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If not, see . */ #endregion using HeuristicLab.Common; using HeuristicLab.Core; using HeuristicLab.Data; using HeuristicLab.Operators; using HeuristicLab.Optimization.Operators; using HeuristicLab.Parameters; using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable; using HeuristicLab.Selection; namespace HeuristicLab.Algorithms.EvolutionStrategy { /// /// An operator which represents the main loop of an evolution strategy (EvolutionStrategy). /// [Item("EvolutionStrategyMainLoop", "An operator which represents the main loop of an evolution strategy (EvolutionStrategy).")] [StorableClass] public sealed class EvolutionStrategyMainLoop : AlgorithmOperator { #region Parameter properties public ValueLookupParameter RandomParameter { get { return (ValueLookupParameter)Parameters["Random"]; } } public ValueLookupParameter MaximizationParameter { get { return (ValueLookupParameter)Parameters["Maximization"]; } } public ScopeTreeLookupParameter QualityParameter { get { return (ScopeTreeLookupParameter)Parameters["Quality"]; } } public ValueLookupParameter BestKnownQualityParameter { get { return (ValueLookupParameter)Parameters["BestKnownQuality"]; } } public ValueLookupParameter PopulationSizeParameter { get { return (ValueLookupParameter)Parameters["PopulationSize"]; } } public ValueLookupParameter ParentsPerChildParameter { get { return (ValueLookupParameter)Parameters["ParentsPerChild"]; } } public ValueLookupParameter ChildrenParameter { get { return (ValueLookupParameter)Parameters["Children"]; } } public ValueLookupParameter PlusSelectionParameter { get { return (ValueLookupParameter)Parameters["PlusSelection"]; } } public IValueLookupParameter ReevaluateElitesParameter { get { return (IValueLookupParameter)Parameters["ReevaluateElites"]; } } public ValueLookupParameter MaximumGenerationsParameter { get { return (ValueLookupParameter)Parameters["MaximumGenerations"]; } } public ValueLookupParameter MutatorParameter { get { return (ValueLookupParameter)Parameters["Mutator"]; } } public ValueLookupParameter RecombinatorParameter { get { return (ValueLookupParameter)Parameters["Recombinator"]; } } public ValueLookupParameter EvaluatorParameter { get { return (ValueLookupParameter)Parameters["Evaluator"]; } } public ValueLookupParameter ResultsParameter { get { return (ValueLookupParameter)Parameters["Results"]; } } public ValueLookupParameter AnalyzerParameter { get { return (ValueLookupParameter)Parameters["Analyzer"]; } } public LookupParameter EvaluatedSolutionsParameter { get { return (LookupParameter)Parameters["EvaluatedSolutions"]; } } private ScopeParameter CurrentScopeParameter { get { return (ScopeParameter)Parameters["CurrentScope"]; } } private ValueLookupParameter StrategyParameterManipulatorParameter { get { return (ValueLookupParameter)Parameters["StrategyParameterManipulator"]; } } private ValueLookupParameter StrategyParameterCrossoverParameter { get { return (ValueLookupParameter)Parameters["StrategyParameterCrossover"]; } } public IScope CurrentScope { get { return CurrentScopeParameter.ActualValue; } } #endregion [StorableConstructor] private EvolutionStrategyMainLoop(bool deserializing) : base(deserializing) { } private EvolutionStrategyMainLoop(EvolutionStrategyMainLoop original, Cloner cloner) : base(original, cloner) { } public override IDeepCloneable Clone(Cloner cloner) { return new EvolutionStrategyMainLoop(this, cloner); } public EvolutionStrategyMainLoop() : base() { Initialize(); } [StorableHook(HookType.AfterDeserialization)] private void AfterDeserialization() { // BackwardsCompatibility3.3 #region Backwards compatible code, remove with 3.4 if (!Parameters.ContainsKey("ReevaluateElites")) { Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("ReevaluateElites", "Flag to determine if elite individuals should be reevaluated (i.e., if stochastic fitness functions are used.)")); } #endregion } private void Initialize() { #region Create parameters Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("Random", "A pseudo random number generator.")); Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("Maximization", "True if the problem is a maximization problem, otherwise false.")); Parameters.Add(new ScopeTreeLookupParameter("Quality", "The value which represents the quality of a solution.")); Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("BestKnownQuality", "The best known quality value found so far.")); Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("PopulationSize", "µ (mu) - the size of the population.")); Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("ParentsPerChild", "ρ (rho) - how many parents should be recombined.")); Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("Children", "λ (lambda) - the size of the offspring population.")); Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("MaximumGenerations", "The maximum number of generations which should be processed.")); Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("PlusSelection", "True for plus selection (elitist population), false for comma selection (non-elitist population).")); Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("ReevaluateElites", "Flag to determine if elite individuals should be reevaluated (i.e., if stochastic fitness functions are used.)")); Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("Mutator", "The operator used to mutate solutions.")); Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("Recombinator", "The operator used to cross solutions.")); Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("Evaluator", "The operator used to evaluate solutions. This operator is executed in parallel, if an engine is used which supports parallelization.")); Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("Results", "The variable collection where results should be stored.")); Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("Analyzer", "The operator used to analyze each generation.")); Parameters.Add(new LookupParameter("EvaluatedSolutions", "The number of times solutions have been evaluated.")); Parameters.Add(new ScopeParameter("CurrentScope", "The current scope which represents a population of solutions on which the EvolutionStrategy should be applied.")); Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("StrategyParameterManipulator", "The operator to mutate the endogeneous strategy parameters.")); Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter("StrategyParameterCrossover", "The operator to cross the endogeneous strategy parameters.")); #endregion #region Create operators VariableCreator variableCreator = new VariableCreator(); ResultsCollector resultsCollector1 = new ResultsCollector(); Placeholder analyzer1 = new Placeholder(); WithoutRepeatingBatchedRandomSelector selector = new WithoutRepeatingBatchedRandomSelector(); SubScopesProcessor subScopesProcessor1 = new SubScopesProcessor(); Comparator useRecombinationComparator = new Comparator(); ConditionalBranch useRecombinationBranch = new ConditionalBranch(); ChildrenCreator childrenCreator = new ChildrenCreator(); UniformSubScopesProcessor uniformSubScopesProcessor1 = new UniformSubScopesProcessor(); Placeholder recombinator = new Placeholder(); Placeholder strategyRecombinator = new Placeholder(); Placeholder strategyMutator1 = new Placeholder(); Placeholder mutator1 = new Placeholder(); SubScopesRemover subScopesRemover = new SubScopesRemover(); UniformSubScopesProcessor uniformSubScopesProcessor2 = new UniformSubScopesProcessor(); Placeholder strategyMutator2 = new Placeholder(); Placeholder mutator2 = new Placeholder(); UniformSubScopesProcessor uniformSubScopesProcessor3 = new UniformSubScopesProcessor(); Placeholder evaluator = new Placeholder(); SubScopesCounter subScopesCounter = new SubScopesCounter(); ConditionalBranch plusOrCommaReplacementBranch = new ConditionalBranch(); MergingReducer plusReplacement = new MergingReducer(); RightReducer commaReplacement = new RightReducer(); BestSelector bestSelector = new BestSelector(); RightReducer rightReducer = new RightReducer(); IntCounter intCounter = new IntCounter(); Comparator comparator = new Comparator(); Placeholder analyzer2 = new Placeholder(); ConditionalBranch conditionalBranch = new ConditionalBranch(); ConditionalBranch reevaluateElitesBranch = new ConditionalBranch(); SubScopesProcessor subScopesProcessor2 = new SubScopesProcessor(); UniformSubScopesProcessor uniformSubScopesProcessor4 = new UniformSubScopesProcessor(); Placeholder evaluator2 = new Placeholder(); SubScopesCounter subScopesCounter2 = new SubScopesCounter(); variableCreator.CollectedValues.Add(new ValueParameter("Generations", new IntValue(0))); // Class EvolutionStrategy expects this to be called Generations resultsCollector1.CollectedValues.Add(new LookupParameter("Generations")); resultsCollector1.ResultsParameter.ActualName = "Results"; analyzer1.Name = "Analyzer (placeholder)"; analyzer1.OperatorParameter.ActualName = AnalyzerParameter.Name; selector.Name = "ES Random Selector"; selector.RandomParameter.ActualName = RandomParameter.Name; selector.ParentsPerChildParameter.ActualName = ParentsPerChildParameter.Name; selector.ChildrenParameter.ActualName = ChildrenParameter.Name; useRecombinationComparator.Name = "ParentsPerChild > 1"; useRecombinationComparator.LeftSideParameter.ActualName = ParentsPerChildParameter.Name; useRecombinationComparator.RightSideParameter.Value = new IntValue(1); useRecombinationComparator.Comparison = new Comparison(ComparisonType.Greater); useRecombinationComparator.ResultParameter.ActualName = "UseRecombination"; useRecombinationBranch.Name = "Use Recombination?"; useRecombinationBranch.ConditionParameter.ActualName = "UseRecombination"; childrenCreator.ParentsPerChild = null; childrenCreator.ParentsPerChildParameter.ActualName = ParentsPerChildParameter.Name; recombinator.Name = "Recombinator (placeholder)"; recombinator.OperatorParameter.ActualName = RecombinatorParameter.Name; strategyRecombinator.Name = "Strategy Parameter Recombinator (placeholder)"; strategyRecombinator.OperatorParameter.ActualName = StrategyParameterCrossoverParameter.Name; strategyMutator1.Name = "Strategy Parameter Manipulator (placeholder)"; strategyMutator1.OperatorParameter.ActualName = StrategyParameterManipulatorParameter.Name; mutator1.Name = "Mutator (placeholder)"; mutator1.OperatorParameter.ActualName = MutatorParameter.Name; subScopesRemover.RemoveAllSubScopes = true; strategyMutator2.Name = "Strategy Parameter Manipulator (placeholder)"; strategyMutator2.OperatorParameter.ActualName = StrategyParameterManipulatorParameter.Name; mutator2.Name = "Mutator (placeholder)"; mutator2.OperatorParameter.ActualName = MutatorParameter.Name; uniformSubScopesProcessor3.Parallel.Value = true; evaluator.Name = "Evaluator (placeholder)"; evaluator.OperatorParameter.ActualName = EvaluatorParameter.Name; subScopesCounter.Name = "Increment EvaluatedSolutions"; subScopesCounter.ValueParameter.ActualName = EvaluatedSolutionsParameter.Name; plusOrCommaReplacementBranch.ConditionParameter.ActualName = PlusSelectionParameter.Name; bestSelector.CopySelected = new BoolValue(false); bestSelector.MaximizationParameter.ActualName = MaximizationParameter.Name; bestSelector.NumberOfSelectedSubScopesParameter.ActualName = PopulationSizeParameter.Name; bestSelector.QualityParameter.ActualName = QualityParameter.Name; intCounter.Increment = new IntValue(1); intCounter.ValueParameter.ActualName = "Generations"; comparator.Comparison = new Comparison(ComparisonType.GreaterOrEqual); comparator.LeftSideParameter.ActualName = "Generations"; comparator.ResultParameter.ActualName = "Terminate"; comparator.RightSideParameter.ActualName = MaximumGenerationsParameter.Name; analyzer2.Name = "Analyzer (placeholder)"; analyzer2.OperatorParameter.ActualName = AnalyzerParameter.Name; conditionalBranch.ConditionParameter.ActualName = "Terminate"; reevaluateElitesBranch.ConditionParameter.ActualName = "ReevaluateElites"; reevaluateElitesBranch.Name = "Reevaluate elites ?"; uniformSubScopesProcessor4.Parallel.Value = true; evaluator2.Name = "Evaluator (placeholder)"; evaluator2.OperatorParameter.ActualName = EvaluatorParameter.Name; subScopesCounter2.Name = "Increment EvaluatedSolutions"; subScopesCounter2.ValueParameter.ActualName = EvaluatedSolutionsParameter.Name; #endregion #region Create operator graph OperatorGraph.InitialOperator = variableCreator; variableCreator.Successor = resultsCollector1; resultsCollector1.Successor = analyzer1; analyzer1.Successor = selector; selector.Successor = subScopesProcessor1; subScopesProcessor1.Operators.Add(new EmptyOperator()); subScopesProcessor1.Operators.Add(useRecombinationComparator); subScopesProcessor1.Successor = plusOrCommaReplacementBranch; useRecombinationComparator.Successor = useRecombinationBranch; useRecombinationBranch.TrueBranch = childrenCreator; useRecombinationBranch.FalseBranch = uniformSubScopesProcessor2; useRecombinationBranch.Successor = uniformSubScopesProcessor3; childrenCreator.Successor = uniformSubScopesProcessor1; uniformSubScopesProcessor1.Operator = recombinator; uniformSubScopesProcessor1.Successor = null; recombinator.Successor = strategyRecombinator; strategyRecombinator.Successor = strategyMutator1; strategyMutator1.Successor = mutator1; mutator1.Successor = subScopesRemover; subScopesRemover.Successor = null; uniformSubScopesProcessor2.Operator = strategyMutator2; uniformSubScopesProcessor2.Successor = null; strategyMutator2.Successor = mutator2; mutator2.Successor = null; uniformSubScopesProcessor3.Operator = evaluator; uniformSubScopesProcessor3.Successor = subScopesCounter; evaluator.Successor = null; subScopesCounter.Successor = null; plusOrCommaReplacementBranch.TrueBranch = reevaluateElitesBranch; reevaluateElitesBranch.TrueBranch = subScopesProcessor2; reevaluateElitesBranch.FalseBranch = null; subScopesProcessor2.Operators.Add(uniformSubScopesProcessor4); subScopesProcessor2.Operators.Add(new EmptyOperator()); uniformSubScopesProcessor4.Operator = evaluator2; uniformSubScopesProcessor4.Successor = subScopesCounter2; subScopesCounter2.Successor = null; reevaluateElitesBranch.Successor = plusReplacement; plusOrCommaReplacementBranch.FalseBranch = commaReplacement; plusOrCommaReplacementBranch.Successor = bestSelector; bestSelector.Successor = rightReducer; rightReducer.Successor = intCounter; intCounter.Successor = comparator; comparator.Successor = analyzer2; analyzer2.Successor = conditionalBranch; conditionalBranch.FalseBranch = selector; conditionalBranch.TrueBranch = null; conditionalBranch.Successor = null; #endregion } public override IOperation Apply() { if (MutatorParameter.ActualValue == null) return null; return base.Apply(); } } }