPoint; i++) {
childGenes.addKey(x.getMapKey(i));
childGenes.addValue(x.getMapValue(i));
}
for (int i = intersectionPoint; i < x.getSize(); i++) {
childGenes.addKey(y.getMapKey(i));
childGenes.addValue(y.getMapValue(i));
}
return new Chrome(childGenes, mRooms, mInstructors, mSlots);
}
