private static void RunCalculationApplication(string exchangeFilePath, BionicSolverSettings settings)
{
string argumentsFormat = settings.CalcApplicationCommandLineArgumentsFormat.Trim();
string arguments = string.Format(argumentsFormat, "\"" + exchangeFilePath + "\"");
ProcessStartInfo externalAppInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
externalAppInfo.FileName = settings.CalcApplicationPath;
externalAppInfo.Arguments = " " + arguments;
externalAppInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
Process extAppProc = Process.Start(externalAppInfo);
extAppProc.WaitForExit();
}
private string CreateExchangeFile(Model optModel, BionicSolverSettings settings)
{
string exchangeFilePath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(settings.CalcApplicationPath), "temp.xml");
modelProvider.Save(optModel, exchangeFilePath);
// Wait for the file to be created and written to disk
// TODO: Looks like a dirty hack. Maybe there is more elegant solution...
while (true)
{
if (File.Exists(exchangeFilePath))
{
break;
}
Thread.Sleep(500);
}
return(exchangeFilePath);
}
public void Solve(BionicModel model, BionicSolverSettings settings)
{
if (model == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("model");
}
if (settings == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("settings");
}
OnSolverStarting(new EventArgs());
IInitialPopulationGenerator initializer = InitialPopulationGeneratorFactory.CreateInitialPopulationGenerator();
ISelector selector = SelectorFactory.CreateSelector();
IBreeder breeder = BreederFactory.CreateBreeder();
// 1. Zeroing generation number
model.CurrentGeneration = 0;
OnSolverStarted(new EventArgs());
// 2. Creating initial population
CopyIndividuals(initializer.GenerateInitialPopulation(settings.InitialPopulationSize, model.Attributes), model.CurrentPopulation);
CalculateFitness(model, model.CurrentPopulation, settings);
model.ApplyFunctionalConstraints();
OnPopulationUpdated(new EventArgs());
while (model.CurrentGeneration < settings.MaxGenerations)
{
// 3. Selecting most fit individuals
IEnumerable <Individual> fitIndividuals = selector.Select(model.CurrentPopulation, model.FitnessCriterion, settings.SelectionCap);
if (fitIndividuals.Count() == 0)
{
OnSolverFinished(new SolverFinishedEventArgs("All individuals are inactive"));
return;
}
// Selected subpopulation will contain only selected active individuals
Population selectedSubPopulation = new Population(fitIndividuals.Count());
foreach (Individual fitIndividual in fitIndividuals)
{
selectedSubPopulation.Add(fitIndividual);
}
// 4. Breeding the selected ones
IEnumerable <Individual> descendants = breeder.Breed(selectedSubPopulation, model.Attributes,
settings.DescendantsRangePercent, settings.DescendantsNum, model.CurrentGeneration + 1);
if (descendants.Count() == 0)
{
OnSolverFinished(new SolverFinishedEventArgs("No descendants was created"));
return;
}
// Descendants subpopulation will contain only new individuals
Population descendantsSubPopulation = new Population(descendants.Count());
foreach (Individual descendant in descendants)
{
descendantsSubPopulation.Add(descendant);
}
// 5. Calculating fitness of the descendants
CalculateFitness(model, descendantsSubPopulation, settings);
// At this point, all descendants are still active, although
// there may be individuals that don't fit f. c.
// 6. Forming new population
if (settings.ApplyElitism)
{
// First unite descendants with their parents (elitism)
// We can do this without fear of ID collision because this
// was taken into account on the breeding step
CopyIndividuals(descendantsSubPopulation, selectedSubPopulation);
// Now this united population becomes current, we just
// throw away old individuals
model.CurrentPopulation.Clear();
CopyIndividuals(selectedSubPopulation, model.CurrentPopulation);
}
else
{
// We throw away parents and old individuals,
// descendants are taking over the place
model.CurrentPopulation.Clear();
CopyIndividuals(descendantsSubPopulation, model.CurrentPopulation);
}
model.ApplyFunctionalConstraints();
// 7. Updating current generation number
model.CurrentGeneration = model.CurrentPopulation.Max(ind => ind.Value.GenerationNumber);
OnPopulationUpdated(new EventArgs());
}
OnSolverFinished(new SolverFinishedEventArgs());
}
private void CalculateFitness(BionicModel model, Population targetPopulation, BionicSolverSettings settings)
{
if (model == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("model");
}
if (targetPopulation == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("targetPopulation");
}
BionicModel tempModel = InitTempBionicModel(model, targetPopulation);
Model optModel = ModelsConverter.BionicModelToModel(tempModel);
string exchangeFilePath = CreateExchangeFile(optModel, settings);
// This call will wait for external application to exit
RunCalculationApplication(exchangeFilePath, settings);
optModel = modelProvider.Load(exchangeFilePath);
foreach (Experiment experiment in optModel.Experiments.Values)
{
targetPopulation[experiment.Id].FitnessValue = experiment.CriterionValues[model.FitnessCriterion.Id];
foreach (TId constraintId in optModel.FunctionalConstraints.Keys)
{
targetPopulation[experiment.Id].ConstraintValues[constraintId] = experiment.ConstraintValues[constraintId];
}
}
}