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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I am using galib with </span></font><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>GASimpleGA</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> and
</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>GARealGenome:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>This is the short version of
the code that I am using to call the algorithm:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <font
color=green><span style='color:green'>//First the Alleles<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> GARealAlleleSetArray
alleles;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <font
color=green><span style='color:green'>//For all the parameters which are to be optimized
…<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'>for</span></font>(<font color=blue><span
style='color:blue'>int</span></font>
i=0;i<m_params->GetNumberOptParams();i++){<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:70.8pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=green face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:green'>//…add them to the alleles array (passed
params were of course defined and filled before)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:70.8pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>alleles.add(m_fMinValue[i],
m_fMaxValue[i], m_fStepSize[i], bMinbound[i], bMaxbound[i]);<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> }<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> ParamOptimization*
target = <font color=blue><span style='color:blue'>this</span></font>;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <font
color=green><span style='color:green'>//Then the Genome<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> GARealGenome
genome(alleles, EvalGenome,(<font color=blue><span style='color:blue'>void</span></font>
*)target);<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <font
color=green><span style='color:green'>//and the algorithm<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> ga(genome);<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <font
color=green><span style='color:green'>//Set Parameters for the algorithm…<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>GAParameterList
gaparams;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> GASimpleGA::registerDefaultParameters(gaparams);<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> gaparams.set(gaNnGenerations,
m_params->m_iNOGenerations); <font color=green><span style='color:green'>//#of
generations<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> gaparams.set(gaNnBestGenomes,
m_params->m_iNOBestGenomes); <font color=green><span style='color:green'>//#of
best genomes carried over to the next generation<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> gaparams.set(gaNpopulationSize,
m_params->m_iPopulationSize); <font color=green><span style='color:green'>//size
of the population in each generation<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> gaparams.set(gaNscoreFrequency,
m_params->m_iScoreFrequency); <font color=green><span style='color:green'>//How
often to save the scores<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> gaparams.set(gaNflushFrequency,
m_params->m_iFlushFrequency); <font color=green><span style='color:green'>//How
often to flush the scores to drive<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> gaparams.set(gaNselectScores,
(<font color=blue><span style='color:blue'>int</span></font>)GAStatistics::AllScores); <font
color=green><span style='color:green'>//Save all scores<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> gaparams.set(gaNpConvergence,
m_params->m_fConvergencePercentage); <font color=green><span
style='color:green'>//termination condition: convergence percentage <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <font
color=green><span style='color:green'>//Ratio of the Nth previous
best-of-generation score to the current best-of-generation score <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> gaparams.set(gaNnConvergence,
m_params->m_iNConvergence); <font color=green><span style='color:green'>//N
for the convergence stopping criterion<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> gaparams.set(gaNpCrossover,
m_params->m_fCrossoverPercentage); <font color=green><span
style='color:green'>//Percentage of crossovermutations in each generation<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> gaparams.set(gaNpMutation,
m_params->m_fMutationPercentage); <font color=green><span
style='color:green'>//Percentage of mutations in each generation <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> gaparams.set(gaNnPopulations,
m_params->m_iNOPopulations); <font color=green><span style='color:green'>//#
of populations in each generation<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> std::string
outputname = m_params->m_sOutpDir + <font color=maroon><span
style='color:maroon'>"/"</span></font> + m_params->m_sOutpFilestem
+ <font color=maroon><span style='color:maroon'>".gascores"</span></font>;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> gaparams.set(gaNscoreFilename,
outputname.c_str()); <font color=green><span style='color:green'>//Filename
where to save the scores to<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'>if</span></font>(m_params->m_bElitism) {
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> gaparams.set(gaNelitism,
gaTrue); <font color=green><span style='color:green'>//Elitism on
-> Best individual is carried over to the next generation<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> } <font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'>else</span></font> { <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> gaparams.set(gaNelitism,
gaFalse); <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> }<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> ga.parameters(gaparams);<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <font
color=green><span style='color:green'>//Set Minimize or Maximize and evolve<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'>if</span></font>(m_params->m_bMinimize)
{ <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> ga.minimize();
<font color=green><span style='color:green'>//Objective Function (e.g. Error)
is minimized<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> } <font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'>else</span></font> { <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> ga.maximize();
<font color=green><span style='color:green'>//Objective Function (e.g.
Accuracy) is minimized<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> }<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> ga.evolve();<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>In the objective
function after some valid parameterconfigurations I receive a
parameterconfiguration<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Which has only values
of ‘0’, although ‘0’ was not in the valid interval specified
in the initialisation of ‘alleles’!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The following is
a short version of the code I am using for the objective function:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> GARealGenome&
genome = (GARealGenome&)g;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> ParamOptimization
*OptEnv = (ParamOptimization *)g.userData();<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'>for</span></font>(<font color=blue><span
style='color:blue'>int</span></font> i=0; i<genome.length(); i++){<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> OptEnv->m_pCurrentParamConfig[i].m_fValue
= genome.gene(i);<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> }<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'>return</span></font>
OptEnv->EvaluateParamConfig(OptEnv->m_pCurrentParamConfig);<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <font
color=green><span style='color:green'>//Get GAGenome bestIndividual <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=green
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:green'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Hope anybody can
help me out and tell me why this happens.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Thanks for your
time and replies,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Jörg Mennicke<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=green
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:green'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=green
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:green'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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