/*
* Copyright 2007-2010 Tom Castle & Lawrence Beadle
* Licensed under GNU General Public License
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* This file is part of EpochX: genetic programming software for research
*
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package org.epochx.semantics.gp.example;
import java.util.*;
import org.epochx.epox.*;
import org.epochx.epox.dbl.*;
import org.epochx.gp.representation.GPCandidateProgram;
import org.epochx.representation.CandidateProgram;
import org.epochx.semantics.GPSemanticModel;
/**
* The abstract super class for regression problems in XGR in the Epox language.
*/
public abstract class Regression extends GPSemanticModel {
// The error each point must be within.
private static final double POINT_ERROR = 0.01;
// Inputs and associated outputs.
private final double[] inputs;
private final double[] outputs;
// Variables.
private final DoubleVariable x;
/**
* Constructs an instance of the abstract Regression model with 50 input
* points.
*/
public Regression() {
this(50);
}
/**
* Constructs an instance of the abstract Regression model.
*/
public Regression(final int noPoints) {
// Create variables.
x = new DoubleVariable("X");
// Define function set.
final List<Node> syntax = new ArrayList<Node>();
syntax.add(new AddFunction());
syntax.add(new SubtractFunction());
syntax.add(new MultiplyFunction());
syntax.add(new ProtectedDivisionFunction());
// Define terminal set;
syntax.add(x);
setSyntax(syntax);
// Generate the random inputs and the correct outputs.
inputs = new double[noPoints];
outputs = new double[inputs.length];
for (int i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
inputs[i] = (getRNG().nextDouble() * 2) - 1.0;
outputs[i] = getCorrectResult(inputs[i]);
}
}
/**
* Calculates the fitness score for the given program. The fitness of a
* program is the number of inputs the program incorrectly calculates the
* output for. The output must be within 0.01 of the correct result to be
* considered correct. All programs are evaluated against the same inputs
* which are randomly selected between -1.0 and 1.0. The number of inputs
* can be provided as an argument to the constructor or defaults to 50.
*
* @param p {@inheritDoc}
* @return the calculated fitness for the given program.
*/
@Override
public double getFitness(final CandidateProgram p) {
final GPCandidateProgram program = (GPCandidateProgram) p;
int noWrong = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
x.setValue(inputs[i]);
final double result = (Double) program.evaluate();
final double error = Math.abs(result - outputs[i]);
if (error > POINT_ERROR) {
noWrong++;
}
}
// How good is this result?
return noWrong;
}
/*
* The actual function we are trying to evolve.
*/
public abstract double getCorrectResult(final double x);
}