Il Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:30:54 +0100, Peter Otten ha scritto:
> mattia wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone, I'm new to python and I want to create some simple code in
>> order to code the classical genetic algorithm example: given a
>> population of chromosomes, encoded using 1 and 0, find the chromosome
>> with the maximum number of 1s. Now, despite all the code used to
>> implement the solution, I'm wondering if there is a better way to use
>> the so-called roulette wheel selection in this problem. Here I paste
>> the code of my solution, any advice will be helpful:
>
> Your code looks good to me.
>
>> from random import randint, random
>>
>> def create_chromosome(min, max, length):
>> chromosome = []
>> for i in range(length):
>> chromosome.append(randint(min, max))
>> return chromosome
>>
>> def fitness(chrm, ffunc=sum):
>> return ffunc(chrm)
>
> fitness = sum
>
> has the same effect, without the extra indirection.
>
>> def create_population(nelem, min, max, length):
>> return [create_chromosome(min, max, length) for i in range(nelem)]
>>
>> def get_fitness_and_population(population):
>> return [(fitness(x), x) for x in population]
>>
>> def get_roulette_wheel(population):
>> roulette_wheel = []
>> index = 0
>>
>> for x in get_fitness_and_population(population):
>> for j in range(x[0]):
>> roulette_wheel.append(index)
>> index += 1
>
> Make that
>
> for index, x in enumerate(get_fitness_and_population(population)):
> ...
>
> I'd also pass the the fitness function explicitly around instead of
> making it a global.
>
>> return roulette_wheel
>>
>> pop = create_population(5, 0, 1, 10)
>> rw = get_roulette_wheel(pop)
>> print(rw)
>> print(len(rw))
>> ri = randint(0, len(rw) - 1)
>> print("Random index:", rw[ri], ", value:", pop[rw[ri]])
>
> But these are minor nits :)
>
> Here's a slightly different approach:
>
> from random import randint, choice
>
> def create_chromosome(min, max, length):
> return [randint(min, max) for i in range(length)]
>
> def create_population(nelem, min, max, length):
> return [create_chromosome(min, max, length) for i in range(nelem)]
>
> def get_fitness_and_population(population, fitness):
> return [(fitness(x), x) for x in population]
>
> def get_roulette_wheel(weight_value_pairs):
> roulette_wheel = []
> for weight, value in weight_value_pairs:
> roulette_wheel += [value]*weight
> return roulette_wheel
>
> if __name__ == "__main__":
> pop = create_population(5, 0, 1, 10)
> fap = get_fitness_and_population(pop, sum) rw =
> get_roulette_wheel(fap)
> print("Random value:", choice(rw))
>
> Note how get_roulette_wheel() is now completeley independent of the
> concrete problem you are using it for.
>
> Peter
Well, thank you very much, I'm new to python and I'm everyday
experiencing how in just one line you can write very powerful statements.
Loved the line: roulette_wheel += [value]*weight, another useful thing
learned today.
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