Package ec.parsimony

Class TarpeianStatistics

java.lang.Object

ec.Statistics

ec.parsimony.TarpeianStatistics

All Implemented Interfaces:

Setup, Singleton, Serializable

public class TarpeianStatistics
extends Statistics

This Statistics subclass implements Poli's "Tarpeian" method of parsimony control, whereby some kill-proportion of above-average-sized individuals in each subpopulation have their fitnesses set to a very bad value, and marks them as already evaluated (so the Evaluator can skip them). The specific individuals in this proportion is determined at random.

Different Fitnesses have different meanings of the word "bad". At present, we set the fitness to -Double.MAX_VALUE if it's a SimpleFitness, and set it to Double.MAX_VALUE if it's a KozaFitnesss. If it's any other kind of Fitness, an error is reported. You can override the "bad-setter" function setMinimumFitness(...) to make other kinds of fitness bad in different ways. In the future we may revisit how to set Fitnesses to "bad" in a more general way if this becomes an issue.

Tarpeian is implemented as a Statistics. Why? Because we need to mark individuals as evaluated prior to the Evaluator getting to them, and also need to keep track of the total proportion marked as such. We considered doing this as a SelectionMethod, as a BreedingPipeline, as a Breeder, and as an Evaluator. None are good options really -- Evaluator is the best approach but it means we have special Tarpeian Evaluators, so it's no longer orthogonal with other Evaluators. Eventually we settled on the one object which has the right hooks and can be easily stuck onto the system without modifying anything in a special-purpose way: a Statistics object.

All you need to do is add TarpeianStatistics as a child to your existing Statistics chain. If you have one existing Statistics, then you just add the parameters stat.num-children=1 and stat.child.0=ec.parsimony.TarpeianStatistics You'll also need to specify the kill proportion (for example, stat.child.0.kill-proportion=0.2 )

Parameters

base.kill-proportion 0 < int < 1

(proportion of above-average-sized individuals killed)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	P_KILL_PROPORTION	one in n individuals are killed

Fields inherited from class ec.Statistics

children, P_CHILD, P_MUZZLE, P_NUMCHILDREN, P_SILENT, P_SILENT_FILE, P_SILENT_PRINT, silentFile, silentPrint

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TarpeianStatistics()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	preEvaluationStatistics(EvolutionState state)	Marks a proportion (killProportion) of individuals with above-average size (within their own subpopulation) to a minimum value.
void	setMinimumFitness(EvolutionState state, int subpopulation, Individual ind)	Sets the fitness of an individual to the minimum fitness possible.
void	setup(EvolutionState state, Parameter base)	Sets up the object by reading it from the parameters stored in state, built off of the parameter base base.

Methods inherited from class ec.Statistics

enteringInitialPopulationStatistics, enteringSteadyStateStatistics, finalStatistics, generationBoundaryStatistics, individualsBredStatistics, individualsEvaluatedStatistics, postBreedingStatistics, postCheckpointStatistics, postEvaluationStatistics, postInitializationStatistics, postPostBreedingExchangeStatistics, postPreBreedingExchangeStatistics, preBreedingStatistics, preCheckpointStatistics, preInitializationStatistics, prePostBreedingExchangeStatistics, prePreBreedingExchangeStatistics

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

P_KILL_PROPORTION

public static final String P_KILL_PROPORTION

one in n individuals are killed

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

TarpeianStatistics

public TarpeianStatistics()

Method Details

setup

public void setup(EvolutionState state,
 Parameter base)

Description copied from interface: Setup

Sets up the object by reading it from the parameters stored in state, built off of the parameter base base. If an ancestor implements this method, be sure to call super.setup(state,base); before you do anything else.

Specified by:

setup in interface Setup

Overrides:

setup in class Statistics

preEvaluationStatistics

public void preEvaluationStatistics(EvolutionState state)

Marks a proportion (killProportion) of individuals with above-average size (within their own subpopulation) to a minimum value.

Overrides:

preEvaluationStatistics in class Statistics

setMinimumFitness

public void setMinimumFitness(EvolutionState state,
 int subpopulation,
 Individual ind)

Sets the fitness of an individual to the minimum fitness possible. If the fitness is of type ec.simple.SimpleFitness, that minimum value is -Double.MAX_VALUE; If the fitness is of type ec.gp.koza.KozaFitness, that minimum value is Double.MAX_VALUE; Else, a fatal error is reported. You need to override this method if you're using any other type of fitness.