private void btnSearchStart_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (_eaRunner is not null)
{ // Resume existing EA & update GUI state.
_eaRunner.StartOrResume();
UpdateUIState();
return;
}
// Get the current neat experiment, with parameters set from the UI.
INeatExperiment <double> neatExperiment = GetNeatExperiment();
// Create evolution algorithm and runner.
NeatEvolutionAlgorithm <double> ea = NeatUtils.CreateNeatEvolutionAlgorithm(neatExperiment, _neatPop);
ea.Initialise();
_eaRunner = new EvolutionAlgorithmRunner(ea, UpdateScheme.CreateTimeSpanUpdateScheme(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1)));
// Attach event listeners.
_eaRunner.UpdateEvent += _eaRunner_UpdateEvent;
// Start the algorithm & update GUI state.
_eaRunner.StartOrResume();
UpdateUIState();
}
private void btnSearchReset_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Clear down any EA related state.
if (_eaRunner is not null)
{
// Note. Dispose here will wait for the termination of the background thread use to run the EA.
_eaRunner.Dispose();
_eaRunner = null;
}
_neatPop = null;
// Reset/update UI state.
Logger.Clear();
UpdateUIState();
UpdateUIState_ResetStats();
// Clear/reset child forms (those that are open).
if (_bestGenomeForm is not null)
{
_bestGenomeForm.Genome = null;
}
// Time series forms.
if (_fitnessTimeSeriesForm is not null)
{
_fitnessTimeSeriesForm.Clear();
}
if (_complexityTimeSeriesForm is not null)
{
_complexityTimeSeriesForm.Clear();
}
if (_evalsPerSecTimeSeriesForm is not null)
{
_evalsPerSecTimeSeriesForm.Clear();
}
// Rankings forms.
if (_speciesSizeRankForm is not null)
{
_speciesSizeRankForm.Clear();
}
if (_speciesFitnessRankForm is not null)
{
_speciesFitnessRankForm.Clear();
}
if (_speciesComplexityRankForm is not null)
{
_speciesComplexityRankForm.Clear();
}
if (_genomeFitnessRankForm is not null)
{
_genomeFitnessRankForm.Clear();
}
if (_genomeComplexityRankForm is not null)
{
_genomeComplexityRankForm.Clear();
}
// Take the opportunity to clean-up the heap.
GC.Collect(GC.MaxGeneration, GCCollectionMode.Forced, true, true);
}
