source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Problems.TestFunctions/3.3/Improvers/SingleObjectiveTestFunctionImprovementOperator.cs @ 8987

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using System;
using System.Reflection;
using HeuristicLab.Common;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Data;
using HeuristicLab.Encodings.RealVectorEncoding;
using HeuristicLab.Operators;
using HeuristicLab.Optimization;
using HeuristicLab.Parameters;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;

namespace HeuristicLab.Problems.TestFunctions {
  /// <summary>
  /// An operator that improves test functions solutions.
  /// </summary>
  /// <remarks>
  /// It is implemented as described in Laguna, M. and Martí, R. (2003). Scatter Search: Methodology and Implementations in C. Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series, Vol. 24. Springer.<br />
  /// The operator uses an implementation of the Nelder-Mead method with adaptive parameters as described in Gao, F. and Han, L. (2010). Implementing the Nelder-Mead simplex algorithm with adaptive parameters. Computational Optimization and Applications, Vol. 51. Springer. and conducts relection, expansion, contraction and reduction on the test functions solution.
  /// </remarks>
  [Item("SingleObjectiveTestFunctionImprovementOperator", "An operator that improves test functions solutions. It is implemented as described in Laguna, M. and Martí, R. (2003). Scatter Search: Methodology and Implementations in C. Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series, Vol. 24. Springer.")]
  [StorableClass]
  public sealed class SingleObjectiveTestFunctionImprovementOperator : SingleSuccessorOperator, ISingleObjectiveImprovementOperator {
    #region Parameter properties
    public IValueParameter<DoubleValue> AlphaParameter {
      get { return (IValueParameter<DoubleValue>)Parameters["Alpha"]; }
    }
    public IValueParameter<DoubleValue> BetaParameter {
      get { return (IValueParameter<DoubleValue>)Parameters["Beta"]; }
    }
    public IValueLookupParameter<DoubleMatrix> BoundsParameter {
      get { return (IValueLookupParameter<DoubleMatrix>)Parameters["Bounds"]; }
    }
    public ScopeParameter CurrentScopeParameter {
      get { return (ScopeParameter)Parameters["CurrentScope"]; }
    }
    public IValueParameter<DoubleValue> DeltaParameter {
      get { return (IValueParameter<DoubleValue>)Parameters["Delta"]; }
    }
    public IValueLookupParameter<ISingleObjectiveTestFunctionProblemEvaluator> EvaluatorParameter {
      get { return (IValueLookupParameter<ISingleObjectiveTestFunctionProblemEvaluator>)Parameters["Evaluator"]; }
    }
    public IValueParameter<DoubleValue> GammaParameter {
      get { return (IValueParameter<DoubleValue>)Parameters["Gamma"]; }
    }
    public IValueLookupParameter<IntValue> ImprovementAttemptsParameter {
      get { return (IValueLookupParameter<IntValue>)Parameters["ImprovementAttempts"]; }
    }
    public IValueLookupParameter<IItem> SolutionParameter {
      get { return (IValueLookupParameter<IItem>)Parameters["Solution"]; }
    }
    #endregion

    #region Properties
    private DoubleValue Alpha {
      get { return AlphaParameter.Value; }
    }
    private DoubleValue Beta {
      get { return BetaParameter.Value; }
    }
    private DoubleMatrix Bounds {
      get { return BoundsParameter.ActualValue; }
    }
    public IScope CurrentScope {
      get { return CurrentScopeParameter.ActualValue; }
    }
    private DoubleValue Delta {
      get { return DeltaParameter.Value; }
    }
    public ISingleObjectiveTestFunctionProblemEvaluator Evaluator {
      get { return EvaluatorParameter.ActualValue; }
    }
    private DoubleValue Gamma {
      get { return GammaParameter.Value; }
    }
    public IntValue ImprovementAttempts {
      get { return ImprovementAttemptsParameter.ActualValue; }
    }
    #endregion

    [StorableConstructor]
    private SingleObjectiveTestFunctionImprovementOperator(bool deserializing) : base(deserializing) { }
    private SingleObjectiveTestFunctionImprovementOperator(SingleObjectiveTestFunctionImprovementOperator original, Cloner cloner) : base(original, cloner) { }
    public SingleObjectiveTestFunctionImprovementOperator()
      : base() {
      #region Create parameters
      Parameters.Add(new ValueParameter<DoubleValue>("Alpha", new DoubleValue(1.0)));
      Parameters.Add(new ValueParameter<DoubleValue>("Beta", new DoubleValue(2.0)));
      Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter<DoubleMatrix>("Bounds", "The lower and upper bounds in each dimension."));
      Parameters.Add(new ScopeParameter("CurrentScope", "The current scope that contains the solution to be improved."));
      Parameters.Add(new ValueParameter<DoubleValue>("Delta", new DoubleValue(0.5)));
      Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter<ISingleObjectiveTestFunctionProblemEvaluator>("Evaluator", "The operator used to evaluate solutions."));
      Parameters.Add(new ValueParameter<DoubleValue>("Gamma", new DoubleValue(0.5)));
      Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter<IntValue>("ImprovementAttempts", "The number of improvement attempts the operator should perform.", new IntValue(100)));
      Parameters.Add(new ValueLookupParameter<IItem>("Solution", "The solution to be improved. This parameter is used for name translation only."));
      #endregion
    }

    public override IDeepCloneable Clone(Cloner cloner) {
      return new SingleObjectiveTestFunctionImprovementOperator(this, cloner);
    }

    public override IOperation Apply() {
      RealVector bestSol = CurrentScope.Variables[SolutionParameter.ActualName].Value as RealVector;
      if (bestSol == null)
        throw new ArgumentException("Cannot improve solution because it has the wrong type.");

      MethodInfo evaluationMethod = Evaluator.GetType().GetMethod("EvaluateFunction",
                                                                  BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic,
                                                                  null,
                                                                  new[] { typeof(RealVector) },
                                                                  null);
      Func<RealVector, double> functionEvaluator = x => (double)evaluationMethod.Invoke(Evaluator, new object[] { x });
      double bestSolQuality = functionEvaluator(bestSol);

      // create perturbed solutions
      RealVector[] simplex = new RealVector[bestSol.Length];
      for (int i = 0; i < simplex.Length; i++) {
        simplex[i] = bestSol.Clone() as RealVector;
        simplex[i][i] += 0.1 * (Bounds[0, 1] - Bounds[0, 0]);
        if (simplex[i][i] > Bounds[0, 1]) simplex[i][i] = Bounds[0, 1];
        if (simplex[i][i] < Bounds[0, 0]) simplex[i][i] = Bounds[0, 0];
      }

      // improve solutions
      for (int i = 0; i < ImprovementAttempts.Value; i++) {
        // order according to their objective function value
        Array.Sort(simplex, (x, y) => functionEvaluator(x).CompareTo(functionEvaluator(y)));

        // calculate centroid
        RealVector centroid = new RealVector(bestSol.Length);
        foreach (var vector in simplex)
          for (int j = 0; j < centroid.Length; j++)
            centroid[j] += vector[j];
        for (int j = 0; j < centroid.Length; j++)
          centroid[j] /= simplex.Length;

        // reflection
        RealVector reflectionPoint = new RealVector(bestSol.Length);
        for (int j = 0; j < reflectionPoint.Length; j++)
          reflectionPoint[j] = centroid[j] + Alpha.Value * (centroid[j] - simplex[simplex.Length - 1][j]);
        double reflectionPointQuality = functionEvaluator(reflectionPoint);
        if (functionEvaluator(simplex[0]) <= reflectionPointQuality
            && reflectionPointQuality < functionEvaluator(simplex[simplex.Length - 2]))
          simplex[simplex.Length - 1] = reflectionPoint;

        // expansion
        if (reflectionPointQuality < functionEvaluator(simplex[0])) {
          RealVector expansionPoint = new RealVector(bestSol.Length);
          for (int j = 0; j < expansionPoint.Length; j++)
            expansionPoint[j] = centroid[j] + Beta.Value * (reflectionPoint[j] - centroid[j]);
          simplex[simplex.Length - 1] = functionEvaluator(expansionPoint) < reflectionPointQuality ? expansionPoint : reflectionPoint;
        }

        // contraction
        if (functionEvaluator(simplex[simplex.Length - 2]) <= reflectionPointQuality
            && reflectionPointQuality < functionEvaluator(simplex[simplex.Length - 1])) {
          RealVector outsideContractionPoint = new RealVector(bestSol.Length);
          for (int j = 0; j < outsideContractionPoint.Length; j++)
            outsideContractionPoint[j] = centroid[j] + Gamma.Value * (reflectionPoint[j] - centroid[j]);
          if (functionEvaluator(outsideContractionPoint) <= reflectionPointQuality) {
            simplex[simplex.Length - 1] = outsideContractionPoint;
            if (functionEvaluator(reflectionPoint) >= functionEvaluator(simplex[simplex.Length - 1])) {
              RealVector insideContractionPoint = new RealVector(bestSol.Length);
              for (int j = 0; j < insideContractionPoint.Length; j++)
                insideContractionPoint[j] = centroid[j] - Gamma.Value * (reflectionPoint[j] - centroid[j]);
              if (functionEvaluator(insideContractionPoint) < functionEvaluator(simplex[simplex.Length - 1])) simplex[simplex.Length - 1] = insideContractionPoint;
            }
          }
        }

        // reduction
        for (int j = 1; j < simplex.Length; j++)
          for (int k = 0; k < simplex[j].Length; k++)
            simplex[j][k] = simplex[0][k] + Delta.Value * (simplex[j][k] - simplex[0][k]);
      }

      for (int i = 0; i < simplex[0].Length; i++) {
        if (simplex[0][i] > Bounds[0, 1]) simplex[0][i] = Bounds[0, 1];
        if (simplex[0][i] < Bounds[0, 0]) simplex[0][i] = Bounds[0, 0];
      }

      CurrentScope.Variables[SolutionParameter.ActualName].Value = simplex[0];
      CurrentScope.Variables.Add(new Variable("LocalEvaluatedSolutions", ImprovementAttempts));

      return base.Apply();
    }
  }
}