HeuristicLab Change Log

HeuristicLab 3.3.2 - Pending

Features and Enhancements:

Ticket	Summary	Component
#925	Enhance visualization of DataTables	Analysis
#1188	Implement population diversity analysis	Analysis
#1234	Implement allele frequency analysis	Analysis
#1287	Enhance visualization of DataTables	Analysis
#1365	Analyzer to calculate the distribution of fitness values in GP	Analysis
#841	Add images from the Visual Studio 2008 image library	Common.Resources
#1241	Set focus in TypeSelector to the textbox	Core.Views
#1399	Locked CheckedItemCollectionView should not disable the contained listview control	Core.Views
#1379	Improve self-adaptive operators in ES	Encodings.RealVectorEncoding
#922	Refactor cloning	General
#959	Correct EventPattern in HL	General
#1155	Review and unify the readonly and locked state of views	General
#1332	Explore approaches to implement fast algorithms	General
#1334	Explore binary serialization as an alternative to serialize Hive jobs	General
#1211	The ViewHost should cache the last displayed view if the content is set to null	MainForm.WindowsForms
#1275	The ProgrammableOperator should be a SingleSuccessorOperator	Operators.Programmable
#1171	Create a base class for problems	Optimization
#1232	Correct bugs of Problem and SingleObjectiveProblem	Optimization
#1135	Improve BubbleChartView and BoxplotView	Optimization.Views
#1253	The RunCollectionTabularView should display some statistical information about the selected cells.	Optimization.Views
#1261	Automatic Coloring in BubbleChart	Optimization.Views
#1262	The BoxPlotView should also show Min and Max in the statistical informations	Optimization.Views
#1284	Improve performance of RunCollectionView	Optimization.Views
#1240	Keyboard shortcuts to close open tabs	Optimizer
#1243	Drop HL-files on the optimizer	Optimizer
#1199	Crossvalidation for DataAnalysis algorithms	Problems.DataAnalysis
#1228	Export functionality for data analysis views: scatter-plot, line-chart, symbolic tree view ...	Problems.DataAnalysis.Views
#1358	RunCollection view for permutation-based variable relevance for symbolic regression runs	Problems.DataAnalysis.Views
#1236	Add best known solution import for the VRP	Problems.VehicleRouting
#1237	Create subclass of chart to implement advanced functionality	Visualization.ChartControlsExtensions
#939	Data types and operators for classification problems	ZZZ OBSOLETE: Problems.DataAnalysis.Classification

Bugs:

Ticket	Summary	Component
#1226	Exception when trying to retrieve the estimated values of a SVM solution	Algorithms.DataAnalysis
#1257	Reset of cross-validation throws exception	Algorithms.DataAnalysis
#1244	Possibly superflous Placeholder	Algorithms.LocalSearch
#1164	Viewing an empty DataTable (with no rows) with a StringConvertibleMatrixView crashes HL	Analysis
#1323	The ItemImage property leads to high memory consumption	Core
#1238	CollectionViews do not update the tooltip of ListViewItems	Core.Views
#1277	Operators SideBar freezes HL when deleting in search box	Core.Views
#1230	Coping (CTRL-C) values from a StringConvertibleMatrixView throws an exception	Data.Views
#1283	StringConvertibleMatrixView can not handle a large amount of columns	Data.Views
#1218	License files for HeuristicLab-3.3 and HeuristicLab.SharpDevelop contain placeholders.	General
#1239	Some plugins have unnecessary or missing references / dependencies	General
#1268	A severe memory leak exists when executing an algorithm multiple times	General
#1301	Description is missing for all plugins	General
#1316	Caching of operators can cause dependency problems	General
#1273	The OperatorGraphVisualization throws an exception if shapes are copied &pasted	Operators.Views.OperatorGraphVisualization
#1409	An exception is thrown when modifying the collected values of a VariableCreator	Operators.Views.OperatorGraphVisualization
#1231	Experiments do not change their ExecutionState correctly	Optimization
#1213	The RunCollectionTabularView throws an exception when the RunCollection gets modified	Optimization.Views
#1225	The status of executables views is not updated correctly	Optimization.Views
#1251	RunCollection tabular view selects different columns when new parameters are added	Optimization.Views
#1264	Runs are not opened after a double click on the row header in the RunCollectionTabularView	Optimization.Views
#1272	The RunCollectionBubbleChart crashes if the jitter is changed bevor the axis have been chosen	Optimization.Views
#1281	Context menu for opening the box plots view is missing in the bubble chart	Optimization.Views
#1249	Optimizer is disabled when HeuristicLab is started on a PC without chart controls	Optimizer
#1311	Icons on start page are resizable on Windows XP	Optimizer
#1259	Import from CSV button is only partially visible in data tab of symbolic regression solution view	Problems.DataAnalysis.Views
#1263	The Import button should not be disabled in the DataAnalysisProblemDataView	Problems.DataAnalysis.Views
#1370	Scaling of SymbolicRegressionTrees when NaN Values occur	ZZZ OBSOLETE: Problems.DataAnalysis.Regression

Tasks:

Ticket	Summary	Component
#1069	Port SymbolicExpressionTree crossover operators from 3.2 to 3.3	Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding
#1274	Remove unused project file in HeuristicLab.Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding	Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding
#915	Remove warnings from HL 3.3 solution	General
#1271	Release HeuristicLab 3.3.2	General
#1280	Fix Netron diagramming library automated build	General
#1285	Write a batch file for compiling without VS2010	General
#1638	Implement unit test to create and run all additional GP samples (in misc folder)	General

HeuristicLab 3.3.1 - September 29th, 2010

Features and Enhancements:

Ticket	Summary	Component
#1030	Add a MaximumEvaluatedSolutions termination criterion to offspring selection algorithms	Algorithms.OffspringSelectionGeneticAlgorithm
#1242	Possibility to specify if DataRow starts with 0 or 1	Analysis
#1127	Export functionality for charts	Analysis.Views
#1129	Correct persistence of constraints	Core
#1143	Contents should not be cloned before they are saved	Core
#1193	Not all items should be savable	Core
#1095	Enable hiding details in collection views	Core.Views
#1156	CollectionViews should call the AdjustListViewColumnSizes method only once	Core.Views
#1162	The type selector dialog should only show instantiable types	Core.Views
#1204	All CollectionView should react on MouseDown instead of SelectedIndexChanged	Core.Views
#414	Implicit type conversion operators for standard C# types to HL3 types	Data
#1201	The StringConvertibleValueView should have a property to indicate if the label is visible	Data.Views
#1067	Translocation Soft Tabu Criterion can be made even softer	Encodings.PermutationEncoding
#1083	Add additional move operators for permutation	Encodings.PermutationEncoding
#1035	Improve description of RealVector Crossovers	Encodings.RealVectorEncoding
#1073	Improve efficiency of symbolic-expression tree encoding	Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding
#1021	Refactor locking / disabling of views in HL 3.3	MainForm.WindowsForms
#1145	The MainForm should set the properties of the ViewHost in the correct order	MainForm.WindowsForms
#842	ProgrammableOperator Overhaul	Operators.Programmable
#1023	Implement UserDefinedProblem	Optimization
#1105	Enable users to choose whether runs should contain a copy of their algorithm or not	Optimization
#1144	The performance of large RunCollections and the according Views must be improved	Optimization
#1106	Implement dialog for creating an experiment for an algorithm	Optimization.Views
#1113	Enable user to choose which parameters are stored in a run	Parameters
#1161	Show concrete data type in value parameters	Parameters.Views
#1138	Improve saving and loading speed	Persistence
#1139	Human-readable XML output	Persistence
#1224	When installing (new) plugins, the Next button behaves in a strange way	PluginInfrastructure
#1011	RunCollection view for variable impact analysis	Problems.DataAnalysis
#1014	View for symbolic expression grammars to customize the list of allowed symbols	Problems.DataAnalysis
#1020	Refactor views for DataAnalysisSolutions	Problems.DataAnalysis
#1026	Improve symbolic regression model simplifier	Problems.DataAnalysis
#1097	Evolutionary feature selection problem	Problems.DataAnalysis
#1267	The SymbolicSimplifier should be able to handle conditionals	Problems.DataAnalysis
#1186	The VariableImpactView does not consider the visibility of Runs	Problems.DataAnalysis.Views
#1219	Row names in results view for data analysis solutions should be improved	Problems.DataAnalysis.Views
#1041	Add converter for symbolic expression trees	Problems.ExternalEvaluation
#1051	Add min and max value of the TestFunction's 2D graphical display	Problems.TestFunctions
#1039	Implement the Vehicle Routing Problem	Problems.VehicleRouting
#1114	Simple PRNG that is more memory-efficient than Mersenne-Twister	Random
#1167	Refactor OKB user authentication	Services.OKB
#1202	Create UnitTest to check all plugin dependencies	Tests
#1009	Operators and algorithm for support vector regression	ZZZ OBSOLETE: Problems.DataAnalysis.Regression
#1010	View for simplification of symbolic regression solutions	ZZZ OBSOLETE: Problems.DataAnalysis.Regression
#1012	Operators and algorithm for linear regression	ZZZ OBSOLETE: Problems.DataAnalysis.Regression
#1036	Variable impacts should be calculated as the integral of relative variable frequencies over a symbolic regression run	ZZZ OBSOLETE: Problems.DataAnalysis.Regression
#1074	Improve efficiency of operators and data-structures for regression problems	ZZZ OBSOLETE: Problems.DataAnalysis.Regression
#1082	Partial evaluation of training samples	ZZZ OBSOLETE: Problems.DataAnalysis.Regression
#1117	Evaluation of symbolic regression solutions based on the correlation coefficient instead of the (scaled) MSE	ZZZ OBSOLETE: Problems.DataAnalysis.Regression

Bugs:

Ticket	Summary	Component
#1037	ES crashes when a SelfAdaptiveManipulator is present without operators to manipulate the strategy parameters	Algorithms.EvolutionStrategy
#1086	LocalSearch doesn't wire the SampleSize parameter	Algorithms.LocalSearch
#1032	BestScopeSolutionAnalyzer does not correctly update BestKnownQuality and BestKnownSolution	Analysis
#1169	ReadOnlyCheckedItemCollection and -List are not correctly cloned and restored	Core
#1207	GA algorithm runtime is O(n^2) with population size	Core
#1100	Details group boxes are not disabled correctly	Core.Views
#1141	CollectionViews do not remove all corresponding ListViewItems when an item is removed from the collection	Core.Views
#1148	Running an experiment may throw an exception when updating the ExecutionTime	Core.Views
#1134	Correct bugs of StringConvertibleMatrixView	Data.Views
#1266	StringConvertibleMatrix view is not updated correctly when the number of columns of the content is increased	Data.Views
#1034	Actual Name of crossovers' parameters is not always equal to the SolutionCreator by default	Encodings.RealVectorEncoding
#1101	RealVector move making is ignoring the problem bounds	Encodings.RealVectorEncoding
#1016	ChangeNodeType mutation operator for GP trees uses function symbols even though they have a ticket count of 0	Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding
#1028	Symbolic expression grammars are not cloned correctly	Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding
#1120	Symbolic expression tree crossover operators swap parent operators before crossing over	Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding
#1122	Exception when assigning some grammars to the FunctionTreeGrammar parameter	Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding
#1214	Unit tests in symbolic expression tree encoding fail.	Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding
#1248	Failing to build x64 configuration on x86 versions of windows	ExtLibs
#1090	Problems replace the operators collection after deserialization	General
#1319	The background of tab pages is not correclty redrawn	General
#1132	The ViewHost sometimes overrides the status of a view (readonly, locked)	MainForm.WindowsForms
#1133	The ViewHost shows a cached View instead of the default View	MainForm.WindowsForms
#1154	InvokeRequired is not checked in the ShowContent method	MainForm.WindowsForms
#1192	The ViewHost does not mark the active view in the context menu for top level views	MainForm.WindowsForms
#1194	Call SetEnabledStateOfControls when a new view is created	MainForm.WindowsForms
#1250	AlgorithmOperator has no storable constructor	Operators
#1027	Exception in Clone when running an algorithm	Optimization
#1111	Experiments and Batchruns do not extract runs of newly added optimizers	Optimization
#1124	RunCollections do not save their specified constraints	Optimization
#1125	The color of runs is not saved	Optimization
#1131	Cloning of a RunCollectionConstraint throws an ArgumentNullException	Optimization
#1222	The ExecutionTime of BatchRuns is wrong	Optimization
#1252	Experiment runs batches again after adding more optimizers	Optimization
#1130	NullReferenceException occurs in RunCollectionConstraintViews	Optimization.Views
#1147	BubbleChart accesses non-existing Runs in a RunCollection if the collection is cleared	Optimization.Views
#1282	Exception in bubble chart when panning wildly	Optimization.Views
#1221	The save ToolBarItems and MenuItems are not disabled when a save operation is in progress	Optimizer
#646	persistence-3.3 is much slower than old persistence	Persistence
#1108	The serialization format of CompactNumberArray2StringSerializer is not compatible with the released version	Persistence
#795	Splash screen fires an InvalidOperationException if the starter is closed immediately after an application is started	PluginInfrastructure
#883	PluginInfrastructure throws an exception in plugin discovery when there are missing references	PluginInfrastructure
#1216	Invalid cross-thread exception when trying to update plugins.	PluginInfrastructure
#1217	List of installed plugins is not refreshed when plugins are updated	PluginInfrastructure
#1220	Plugin infrastructure throws a BadImageFormatException when x86 and x64 plugins are installed side by side.	PluginInfrastructure
#1065	Calculation of relative Error is incorrect in SimpleMeanAbsolutePercentageErrorEvaluator	Problems.DataAnalysis
#1104	Foreign move evaluators appear in Support Vector Machine Parameter Adjustment Problem	Problems.DataAnalysis
#1116	Values calculated by OnlinePearsonRSquaredEvaluator do not match the values calculated by alglib	Problems.DataAnalysis
#1175	The DataAnalysisProblemData storable ctor is private	Problems.DataAnalysis
#1084	Foreign move operators appear within the TSP	Problems.TravelingSalesman
#1103	Solving the ArtificialAntProblem throws an exception	ZZZ OBSOLETE: Problems.ArtificialAnt
#1183	The SymbolicSimplifier creates incorrect simplified models.	ZZZ OBSOLETE: Problems.DataAnalysis.Regression

Tasks:

Ticket	Summary	Component
#43	Automatic daily build and test infrastructure	General
#542	Keep configurations in solution file up to date when new projects are added	General
#666	SVN maintenance	General
#1093	Migrate solution and projects to Visual Studio 2010	General
#1094	Remove and sort usings in entire solution	General
#1160	Move HeuristicLab.Services projects into a separate solution	General
#1182	Correct and improve comments and descriptions	General
#1209	Release HeuristicLab 3.3.1	General
#1203	Prepare plugin infrastructure for next release	PluginInfrastructure
#1165	Review and adapt deployment service	Services.Deployment

HeuristicLab 3.3.0 - May 18th, 2010

HeuristicLab 3.3.0 is the first public release of the new major version.