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#endregion
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using HeuristicLab.Common;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Data;
using HeuristicLab.Operators;
using HeuristicLab.Parameters;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;
namespace HeuristicLab.Selection {
[Item("EvolutionStrategyOffspringSelector", "Selects among the offspring population those that are designated successful and discards the unsuccessful offspring, except for some lucky losers. It expects the parent scopes to be below the first sub-scope, and offspring scopes to be below the second sub-scope separated again in two sub-scopes, the first with the failed offspring and the second with successful offspring.")]
[StorableClass]
public class EvolutionStrategyOffspringSelector : SingleSuccessorOperator {
private class QualityComparer : IComparer {
#region IComparer Member
private String qualityParameterName;
public QualityComparer(String qualityParamName) {
this.qualityParameterName = qualityParamName;
}
public int Compare(IScope x, IScope y) {
IVariable quality1, quality2;
if (x.Variables.TryGetValue(qualityParameterName, out quality1)
&& y.Variables.TryGetValue(qualityParameterName, out quality2)) {
DoubleValue dblVal = quality1.Value as DoubleValue;
DoubleValue dblVal2 = quality2.Value as DoubleValue;
return dblVal.CompareTo(dblVal2);
}
else
throw new Exception("ERROR!!! Quality Param: "+qualityParameterName);
}
#endregion
}
public ValueLookupParameter MaximumSelectionPressureParameter {
get { return (ValueLookupParameter)Parameters["MaximumSelectionPressure"]; }
}
public ValueLookupParameter SuccessRatioParameter {
get { return (ValueLookupParameter)Parameters["SuccessRatio"]; }
}
public LookupParameter SelectionPressureParameter {
get { return (ValueLookupParameter)Parameters["SelectionPressure"]; }
}
public LookupParameter CurrentSuccessRatioParameter {
get { return (LookupParameter)Parameters["CurrentSuccessRatio"]; }
}
public LookupParameter> OffspringPopulationParameter {
get { return (LookupParameter>)Parameters["OffspringPopulation"]; }
}
public LookupParameter> OffspringVirtualPopulationParameter {
get { return (LookupParameter>)Parameters["OffspringVirtualPopulation"]; }
}
public LookupParameter OffspringPopulationWinnersParameter {
get { return (LookupParameter)Parameters["OffspringPopulationWinners"]; }
}
public ScopeTreeLookupParameter SuccessfulOffspringParameter {
get { return (ScopeTreeLookupParameter)Parameters["SuccessfulOffspring"]; }
}
public OperatorParameter OffspringCreatorParameter {
get { return (OperatorParameter)Parameters["OffspringCreator"]; }
}
public LookupParameter EvaluatedSolutionsParameter {
get { return (LookupParameter)Parameters["EvaluatedSolutions"]; }
}
private LookupParameter MaximumEvaluatedSolutionsParameter {
get { return (LookupParameter)Parameters["MaximumEvaluatedSolutions"]; }
}
public ILookupParameter QualityParameter {
get { return (ILookupParameter)Parameters["Quality"]; }
}
public IOperator OffspringCreator {
get { return OffspringCreatorParameter.Value; }
set { OffspringCreatorParameter.Value = value; }
}
[StorableConstructor]
protected EvolutionStrategyOffspringSelector(bool deserializing) : base(deserializing) { }
protected EvolutionStrategyOffspringSelector(EvolutionStrategyOffspringSelector original, Cloner cloner) : base(original, cloner) { }
public override IDeepCloneable Clone(Cloner cloner) {
return new EvolutionStrategyOffspringSelector(this, cloner);
}
public EvolutionStrategyOffspringSelector()
: base() {
Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("MaximumSelectionPressure", "The maximum selection pressure which prematurely terminates the offspring selection step."));
Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("SuccessRatio", "The ratio of successful offspring that has to be produced."));
Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("SelectionPressure", "The amount of selection pressure currently necessary to fulfill the success ratio."));
Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("CurrentSuccessRatio", "The current success ratio indicates how much of the successful offspring have already been generated."));
Parameters.Add(new LookupParameter>("OffspringPopulation", "Temporary store of the offspring population."));
Parameters.Add(new LookupParameter>("OffspringVirtualPopulation", "Temporary store of the offspring population."));
Parameters.Add(new LookupParameter("OffspringPopulationWinners", "Temporary store the number of successful offspring in the offspring population."));
Parameters.Add(new ScopeTreeLookupParameter("SuccessfulOffspring", "True if the offspring was more successful than its parents.", 2));
Parameters.Add(new OperatorParameter("OffspringCreator", "The operator used to create new offspring."));
Parameters.Add(new LookupParameter("EvaluatedSolutions", "The number of times solutions have been evaluated."));
Parameters.Add(new LookupParameter("MaximumEvaluatedSolutions", "The maximum number of evaluated solutions (approximately)."));
Parameters.Add(new LookupParameter("Quality", "The quality of a child"));
}
public override IOperation Apply() {
double maxSelPress = MaximumSelectionPressureParameter.ActualValue.Value;
double successRatio = SuccessRatioParameter.ActualValue.Value;
IScope scope = ExecutionContext.Scope;
IScope parents = scope.SubScopes[0];
IScope offspring = scope.SubScopes[1];
int populationSize = parents.SubScopes.Count;
// retrieve actual selection pressure and success ratio
DoubleValue selectionPressure = SelectionPressureParameter.ActualValue;
if (selectionPressure == null) {
selectionPressure = new DoubleValue(0);
SelectionPressureParameter.ActualValue = selectionPressure;
}
DoubleValue currentSuccessRatio = CurrentSuccessRatioParameter.ActualValue;
if (currentSuccessRatio == null) {
currentSuccessRatio = new DoubleValue(0);
CurrentSuccessRatioParameter.ActualValue = currentSuccessRatio;
}
// retrieve next population
ItemList population = OffspringPopulationParameter.ActualValue;
ItemList virtual_population = OffspringVirtualPopulationParameter.ActualValue;
IntValue successfulOffspring;
if (population == null) {
population = new ItemList();
OffspringPopulationParameter.ActualValue = population;
selectionPressure.Value = 0; // initialize selection pressure for this round
currentSuccessRatio.Value = 0; // initialize current success ratio for this round
successfulOffspring = new IntValue(0);
OffspringPopulationWinnersParameter.ActualValue = successfulOffspring;
virtual_population = new ItemList();
OffspringVirtualPopulationParameter.ActualValue = virtual_population;
} else successfulOffspring = OffspringPopulationWinnersParameter.ActualValue;
int successfulOffspringNeeded = (int)((successRatio) * populationSize) - (successfulOffspring.Value);
int successfulOffspringAdded = 0;
// implement the ActualValue fetch here - otherwise the parent scope would also be included, given that there may be 1000 or more parents, this is quite unnecessary
string tname = SuccessfulOffspringParameter.TranslatedName;
double tmpSelPress = selectionPressure.Value, tmpSelPressInc = 1.0 / populationSize;
for (int i = 0; i < offspring.SubScopes.Count; i++) {
// fetch value
IVariable tmpVar;
if (!offspring.SubScopes[i].Variables.TryGetValue(tname, out tmpVar)) throw new InvalidOperationException(Name + ": Could not determine if an offspring was successful or not.");
BoolValue tmp = (tmpVar.Value as BoolValue);
if (tmp == null) throw new InvalidOperationException(Name + ": The variable that indicates whether an offspring is successful or not must contain a BoolValue.");
// add to population
if (tmp.Value) {
IScope currentOffspring = offspring.SubScopes[i];
offspring.SubScopes.Remove(currentOffspring);
i--;
population.Add(currentOffspring);
successfulOffspringAdded++;
}
else {
IScope currentOffspring = offspring.SubScopes[i];
offspring.SubScopes.Remove(currentOffspring);
i--;
virtual_population.Add(currentOffspring);
}
tmpSelPress += tmpSelPressInc;
double tmpSuccessRatio = (successfulOffspring.Value+successfulOffspringAdded) / ((double)populationSize);
if (tmpSuccessRatio >= successRatio && (population.Count + virtual_population.Count) >= populationSize)
break;
}
successfulOffspring.Value += successfulOffspringAdded;
// calculate actual selection pressure and success ratio
selectionPressure.Value = tmpSelPress;
currentSuccessRatio.Value = successfulOffspring.Value / ((double)populationSize);
// check if enough children have been generated (or limit of selection pressure or evaluted solutions is reached)
if (((EvaluatedSolutionsParameter.ActualValue.Value < MaximumEvaluatedSolutionsParameter.ActualValue.Value)
&& (selectionPressure.Value < maxSelPress)
&& (currentSuccessRatio.Value < successRatio))
|| ((population.Count + virtual_population.Count) < populationSize)) {
// more children required -> reduce left and start children generation again
scope.SubScopes.Remove(parents);
scope.SubScopes.Remove(offspring);
while (parents.SubScopes.Count > 0) {
IScope parent = parents.SubScopes[0];
parents.SubScopes.RemoveAt(0);
scope.SubScopes.Add(parent);
}
IOperator moreOffspring = OffspringCreatorParameter.ActualValue as IOperator;
if (moreOffspring == null) throw new InvalidOperationException(Name + ": More offspring are required, but no operator specified for creating them.");
return ExecutionContext.CreateOperation(moreOffspring);
} else {
// enough children generated
QualityComparer qualityComparer = new QualityComparer(QualityParameter.TranslatedName);
population.Sort(qualityComparer);
//only keep minimum best successful children in population
int removed = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < population.Count; i++) {
double tmpSuccessRatio = i / (double)populationSize;
if (tmpSuccessRatio > successRatio) {
virtual_population.Add(population[i]);
removed++;
}
}
population.RemoveRange(population.Count - removed, removed);
//fill up population with best remaining children (successful or unsuccessful)
virtual_population.Sort(qualityComparer);
int offspringNeeded = populationSize - population.Count;
for (int i = 0; i < offspringNeeded && i < virtual_population.Count; i++) {
population.Add(virtual_population[i]);
}
offspring.SubScopes.Clear();
offspring.SubScopes.AddRange(population);
scope.Variables.Remove(OffspringPopulationParameter.TranslatedName);
scope.Variables.Remove(OffspringVirtualPopulationParameter.TranslatedName);
scope.Variables.Remove(OffspringPopulationWinnersParameter.TranslatedName);
return base.Apply();
}
}
}
}