Package ec.vector

Class IntegerVectorSpecies

java.lang.Object
ec.Species
ec.vector.VectorSpecies
ec.vector.IntegerVectorSpecies
All Implemented Interfaces:
Prototype, Setup, Serializable, Cloneable
Direct Known Subclasses:
DOVSSpecies, GESpecies, PBILSpecies

public class IntegerVectorSpecies extends VectorSpecies
IntegerVectorSpecies is a subclass of VectorSpecies with special constraints for integral vectors, namely ByteVectorIndividual, ShortVectorIndividual, IntegerVectorIndividual, and LongVectorIndividual.

IntegerVectorSpecies can specify a number of parameters globally, per-segment, and per-gene. See VectorSpecies for information on how to this works.

IntegerVectorSpecies defines a minimum and maximum gene value. These values are used during initialization and, depending on whether mutation-bounded is true, also during various mutation algorithms to guarantee that the gene value will not exceed these minimum and maximum bounds.

IntegerVectorSpecies provides support for two ways of mutating a gene.

  • reset Replacing the gene's value with a value uniformly drawn from the gene's range (the default behavior).
  • random-walkReplacing the gene's value by performing a random walk starting at the gene value. The random walk either adds 1 or subtracts 1 (chosen at random), then does a coin-flip to see whether to continue the random walk. When the coin-flip finally comes up false, the gene value is set to the current random walk position.

IntegerVectorSpecies performs gene initialization by resetting the gene.

Parameters

base.min-gene   or
base.segment.segment-number.min-gene   or
base.min-gene.gene-number
long (default=0)
(the minimum gene value)
 
base.max-gene   or
base.segment.segment-number.max-gene   or
base.max-gene.gene-number
long >= base.min-gene
(the maximum gene value)
 
base.mutation-type   or
base.segment.segment-number.mutation-type   or
base.mutation-prob.gene-number
reset or random-walk (default=reset)
(the mutation type)
 
base.random-walk-probability   or
base.segment.segment-number.random-walk-probability   or
base.random-walk-probability.gene-number
0.0 <= double <= 1.0
(the probability that a random walk will continue. Random walks go up or down by 1.0 until the coin flip comes up false.)
 
base.mutation-bounded   or
base.segment.segment-number.mutation-bounded   or
base.mutation-bounded.gene-number
boolean (default=true)
(whether mutation is restricted to only being within the min/max gene values. Does not apply to SimulatedBinaryCrossover (which is always bounded))
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  • Field Details

    • P_MINGENE

      public static final String P_MINGENE
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    • P_MAXGENE

      public static final String P_MAXGENE
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    • P_NUM_SEGMENTS

      public static final String P_NUM_SEGMENTS
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    • P_SEGMENT_TYPE

      public static final String P_SEGMENT_TYPE
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    • P_SEGMENT_START

      public static final String P_SEGMENT_START
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    • P_SEGMENT_END

      public static final String P_SEGMENT_END
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    • P_SEGMENT

      public static final String P_SEGMENT
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    • P_MUTATIONTYPE

      public static final String P_MUTATIONTYPE
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    • P_RANDOM_WALK_PROBABILITY

      public static final String P_RANDOM_WALK_PROBABILITY
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    • P_MUTATION_BOUNDED

      public static final String P_MUTATION_BOUNDED
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    • V_RESET_MUTATION

      public static final String V_RESET_MUTATION
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    • V_RANDOM_WALK_MUTATION

      public static final String V_RANDOM_WALK_MUTATION
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    • C_RESET_MUTATION

      public static final int C_RESET_MUTATION
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    • C_RANDOM_WALK_MUTATION

      public static final int C_RANDOM_WALK_MUTATION
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    • minGene

      protected long[] minGene
      Min-gene value, per gene. This array is one longer than the standard genome length. The top element in the array represents the parameters for genes in genomes which have extended beyond the genome length.
    • maxGene

      protected long[] maxGene
      Max-gene value, per gene. This array is one longer than the standard genome length. The top element in the array represents the parameters for genes in genomes which have extended beyond the genome length.
    • mutationType

      protected int[] mutationType
      Mutation type, per gene. This array is one longer than the standard genome length. The top element in the array represents the parameters for genes in genomes which have extended beyond the genome length.
    • randomWalkProbability

      protected double[] randomWalkProbability
      The continuation probability for Integer Random Walk Mutation, per gene. This array is one longer than the standard genome length. The top element in the array represents the parameters for genes in genomes which have extended beyond the genome length.
    • mutationIsBounded

      protected boolean[] mutationIsBounded
      Whether mutation is bounded to the min- and max-gene values, per gene. This array is one longer than the standard genome length. The top element in the array represents the parameters for genes in genomes which have extended beyond the genome length.
  • Constructor Details

    • IntegerVectorSpecies

      public IntegerVectorSpecies()
  • Method Details

    • maxGene

      public long maxGene(int gene)
    • minGene

      public long minGene(int gene)
    • mutationType

      public int mutationType(int gene)
    • randomWalkProbability

      public double randomWalkProbability(int gene)
    • mutationIsBounded

      public boolean mutationIsBounded(int gene)
    • inNumericalTypeRange

      public boolean inNumericalTypeRange(double geneVal)
    • inNumericalTypeRange

      public boolean inNumericalTypeRange(long geneVal)
    • setup

      public void setup(EvolutionState state, Parameter base)
      Description copied from class: Species
      The default version of setup(...) loads requested pipelines and calls setup(...) on them and normalizes their probabilities. If your individual prototype might need to know special things about the species (like parameters stored in it), then when you override this setup method, you'll need to set those parameters BEFORE you call super.setup(...), because the setup(...) code in Species sets up the prototype.
      Specified by:
      setup in interface Prototype
      Specified by:
      setup in interface Setup
      Overrides:
      setup in class VectorSpecies
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    • loadParametersForGene

      protected void loadParametersForGene(EvolutionState state, int index, Parameter base, Parameter def, String postfix)
      Description copied from class: VectorSpecies
      Called when VectorSpecies is setting up per-gene and per-segment parameters. The index is the current gene whose parameter is getting set up. The Parameters in question are the bases for the gene. The postfix should be appended to the end of any parameter looked up (it often contains a number indicating the gene in question), such as state.parameters.exists(base.push(P_PARAM).push(postfix), def.push(P_PARAM).push(postfix)

      If you override this method, be sure to call super(...) at some point, ideally first.

      Overrides:
      loadParametersForGene in class VectorSpecies