Main
Class AbstractRun

java.lang.Object
  Main.State
      Main.AbstractRun

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Run, Tutorial4, Tutorial5, Tutorial6, Tutorial7

public abstract class AbstractRun
extends State

AbstractRun class. Read the parameters. Some classes are dynamically loaded.

Author:

erik

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected Collector	collector
protected Initialiser	initialiser
protected java.util.Properties	properties
protected java.lang.String	propertiesFilePath
protected java.lang.String	stdErr
protected java.lang.String	stdOut

Fields inherited from class Main.State

algorithm, rng

Constructor Summary

AbstractRun()
Creates a new instance of AbstractRun

Method Summary

protected boolean	commandLineArgs(java.lang.String[] args) Read the commandline arguments.
protected boolean	foundOptimum(boolean stopWhenSolved, StatCatcher stats) Check if the global optimum value has been found
protected IndividualCatcher	getBestIndiv()
protected Collector	getCollector() helper method for getting the StatisticsCollectionOperation
protected CrossoverOperation	getCrossoverOperation(RandomNumberGenerator rng, java.util.Properties p)
protected FitnessFunction	getFitnessFunction(java.util.Properties p) Load the fitness class according to the parameters
protected GEGrammar	getGEGrammar(java.util.Properties p) Load a GEGrammar.
protected Initialiser	getInitialiser(GEGrammar g, RandomNumberGenerator rng, java.util.Properties p) Load and initialise the initialiser class according to the parameters Defualt initialiser is the RandomInitialiser.
protected JoinOperator	getJoinOperator(java.util.Properties p, RandomNumberGenerator rng, Population incPop, ReplacementOperation rO) Load the fitness class according to the parameters
protected MutationOperation	getMutationOperation(RandomNumberGenerator rng, java.util.Properties p)
protected SelectionOperation	getSelectionOperation(java.util.Properties p, RandomNumberGenerator rng) Load the fitness class according to the parameters
protected void	init() Runs the init pipeline.
protected void	printStuff() Prints the collected statistics
protected void	readProperties(java.lang.String[] args) Read the default properties.
protected int	run() Run the loop pipeline.
protected void	setOutput()
abstract void	setup(java.lang.String[] args) Setup the algorithm.

Methods inherited from class Main.State

experiment, getAlgorithm, load, save

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

propertiesFilePath

protected java.lang.String propertiesFilePath

initialiser

protected Initialiser initialiser

properties

protected java.util.Properties properties

stdOut

protected java.lang.String stdOut

stdErr

protected java.lang.String stdErr

collector

protected Collector collector

Constructor Detail

AbstractRun

public AbstractRun()

Creates a new instance of AbstractRun

Method Detail

setup

public abstract void setup(java.lang.String[] args)

Setup the algorithm. Read the properties. Create the modules(Operators) and operations

Specified by:

setup in class State

Parameters:

args - arguments

getFitnessFunction

protected FitnessFunction getFitnessFunction(java.util.Properties p)

Load the fitness class according to the parameters

Parameters:

p - Properties

Returns:

FitnessFunction

getGEGrammar

protected GEGrammar getGEGrammar(java.util.Properties p)

Load a GEGrammar. Default is Mapper.GEGrammar

Parameters:

p - properties file

Returns:

GEGrammar, null if getProperty failed

getInitialiser

protected Initialiser getInitialiser(GEGrammar g,
                                     RandomNumberGenerator rng,
                                     java.util.Properties p)

Load and initialise the initialiser class according to the parameters Defualt initialiser is the RandomInitialiser. To add other initialisers expand the if-statement with another clause

Parameters:

g - GEGrammar

rng - RandomNumberGenerator

p - Properties

Returns:

Intialiser

getSelectionOperation

protected SelectionOperation getSelectionOperation(java.util.Properties p,
                                                   RandomNumberGenerator rng)

Load the fitness class according to the parameters

Parameters:

rng - RandomNumberGenerator

p - Properties

Returns:

SelectionOperation

getJoinOperator

protected JoinOperator getJoinOperator(java.util.Properties p,
                                       RandomNumberGenerator rng,
                                       Population incPop,
                                       ReplacementOperation rO)

Load the fitness class according to the parameters

Parameters:

p - Properties

rng - RandomNumberGenerator

incPop - incomming population

rO - replacement operation

Returns:

SelectionOperation

init

protected void init()

Runs the init pipeline. Prints statistics from the init pipeline

printStuff

protected void printStuff()

Prints the collected statistics

getBestIndiv

protected IndividualCatcher getBestIndiv()

run

protected int run()

Run the loop pipeline.

Returns:

int number of iterations

foundOptimum

protected boolean foundOptimum(boolean stopWhenSolved,
                               StatCatcher stats)

Check if the global optimum value has been found

Parameters:

stopWhenSolved - if algorithm should terminate when the global optimum is found

stats - stataistics collection

Returns:

if global optimum has been found

getMutationOperation

protected MutationOperation getMutationOperation(RandomNumberGenerator rng,
                                                 java.util.Properties p)

getCrossoverOperation

protected CrossoverOperation getCrossoverOperation(RandomNumberGenerator rng,
                                                   java.util.Properties p)

getCollector

protected Collector getCollector()

helper method for getting the StatisticsCollectionOperation

Returns:

Collector collector module

commandLineArgs

protected boolean commandLineArgs(java.lang.String[] args)

Read the commandline arguments. Find if -h is called. Find if properties field is given Prints the usage help

Parameters:

args - Command-line arguments

Returns:

booelan value of success

readProperties

protected void readProperties(java.lang.String[] args)

Read the default properties. Replace or add properties from the command line. If the file is not found on the file system class loading from the jar is tried

Parameters:

args - arguments

setOutput

protected void setOutput()