/// <inheritdoc />
/// <summary>
/// Initializes the MCC maze navigation experiment by reading in all of the configuration parameters and
/// setting up the bootstrapping/initialization algorithm.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The name of the experiment.</param>
/// <param name="xmlConfig">The reference to the XML configuration file.</param>
/// <param name="navigatorEvolutionLogger">The navigator evolution data logger.</param>
/// <param name="navigatorPopulationLogger">The navigator population logger.</param>
/// <param name="navigatorGenomeLogger">The navigator genome logger.</param>
/// <param name="mazeEvolutionLogger">The maze evolution data logger.</param>
/// <param name="mazePopulationLogger">The maze population logger.</param>
/// <param name="mazeGenomeLogger">The maze genome logger.</param>
public override void Initialize(string name, XmlElement xmlConfig,
IDataLogger navigatorEvolutionLogger = null, IDataLogger navigatorPopulationLogger = null,
IDataLogger navigatorGenomeLogger = null,
IDataLogger mazeEvolutionLogger = null, IDataLogger mazePopulationLogger = null,
IDataLogger mazeGenomeLogger = null)
{
// Initialize boiler plate parameters
base.Initialize(name, xmlConfig, navigatorEvolutionLogger, navigatorPopulationLogger, navigatorGenomeLogger,
mazeEvolutionLogger, mazePopulationLogger, mazeGenomeLogger);
// Read in log file path/name
_navigatorEvolutionDataLogger = navigatorEvolutionLogger ??
ExperimentUtils.ReadDataLogger(xmlConfig, LoggingType.Evolution,
"NavigatorLoggingConfig");
_navigatorPopulationDataLogger = navigatorPopulationLogger ??
ExperimentUtils.ReadDataLogger(xmlConfig,
LoggingType.Population, "NavigatorLoggingConfig");
_navigatorGenomeDataLogger = navigatorGenomeLogger ??
ExperimentUtils.ReadDataLogger(xmlConfig,
LoggingType.Genome, "NavigatorLoggingConfig");
_mazeEvolutionDataLogger = mazeEvolutionLogger ??
ExperimentUtils.ReadDataLogger(xmlConfig, LoggingType.Evolution,
"MazeLoggingConfig");
_mazePopulationDataLogger = mazePopulationLogger ??
ExperimentUtils.ReadDataLogger(xmlConfig, LoggingType.Population,
"MazeLoggingConfig");
_mazeGenomeDataLogger = mazeGenomeLogger ??
ExperimentUtils.ReadDataLogger(xmlConfig, LoggingType.Genome,
"MazeLoggingConfig");
// Create new evolution field elements map with all fields enabled
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap = EvolutionFieldElements.PopulateEvolutionFieldElementsEnableMap();
// Add default population logging configuration
foreach (var populationLoggingPair in PopulationFieldElements.PopulatePopulationFieldElementsEnableMap())
{
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap.Add(populationLoggingPair.Key, populationLoggingPair.Value);
}
// Add default genome logging configuration
foreach (var genomeLoggingPair in GenomeFieldElements.PopulateGenomeFieldElementsEnableMap())
{
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap.Add(genomeLoggingPair.Key, genomeLoggingPair.Value);
}
// Disable logging fields not relevant to agent evolution in MCC experiment
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.SpecieCount] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.AsexualOffspringCount] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.SexualOffspringCount] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.InterspeciesOffspringCount] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MinimalCriteriaThreshold] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MinimalCriteriaPointX] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MinimalCriteriaPointY] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MaxFitness] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MeanFitness] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MeanSpecieChampFitness] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MinSpecieSize] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MaxSpecieSize] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.ChampGenomeGenomeId] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.ChampGenomeFitness] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.ChampGenomeBirthGeneration] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.ChampGenomeConnectionGeneCount] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.ChampGenomeNeuronGeneCount] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.ChampGenomeTotalGeneCount] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.ChampGenomeEvaluationCount] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.ChampGenomeBehaviorX] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.ChampGenomeBehaviorY] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.ChampGenomeDistanceToTarget] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.ChampGenomeXml] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MinWalls] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MaxWalls] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MeanWalls] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MinWaypoints] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MaxWaypoints] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MeanWaypoints] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MinJunctures] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MaxJunctures] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MeanJunctures] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MinTrajectoryFacingOpenings] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MaxTrajectoryFacingOpenings] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MeanTrajectoryFacingOpenings] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MinHeight] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MaxHeight] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MeanHeight] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MinWidth] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MaxWidth] = false;
_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap[EvolutionFieldElements.MeanWidth] = false;
// Create a maze logger configuration with the same configuration as the navigator one
_mazeLogFieldEnableMap = new Dictionary <FieldElement, bool>(_navigatorLogFieldEnableMap)
{
[EvolutionFieldElements.RunPhase] = false,
[PopulationFieldElements.RunPhase] = false,
[EvolutionFieldElements.MinWalls] = true,
[EvolutionFieldElements.MaxWalls] = true,
[EvolutionFieldElements.MeanWalls] = true,
[EvolutionFieldElements.MinWaypoints] = true,
[EvolutionFieldElements.MaxWaypoints] = true,
[EvolutionFieldElements.MeanWaypoints] = true,
[EvolutionFieldElements.MinJunctures] = true,
[EvolutionFieldElements.MaxJunctures] = true,
[EvolutionFieldElements.MeanJunctures] = true,
[EvolutionFieldElements.MinTrajectoryFacingOpenings] = true,
[EvolutionFieldElements.MaxTrajectoryFacingOpenings] = true,
[EvolutionFieldElements.MeanTrajectoryFacingOpenings] = true,
[EvolutionFieldElements.MinHeight] = true,
[EvolutionFieldElements.MaxHeight] = true,
[EvolutionFieldElements.MeanHeight] = true,
[EvolutionFieldElements.MinWidth] = true,
[EvolutionFieldElements.MaxWidth] = true,
[EvolutionFieldElements.MeanWidth] = true
};
// Read in the number of batches between population logging
_populationLoggingBatchInterval = XmlUtils.TryGetValueAsInt(xmlConfig, "PopulationLoggingBatchInterval");
}