Composite Differential Evolution (CODE)

class pypop7.optimizers.de.code.CODE(problem, options)

COmposite Differential Evolution (CODE).

Parameters:

• problem (dict) –

  problem arguments with the following common settings (keys):

  • ’fitness_function’ - objective function to be minimized (func),

  • ’ndim_problem’ - number of dimensionality (int),

  • ’upper_boundary’ - upper boundary of search range (array_like),

  • ’lower_boundary’ - lower boundary of search range (array_like).

• options (dict) –

  optimizer options with the following common settings (keys):

  • ’max_function_evaluations’ - maximum of function evaluations (int, default: np.Inf),

  • ’max_runtime’ - maximal runtime to be allowed (float, default: np.Inf),

  • ’seed_rng’ - seed for random number generation needed to be explicitly set (int);

  and with the following particular setting (key):

  • ’n_individuals’ - population size (int, default: 100).

Examples

Use the optimizer to minimize the well-known test function Rosenbrock:

>>> import numpy
>>> from pypop7.benchmarks.base_functions import rosenbrock  # function to be minimized
>>> from pypop7.optimizers.de.code import CODE
>>> problem = {'fitness_function': rosenbrock,  # define problem arguments
...            'ndim_problem': 2,
...            'lower_boundary': -5*numpy.ones((2,)),
...            'upper_boundary': 5*numpy.ones((2,))}
>>> options = {'max_function_evaluations': 5000,  # set optimizer options
...            'seed_rng': 0}
>>> code = CODE(problem, options)  # initialize the optimizer class
>>> results = code.optimize()  # run the optimization process
>>> # return the number of function evaluations and best-so-far fitness
>>> print(f"CODE: {results['n_function_evaluations']}, {results['best_so_far_y']}")
CODE: 5000, 0.01052980838183792

n_individuals

number of offspring, aka offspring population size.

Type:

int

References

Wang, Y., Cai, Z., and Zhang, Q. 2011. Differential evolution with composite trial vector generation strategies and control parameters. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 15(1), pp.55–66. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEVC.2010.2087271