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||evoptool: Evolutive Optimization Tool.
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||Combining Estimation of Distribution Algorithms and other Evolutionary techniques
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for combinatorial optimization.
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||'''Project's head:'''
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||M. Matteucci - [[User:MatteoMatteucci]]
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L. Malagò - [[User:LuigiMalago]]
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||'''People involved:'''
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||G. Valentini - [[User:GabrieleValentini]]
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=== Project name ===
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=== Short description ===
evoptool: Evolutive Optimization Tool
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The project focus on the study, implementation, comparison and analysis of different algorithms for combinatorial optimization using techniques and algorithms proposed in Evolutionary Computation. In particular we are interested in the study of Estimation of Distribution Algorithms, a recent meta-heuristic, often presented as an evolution of Genetic Algorithms, where classical crossover and mutation operators, used in genetic algorithms, are replaced with operators that come from statistics, such as sampling and estimation.
 
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Combining Estimation of Distribution Algorithms and other Evolutionary techniques for combinatorial optimization
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=== Project short description ===
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The project will focus on the study, implementation, comparison and analysis of different algorithms for combinatorial optimization using techniques and algorithms proposed in Evolutionary Computation. In particular we are interested in the study of Estimation of Distribution Algorithms, a recent meta-heuristic, often presented as an evolution of Genetic Algorithms, where classical crossover and mutation operators, used in genetic algorithms, are replaced with operators that come from statistics, such as sampling and estimation.
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The focus will be on the implementation of new hybrid algorithms able to combine estimation of distribution algorithms with different approaches available in the evolutionary computation literature, such as genetic algorithms and evolutionary strategies, together with other local search techniques.
 
The focus will be on the implementation of new hybrid algorithms able to combine estimation of distribution algorithms with different approaches available in the evolutionary computation literature, such as genetic algorithms and evolutionary strategies, together with other local search techniques.
 
=== Dates ===
 
Start date: 2009/04/01
 
 
End date: till end
 
 
=== People involved ===
 
===== Project head(s) =====
 
M. Matteucci - [[User:MatteoMatteucci]]
 
 
L. Malagò - [[User:LuigiMalago]]
 
 
===== Students currently working on the project =====
 
G. Valentini - [[User:GabrieleValentini]]
 
  
 
== '''User Manual''' ==
 
== '''User Manual''' ==

Revision as of 20:58, 26 May 2009

Project profile

Name: evoptool: Evolutive Optimization Tool.
Field: Combining Estimation of Distribution Algorithms and other Evolutionary techniques

for combinatorial optimization.

Project's head: M. Matteucci - User:MatteoMatteucci

L. Malagò - User:LuigiMalago

People involved: G. Valentini - User:GabrieleValentini

Short description

The project focus on the study, implementation, comparison and analysis of different algorithms for combinatorial optimization using techniques and algorithms proposed in Evolutionary Computation. In particular we are interested in the study of Estimation of Distribution Algorithms, a recent meta-heuristic, often presented as an evolution of Genetic Algorithms, where classical crossover and mutation operators, used in genetic algorithms, are replaced with operators that come from statistics, such as sampling and estimation. The focus will be on the implementation of new hybrid algorithms able to combine estimation of distribution algorithms with different approaches available in the evolutionary computation literature, such as genetic algorithms and evolutionary strategies, together with other local search techniques.

User Manual

Algorthms

In this tool there are several bla bla bla..

  • GA
    • GB

Objective Functions

Graphic User Interface

Command Line

Documentation

Evoptool is a software with the purpose to compare the performance of several different algorithms from the Evolutive family and, for obvious reasons, with some algorithms from the classical Operation Research family. Evoptool is written in C++ for the GNU/Linux platform and it exploit the Gtk libraries (in this case gtkmm libraries) and GNUplot utility. Inside this tool there are several implemented algorithms and some wrapped ones from already existing applications.

Evoptool running on Ubuntu 9.04.

Software Modules

Evoptool is made up of several different modules (or libraries). This architecture make easy to organize files and better understanding how the application work.

  • common - It contains commons classes and ancestors for the algorithm modules and for the optimization function module.
  • ga - It contains the implementation of several Genetic Algorithms.
  • eda - It contains the implementation of several Estimation Distribution Algorithms.
  • geda - It contains the implementation of several gEDAs.
  • or - It contains the implementation of some algorithms from the classical Operation Research.
  • opt-pbl - It contains the implementation of several objective functions (fitness), that represents different problem instances.
  • gui - This module is the main one, it contains all the classes for manage GUI (algorithm decorators). From the other side it implements the multithread mechanism under the GUI, and last but not list it contains the wrapped applications and take care about wrapping.
  • misc - It contains general utility classes such rondom seed geerator.
  • shared -

Hierarchies

Algorithms Hierarchy

Decorators Hierarchy

Objective Functions Hierarchy

Usefull Links

How To Add New Features

Add an Algorithm

Add a Decorator

Add an Objective Function

Update Configuration Parser