NAME

POE::Component::Algorithm::Evolutionary - Run evolutionary algorithms in a preemptive multitasking way.

VERSION

This document describes POE::Component::Algorithm::Evolutionary version 0.0.3

SYNOPSIS

  use POE::Component::Algorithm::Evolutionary;

  use Algorithm::Evolutionary qw( Individual::BitString Op::Creator 
                                  Op::CanonicalGA Op::Bitflip 
                                  Op::Crossover Op::GenerationalTerm
                                  Fitness::Royal_Road);

  my $bits = shift || 64;
  my $block_size = shift || 4;
  my $pop_size = shift || 256; #Population size
  my $numGens = shift || 200; #Max number of generations
  my $selection_rate = shift || 0.2;

  #Initial population
  my $creator = new Algorithm::Evolutionary::Op::Creator( $pop_size, 'BitString', { length => $bits });

  # Variation operators
  my $m = Algorithm::Evolutionary::Op::Bitflip->new( 1 );
  my $c = Algorithm::Evolutionary::Op::Crossover->new(2, 4);

  # Fitness function: create it and evaluate
  my $rr = new  Algorithm::Evolutionary::Fitness::Royal_Road( $block_size );

  my $generation = Algorithm::Evolutionary::Op::CanonicalGA->new( $rr , $selection_rate , [$m, $c] ) ;
  my $gterm = new Algorithm::Evolutionary::Op::GenerationalTerm 10;

  POE::Component::Algorithm::Evolutionary->new( Fitness => $rr,
                                                Creator => $creator,
                                                Single_Step => $generation,
                                                Terminator => $gterm,
                                                Alias => 'Canonical' );


  $poe_kernel->run();

DESCRIPTION

Not a lot here: it creates a component that uses POE to run an evolutionary algorithm

INTERFACE

AUTOLOAD

Automatically defines accesors for instance variables. For instance, $session->Fitness() would return the fitness object, of $self->Population() return the population hashref.

new

POE::Component::Algorithm::Evolutionary->new( Fitness => $rr, Creator => $creator, Single_Step => $generation, Terminator => $gterm, Alias => 'Canonical', After_Step => $after_step_code);

It's called with all components needed to run an evolutionary algorithm; to keep everything flexible they are created in advance. See the scripts/ directory for an example.

new_population

Called with a hashref to the new population to incorporate

start

Called internally for initializing population

generation

This is run once for each generation, until end condition is met

after_step

Run always after each generation, with hooks so that you can add your own code. The first argument for the subroutine will be a population hash, and the second the argument that the event receives.

finishing

Called when everything is over. Prints winner

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

POE::Component::Algorithm::Evolutionary requires no configuration files or environment variables.

DEPENDENCIES

Main dependence is Algorithm::Evolutionary; however, it's not included by default, since you must pick and choose the modules you are going to actually use.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

No bugs have been reported.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-poe-component-algorithm-evolutionary@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

AUTHOR

JJ Merelo <jj@merelo.net>

Boilerplate taken from article in perl.com

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2009, JJ Merelo <jj@merelo.net>. All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.

  CVS Info: $Date: 2009/02/13 09:22:57 $ 
  $Header: /cvsroot/opeal/POE-Component-Algorithm-Evolutionary/lib/POE/Component/Algorithm/Evolutionary.pm,v 1.9 2009/02/13 09:22:57 jmerelo Exp $ 
  $Author: jmerelo $ 
  $Revision: 1.9 $ ' 

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cpanm POE::Component::Algorithm::Evolutionary

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install POE::Component::Algorithm::Evolutionary