/// <summary>
/// Performs multiple generations of the evolutionary algorithm.
/// </summary>
public void evolve(int generations)
{
for (int j = 0; j < generations; j++)
{
oneGeneration(j);
}
LogOutput.Close();
XmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
XmlGenomeWriterStatic.Write(XmlDoc, (NeatGenome)EA.BestGenome, ActivationFunctionFactory.GetActivationFunction("NullFn"));
OutputFileInfo = new FileInfo(Path.Combine(OutputFolder, "bestGenome.xml"));
XmlDoc.Save(OutputFileInfo.FullName);
//if doing novelty search, write out archive
if (experiment.DefaultNeatParameters.noveltySearch)
{
XmlDocument archiveout = new XmlDocument();
XmlPopulationWriter.WriteGenomeList(archiveout, EA.noveltyFixed.archive);
OutputFileInfo = new FileInfo(Path.Combine(OutputFolder, "archive.xml"));
archiveout.Save(OutputFileInfo.FullName);
}
// dump the MapElites grid contents (empty if we aren'type doing ME and we aren'type tracking ME-style-grid for some other algorithm)
XmlDocument gridout = new XmlDocument();
XmlPopulationWriter.WriteGenomeList(gridout, EA.meDumpGrid());
OutputFileInfo = new FileInfo(Path.Combine(OutputFolder, "finalgrid.xml"));
gridout.Save(OutputFileInfo.FullName);
}
