/*
* Copyright 2007-2010 Lawrence Beadle & Tom Castle
* Licensed under GNU General Public License
*
* This file is part of Epoch X - (The Genetic Programming Analysis Software)
*
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package org.epochx.semantics.gp.initialisation;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import org.epochx.gp.model.GPModel;
import org.epochx.gp.op.init.FullInitialiser;
import org.epochx.gp.representation.GPCandidateProgram;
import org.epochx.op.Initialiser;
import org.epochx.representation.CandidateProgram;
import org.epochx.semantics.BooleanSemanticModule;
import org.epochx.semantics.Representation;
import org.epochx.semantics.SemanticModule;
/**
* The washed initialised creates programs using the modified full method and then reduces
* the programs by translating them to a representation and back again. This produces
* smaller more effective node trees.
*/
public class WashedInitialiser implements Initialiser {
private GPModel model;
private FullInitialiser full;
private SemanticModule semanticModule;
/**
* Constructor for Washed Initialiser
* @param model The current model
* @param semMod The associated semantic module
*/
public WashedInitialiser(GPModel model, SemanticModule semMod) {
this.model = model;
this.full = new FullInitialiser(model);
this.semanticModule = semMod;
}
/* (non-Javadoc)
* @see com.epochx.core.initialisation.Initialiser#getInitialPopulation()
*/
@Override
public List<CandidateProgram> getInitialPopulation() {
// Initialise population of candidate programs.
int popSize = model.getPopulationSize();
List<CandidateProgram> firstGen = new ArrayList<CandidateProgram>(popSize);
// start the semantic module
// TODO make better way of doing this
if(this.semanticModule instanceof BooleanSemanticModule) {
((BooleanSemanticModule) this.semanticModule).start();
}
// Build population
for(int i=0; i<popSize; i++) {
GPCandidateProgram candidate;
Representation representation;
do {
candidate = new GPCandidateProgram(full.getFullNodeTree(),model);
representation = semanticModule.codeToBehaviour(candidate);
} while (firstGen.contains(candidate) || representation.isConstant());
firstGen.add(candidate);
}
// reduce population
for(int i=0; i<popSize; i++) {
GPCandidateProgram candidate;
Representation representation;
GPCandidateProgram reducedCandidate;
candidate = (GPCandidateProgram) firstGen.get(i);
representation = semanticModule.codeToBehaviour(candidate);
reducedCandidate = (GPCandidateProgram) semanticModule.behaviourToCode(representation);
firstGen.set(i, reducedCandidate);
}
// stop the semantic module
// TODO make better way of doing this
if(this.semanticModule instanceof BooleanSemanticModule) {
((BooleanSemanticModule) this.semanticModule).stop();
}
// Return starting population.
return firstGen;
}
}