Algorithm::Evolutionary::Experiment - Class for setting up an experiment with algorithms and population
use Algorithm::Evolutionary::Experiment; my $popSize = 20; my $indiType = 'BitString'; my $indiSize = 64; #Algorithm might be anything of type Op my $ex = new Algorithm::Evolutionary::Experiment $popSize, $indiType, $indiSize, $algorithm;
Experiment contains an algorithm and a population, and applies one to the other. Contains both as instance variables. Can be serialized using XML, and can read an XML description of the experiment.
Creates a new experiment. An Experiment has two parts: the population and the algorithm. The population is created from a set of parameters: popSize, indiType and indiSize, and an array of algorithms that will be applied sequentially. Alternatively, if only operators are passed as an argument, it is understood as an array of algorithms (including, probably, initialization of the population).
Experiment
Creates a new experiment, same as before, but with an XML specification. An example of it follows:
<ea xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation='ea-alpha.xsd' version='0.2'> <initial> <pop size='20'> <section name='indi'> <param name='type' value='BitString' /> <param name='length' value='64' /> </section> </pop> <op name='Easy' type='unary'> <param name='selrate' value='0.4' /> <param name='maxgen' value='100' /> <code type='eval' language='perl'> <src><![CDATA[ #source goes here ]]> </src> </code> <op name='GaussianMutation' type='unary' rate='1'> <param name='avg' value='0' /> <param name='stddev' value='0.1' /> </op> <op name='VectorCrossover' type='binary' rate='1'> <param name='numpoints' value='1' /> </op> </op> </initial> </ea>
This is an alternative constructor. Takes a well-formed string with the XML spec, which should have been done according to EvoSpec 0.3, or the same string processed with XML::Parser::EasyTree, and returns a built experiment
XML::Parser::EasyTree
Applies the different operators in the order that they appear; returns the population as a ref-to-array.
Opposite of fromXML; serializes the object in XML. First the operators, and then the population
Algorithm::Evolutionary::Run , another option for setting up experiments
This file is released under the GPL. See the LICENSE file included in this distribution, or go to http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.txt CVS Info: $Date: 2009/07/24 09:10:09 $ $Header: /cvsroot/opeal/Algorithm-Evolutionary/lib/Algorithm/Evolutionary/Experiment.pm,v 3.2 2009/07/24 09:10:09 jmerelo Exp $ $Author: jmerelo $ $Revision: 3.2 $
To install Algorithm::Evolutionary, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Algorithm::Evolutionary
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Algorithm::Evolutionary
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.