source: src/main/java/weka/attributeSelection/GeneticSearch.java @ 27

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/*
 *    GeneticSearch.java
 *    Copyright (C) 1999 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
 *
 */

package  weka.attributeSelection;

import weka.core.Instances;
import weka.core.Option;
import weka.core.OptionHandler;
import weka.core.Range;
import weka.core.RevisionHandler;
import weka.core.RevisionUtils;
import weka.core.TechnicalInformation;
import weka.core.TechnicalInformationHandler;
import weka.core.Utils;
import weka.core.TechnicalInformation.Field;
import weka.core.TechnicalInformation.Type;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.BitSet;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.Vector;

/** 
 <!-- globalinfo-start -->
 * GeneticSearch:<br/>
 * <br/>
 * Performs a search using the simple genetic algorithm described in Goldberg (1989).<br/>
 * <br/>
 * For more information see:<br/>
 * <br/>
 * David E. Goldberg (1989). Genetic algorithms in search, optimization and machine learning. Addison-Wesley.
 * <p/>
 <!-- globalinfo-end -->
 *
 <!-- technical-bibtex-start -->
 * BibTeX:
 * <pre>
 * &#64;book{Goldberg1989,
 *    author = {David E. Goldberg},
 *    publisher = {Addison-Wesley},
 *    title = {Genetic algorithms in search, optimization and machine learning},
 *    year = {1989},
 *    ISBN = {0201157675}
 * }
 * </pre>
 * <p/>
 <!-- technical-bibtex-end -->
 *
 <!-- options-start -->
 * Valid options are: <p/>
 * 
 * <pre> -P &lt;start set&gt;
 *  Specify a starting set of attributes.
 *  Eg. 1,3,5-7.If supplied, the starting set becomes
 *  one member of the initial random
 *  population.</pre>
 * 
 * <pre> -Z &lt;population size&gt;
 *  Set the size of the population (even number).
 *  (default = 20).</pre>
 * 
 * <pre> -G &lt;number of generations&gt;
 *  Set the number of generations.
 *  (default = 20)</pre>
 * 
 * <pre> -C &lt;probability of crossover&gt;
 *  Set the probability of crossover.
 *  (default = 0.6)</pre>
 * 
 * <pre> -M &lt;probability of mutation&gt;
 *  Set the probability of mutation.
 *  (default = 0.033)</pre>
 * 
 * <pre> -R &lt;report frequency&gt;
 *  Set frequency of generation reports.
 *  e.g, setting the value to 5 will 
 *  report every 5th generation
 *  (default = number of generations)</pre>
 * 
 * <pre> -S &lt;seed&gt;
 *  Set the random number seed.
 *  (default = 1)</pre>
 * 
 <!-- options-end -->
 *
 * @author Mark Hall (mhall@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
 * @version $Revision: 5286 $
 */
public class GeneticSearch 
  extends ASSearch 
  implements StartSetHandler, OptionHandler, TechnicalInformationHandler {

  /** for serialization */
  static final long serialVersionUID = -1618264232838472679L;
  
  /** 
   * holds a starting set as an array of attributes. Becomes one member of the
   * initial random population
   */
  private int[] m_starting;

  /** holds the start set for the search as a Range */
  private Range m_startRange;
  
 /** does the data have a class */
  private boolean m_hasClass;
 
  /** holds the class index */
  private int m_classIndex;
 
  /** number of attributes in the data */
  private int m_numAttribs;

  /** the current population */
  private GABitSet [] m_population;

  /** the number of individual solutions */
  private int m_popSize;

  /** the best population member found during the search */
  private GABitSet m_best;

  /** the number of features in the best population member */
  private int m_bestFeatureCount;

  /** the number of entries to cache for lookup */
  private int m_lookupTableSize;

  /** the lookup table */
  private Hashtable m_lookupTable;

  /** random number generation */
  private Random m_random;

  /** seed for random number generation */
  private int m_seed;

  /** the probability of crossover occuring */
  private double m_pCrossover;

  /** the probability of mutation occuring */
  private double m_pMutation;

  /** sum of the current population fitness */
  private double m_sumFitness;

  private double m_maxFitness;
  private double m_minFitness;
  private double m_avgFitness;

  /** the maximum number of generations to evaluate */
  private int m_maxGenerations;

  /** how often reports are generated */
  private int m_reportFrequency;

  /** holds the generation reports */
  private StringBuffer m_generationReports;

  // Inner class
  /**
   * A bitset for the genetic algorithm
   */
  protected class GABitSet 
    implements Cloneable, Serializable, RevisionHandler {
    
    /** for serialization */
    static final long serialVersionUID = -2930607837482622224L;
    
    /** the bitset */
    private BitSet m_chromosome;

    /** holds raw merit */
    private double m_objective = -Double.MAX_VALUE;
    
    /** the fitness */
    private double m_fitness;
    
    /**
     * Constructor
     */
    public GABitSet () {
      m_chromosome = new BitSet();
    }

    /**
     * makes a copy of this GABitSet
     * @return a copy of the object
     * @throws CloneNotSupportedException if something goes wrong
     */
    public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
      GABitSet temp = new GABitSet();
      
      temp.setObjective(this.getObjective());
      temp.setFitness(this.getFitness());
      temp.setChromosome((BitSet)(this.m_chromosome.clone()));
      return temp;
      //return super.clone();
    }

    /**
     * sets the objective merit value
     * @param objective the objective value of this population member
     */
    public void setObjective(double objective) {
      m_objective = objective;
    }
      
    /**
     * gets the objective merit
     * @return the objective merit of this population member
     */
    public double getObjective() {
      return m_objective;
    }

    /**
     * sets the scaled fitness
     * @param fitness the scaled fitness of this population member
     */
    public void setFitness(double fitness) {
      m_fitness = fitness;
    }

    /**
     * gets the scaled fitness
     * @return the scaled fitness of this population member
     */
    public double getFitness() {
      return m_fitness;
    }

    /**
     * get the chromosome
     * @return the chromosome of this population member
     */
    public BitSet getChromosome() {
      return m_chromosome;
    }

    /**
     * set the chromosome
     * @param c the chromosome to be set for this population member
     */
    public void setChromosome(BitSet c) {
      m_chromosome = c;
    }

    /**
     * unset a bit in the chromosome
     * @param bit the bit to be cleared
     */
    public void clear(int bit) {
      m_chromosome.clear(bit);
    }

    /**
     * set a bit in the chromosome
     * @param bit the bit to be set
     */
    public void set(int bit) {
      m_chromosome.set(bit);
    }

    /**
     * get the value of a bit in the chromosome
     * @param bit the bit to query
     * @return the value of the bit
     */
    public boolean get(int bit) {
      return m_chromosome.get(bit);
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns the revision string.
     * 
     * @return          the revision
     */
    public String getRevision() {
      return RevisionUtils.extract("$Revision: 5286 $");
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns an enumeration describing the available options.
   * @return an enumeration of all the available options.
   **/
  public Enumeration listOptions () {
    Vector newVector = new Vector(6);

    newVector.addElement(new Option("\tSpecify a starting set of attributes." 
                                    + "\n\tEg. 1,3,5-7."
                                    +"If supplied, the starting set becomes"
                                    +"\n\tone member of the initial random"
                                    +"\n\tpopulation."
                                    ,"P",1
                                    , "-P <start set>"));
    newVector.addElement(new Option("\tSet the size of the population (even number)."
                                    +"\n\t(default = 20)."
                                    , "Z", 1
                                    , "-Z <population size>"));
    newVector.addElement(new Option("\tSet the number of generations."
                                    +"\n\t(default = 20)" 
                                    , "G", 1, "-G <number of generations>"));
    newVector.addElement(new Option("\tSet the probability of crossover."
                                    +"\n\t(default = 0.6)" 
                                    , "C", 1, "-C <probability of"
                                    +" crossover>"));    
    newVector.addElement(new Option("\tSet the probability of mutation."
                                    +"\n\t(default = 0.033)" 
                                    , "M", 1, "-M <probability of mutation>"));

    newVector.addElement(new Option("\tSet frequency of generation reports."
                                    +"\n\te.g, setting the value to 5 will "
                                    +"\n\treport every 5th generation"
                                    +"\n\t(default = number of generations)" 
                                    , "R", 1, "-R <report frequency>"));
    newVector.addElement(new Option("\tSet the random number seed."
                                    +"\n\t(default = 1)" 
                                    , "S", 1, "-S <seed>"));
    return  newVector.elements();
  }

  /**
   * Parses a given list of options. <p/>
   *
   <!-- options-start -->
   * Valid options are: <p/>
   * 
   * <pre> -P &lt;start set&gt;
   *  Specify a starting set of attributes.
   *  Eg. 1,3,5-7.If supplied, the starting set becomes
   *  one member of the initial random
   *  population.</pre>
   * 
   * <pre> -Z &lt;population size&gt;
   *  Set the size of the population (even number).
   *  (default = 20).</pre>
   * 
   * <pre> -G &lt;number of generations&gt;
   *  Set the number of generations.
   *  (default = 20)</pre>
   * 
   * <pre> -C &lt;probability of crossover&gt;
   *  Set the probability of crossover.
   *  (default = 0.6)</pre>
   * 
   * <pre> -M &lt;probability of mutation&gt;
   *  Set the probability of mutation.
   *  (default = 0.033)</pre>
   * 
   * <pre> -R &lt;report frequency&gt;
   *  Set frequency of generation reports.
   *  e.g, setting the value to 5 will 
   *  report every 5th generation
   *  (default = number of generations)</pre>
   * 
   * <pre> -S &lt;seed&gt;
   *  Set the random number seed.
   *  (default = 1)</pre>
   * 
   <!-- options-end -->
   *
   * @param options the list of options as an array of strings
   * @throws Exception if an option is not supported
   *
   **/
  public void setOptions (String[] options)
    throws Exception {
    String optionString;
    resetOptions();

    optionString = Utils.getOption('P', options);
    if (optionString.length() != 0) {
      setStartSet(optionString);
    }

    optionString = Utils.getOption('Z', options);
    if (optionString.length() != 0) {
      setPopulationSize(Integer.parseInt(optionString));
    }

    optionString = Utils.getOption('G', options);
    if (optionString.length() != 0) {
      setMaxGenerations(Integer.parseInt(optionString));
      setReportFrequency(Integer.parseInt(optionString));
    }

    optionString = Utils.getOption('C', options);
    if (optionString.length() != 0) {
      setCrossoverProb((new Double(optionString)).doubleValue());
    }

    optionString = Utils.getOption('M', options);
    if (optionString.length() != 0) {
      setMutationProb((new Double(optionString)).doubleValue());
    }

    optionString = Utils.getOption('R', options);
    if (optionString.length() != 0) {
      setReportFrequency(Integer.parseInt(optionString));
    }

    optionString = Utils.getOption('S', options);
    if (optionString.length() != 0) {
      setSeed(Integer.parseInt(optionString));
    }
  }

  /**
   * Gets the current settings of ReliefFAttributeEval.
   *
   * @return an array of strings suitable for passing to setOptions()
   */
  public String[] getOptions () {
    String[] options = new String[14];
    int current = 0;

    if (!(getStartSet().equals(""))) {
      options[current++] = "-P";
      options[current++] = ""+startSetToString();
    }
    options[current++] = "-Z";
    options[current++] = "" + getPopulationSize();
    options[current++] = "-G";
    options[current++] = "" + getMaxGenerations();
    options[current++] = "-C";
    options[current++] = "" + getCrossoverProb();
    options[current++] = "-M";
    options[current++] = "" + getMutationProb();
    options[current++] = "-R";
    options[current++] = "" + getReportFrequency();
    options[current++] = "-S";
    options[current++] = "" + getSeed();

    while (current < options.length) {
      options[current++] = "";
    }
    return  options;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the tip text for this property
   * @return tip text for this property suitable for
   * displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui
   */
  public String startSetTipText() {
    return "Set a start point for the search. This is specified as a comma "
      +"seperated list off attribute indexes starting at 1. It can include "
      +"ranges. Eg. 1,2,5-9,17. The start set becomes one of the population "
      +"members of the initial population.";
  }

  /**
   * Sets a starting set of attributes for the search. It is the
   * search method's responsibility to report this start set (if any)
   * in its toString() method.
   * @param startSet a string containing a list of attributes (and or ranges),
   * eg. 1,2,6,10-15.
   * @throws Exception if start set can't be set.
   */
  public void setStartSet (String startSet) throws Exception {
    m_startRange.setRanges(startSet);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a list of attributes (and or attribute ranges) as a String
   * @return a list of attributes (and or attribute ranges)
   */
  public String getStartSet () {
    return m_startRange.getRanges();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the tip text for this property
   * @return tip text for this property suitable for
   * displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui
   */
  public String seedTipText() {
    return "Set the random seed.";
  }

  /**
   * set the seed for random number generation
   * @param s seed value
   */
  public void setSeed(int s) {
    m_seed = s;
  }

  /**
   * get the value of the random number generator's seed
   * @return the seed for random number generation
   */
  public int getSeed() {
    return m_seed;
  }
  
  /**
   * Returns the tip text for this property
   * @return tip text for this property suitable for
   * displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui
   */
  public String reportFrequencyTipText() {
    return "Set how frequently reports are generated. Default is equal to "
      +"the number of generations meaning that a report will be printed for "
      +"initial and final generations. Setting the value to 5 will result in "
      +"a report being printed every 5 generations.";
  }

  /**
   * set how often reports are generated
   * @param f generate reports every f generations
   */
  public void setReportFrequency(int f) {
    m_reportFrequency = f;
  }

  /**
   * get how often repports are generated
   * @return how often reports are generated
   */
  public int getReportFrequency() {
    return m_reportFrequency;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the tip text for this property
   * @return tip text for this property suitable for
   * displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui
   */
  public String mutationProbTipText() {
    return "Set the probability of mutation occuring.";
  }

  /**
   * set the probability of mutation
   * @param m the probability for mutation occuring
   */
  public void setMutationProb(double m) {
    m_pMutation = m;
  }

  /**
   * get the probability of mutation
   * @return the probability of mutation occuring
   */
  public double getMutationProb() {
    return m_pMutation;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the tip text for this property
   * @return tip text for this property suitable for
   * displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui
   */
  public String crossoverProbTipText() {
    return "Set the probability of crossover. This is the probability that "
      +"two population members will exchange genetic material."; 
  }

  /**
   * set the probability of crossover
   * @param c the probability that two population members will exchange
   * genetic material
   */
  public void setCrossoverProb(double c) {
    m_pCrossover = c;
  }

  /**
   * get the probability of crossover
   * @return the probability of crossover
   */
  public double getCrossoverProb() {
    return m_pCrossover;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the tip text for this property
   * @return tip text for this property suitable for
   * displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui
   */
  public String maxGenerationsTipText() {
    return "Set the number of generations to evaluate.";
  }

  /**
   * set the number of generations to evaluate
   * @param m the number of generations
   */
  public void setMaxGenerations(int m) {
    m_maxGenerations = m;
  }

  /**
   * get the number of generations
   * @return the maximum number of generations
   */
  public int getMaxGenerations() {
    return m_maxGenerations;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the tip text for this property
   * @return tip text for this property suitable for
   * displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui
   */
  public String populationSizeTipText() {
    return "Set the population size (even number), this is the number of individuals "
      +"(attribute sets) in the population.";
  }

  /**
   * set the population size
   * @param p the size of the population
   */
  public void setPopulationSize(int p) {
    if (p % 2 == 0)
      m_popSize = p;
    else
      System.err.println("Population size needs to be an even number!");
  }

  /**
   * get the size of the population
   * @return the population size
   */
  public int getPopulationSize() {
    return m_popSize;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a string describing this search method
   * @return a description of the search suitable for
   * displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui
   */
  public String globalInfo() {
    return 
        "GeneticSearch:\n\nPerforms a search using the simple genetic "
      + "algorithm described in Goldberg (1989).\n\n"
      + "For more information see:\n\n"
      + getTechnicalInformation().toString();
  }

  /**
   * Returns an instance of a TechnicalInformation object, containing 
   * detailed information about the technical background of this class,
   * e.g., paper reference or book this class is based on.
   * 
   * @return the technical information about this class
   */
  public TechnicalInformation getTechnicalInformation() {
    TechnicalInformation        result;
    
    result = new TechnicalInformation(Type.BOOK);
    result.setValue(Field.AUTHOR, "David E. Goldberg");
    result.setValue(Field.YEAR, "1989");
    result.setValue(Field.TITLE, "Genetic algorithms in search, optimization and machine learning");
    result.setValue(Field.ISBN, "0201157675");
    result.setValue(Field.PUBLISHER, "Addison-Wesley");
    
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Constructor. Make a new GeneticSearch object
   */
  public GeneticSearch() {
    resetOptions();
  }

  /**
   * converts the array of starting attributes to a string. This is
   * used by getOptions to return the actual attributes specified
   * as the starting set. This is better than using m_startRanges.getRanges()
   * as the same start set can be specified in different ways from the
   * command line---eg 1,2,3 == 1-3. This is to ensure that stuff that
   * is stored in a database is comparable.
   * @return a comma seperated list of individual attribute numbers as a String
   */
  private String startSetToString() {
    StringBuffer FString = new StringBuffer();
    boolean didPrint;
    
    if (m_starting == null) {
      return getStartSet();
    }

    for (int i = 0; i < m_starting.length; i++) {
      didPrint = false;
      
      if ((m_hasClass == false) || 
          (m_hasClass == true && i != m_classIndex)) {
        FString.append((m_starting[i] + 1));
        didPrint = true;
      }
      
      if (i == (m_starting.length - 1)) {
        FString.append("");
      }
      else {
        if (didPrint) {
          FString.append(",");
          }
      }
    }

    return FString.toString();
  }

  /**
   * returns a description of the search
   * @return a description of the search as a String
   */
  public String toString() {
    StringBuffer GAString = new StringBuffer();
    GAString.append("\tGenetic search.\n\tStart set: ");

    if (m_starting == null) {
      GAString.append("no attributes\n");
    }
    else {
      GAString.append(startSetToString()+"\n");
    }
    GAString.append("\tPopulation size: "+m_popSize);
    GAString.append("\n\tNumber of generations: "+m_maxGenerations);
    GAString.append("\n\tProbability of crossover: "
                +Utils.doubleToString(m_pCrossover,6,3));
    GAString.append("\n\tProbability of mutation: "
                +Utils.doubleToString(m_pMutation,6,3));
    GAString.append("\n\tReport frequency: "+m_reportFrequency);
    GAString.append("\n\tRandom number seed: "+m_seed+"\n");
    GAString.append(m_generationReports.toString());
    return GAString.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Searches the attribute subset space using a genetic algorithm.
   *
   * @param ASEval the attribute evaluator to guide the search
   * @param data the training instances.
   * @return an array (not necessarily ordered) of selected attribute indexes
   * @throws Exception if the search can't be completed
   */
   public int[] search (ASEvaluation ASEval, Instances data)
    throws Exception {

     m_best = null;
     m_generationReports = new StringBuffer();

     if (!(ASEval instanceof SubsetEvaluator)) {
       throw  new Exception(ASEval.getClass().getName() 
                            + " is not a " 
                            + "Subset evaluator!");
     }
     
    if (ASEval instanceof UnsupervisedSubsetEvaluator) {
      m_hasClass = false;
    }
    else {
      m_hasClass = true;
      m_classIndex = data.classIndex();
    }

    SubsetEvaluator ASEvaluator = (SubsetEvaluator)ASEval;
    m_numAttribs = data.numAttributes();

    m_startRange.setUpper(m_numAttribs-1);
    if (!(getStartSet().equals(""))) {
      m_starting = m_startRange.getSelection();
    }

    // initial random population
    m_lookupTable = new Hashtable(m_lookupTableSize);
    m_random = new Random(m_seed);
    m_population = new GABitSet [m_popSize];

    // set up random initial population
    initPopulation();
    evaluatePopulation(ASEvaluator);
    populationStatistics();
    scalePopulation();
    checkBest();
    m_generationReports.append(populationReport(0));

    boolean converged;
    for (int i=1;i<=m_maxGenerations;i++) {
      generation();
      evaluatePopulation(ASEvaluator);
      populationStatistics();
      scalePopulation();
      // find the best pop member and check for convergence
      converged = checkBest();

      if ((i == m_maxGenerations) || 
          ((i % m_reportFrequency) == 0) ||
          (converged == true)) {
        m_generationReports.append(populationReport(i));
        if (converged == true) {
          break;
        }
      }
    }
    return attributeList(m_best.getChromosome());
   }

  /**
   * converts a BitSet into a list of attribute indexes 
   * @param group the BitSet to convert
   * @return an array of attribute indexes
   **/
  private int[] attributeList (BitSet group) {
    int count = 0;

    // count how many were selected
    for (int i = 0; i < m_numAttribs; i++) {
      if (group.get(i)) {
        count++;
      }
    }

    int[] list = new int[count];
    count = 0;

    for (int i = 0; i < m_numAttribs; i++) {
      if (group.get(i)) {
        list[count++] = i;
      }
    }

    return  list;
  }

  /**
   * checks to see if any population members in the current
   * population are better than the best found so far. Also checks
   * to see if the search has converged---that is there is no difference
   * in fitness between the best and worse population member
   * @return true is the search has converged
   * @throws Exception if something goes wrong
   */
  private boolean checkBest() throws Exception {
    int i,count,lowestCount = m_numAttribs;
    double b = -Double.MAX_VALUE;
    GABitSet localbest = null;
    BitSet temp;
    boolean converged = false;
    int oldcount = Integer.MAX_VALUE;

    if (m_maxFitness - m_minFitness > 0) {
      // find the best in this population
      for (i=0;i<m_popSize;i++) {
        if (m_population[i].getObjective() > b) {
          b = m_population[i].getObjective();
          localbest = m_population[i];
          oldcount = countFeatures(localbest.getChromosome());
        } else if (Utils.eq(m_population[i].getObjective(), b)) {
          // see if it contains fewer features
          count = countFeatures(m_population[i].getChromosome());
          if (count < oldcount) {
            b = m_population[i].getObjective();
            localbest = m_population[i];
            oldcount = count;
          }
        }
      }
    } else {
      // look for the smallest subset
      for (i=0;i<m_popSize;i++) {
        temp = m_population[i].getChromosome();
        count = countFeatures(temp);;

        if (count < lowestCount) {
          lowestCount = count;
          localbest = m_population[i];
          b = localbest.getObjective();
        }
      }
      converged = true;
    }

    // count the number of features in localbest
    count = 0;
    temp = localbest.getChromosome();
    count = countFeatures(temp);

    // compare to the best found so far
    if (m_best == null) {
      m_best = (GABitSet)localbest.clone();
      m_bestFeatureCount = count;
    } else if (b > m_best.getObjective()) {
      m_best = (GABitSet)localbest.clone();
      m_bestFeatureCount = count;
    } else if (Utils.eq(m_best.getObjective(), b)) {
      // see if the localbest has fewer features than the best so far
      if (count < m_bestFeatureCount) {
        m_best = (GABitSet)localbest.clone();
        m_bestFeatureCount = count;
      }
    }
    return converged;
  }

  /**
   * counts the number of features in a subset
   * @param featureSet the feature set for which to count the features
   * @return the number of features in the subset
   */
  private int countFeatures(BitSet featureSet) {
    int count = 0;
    for (int i=0;i<m_numAttribs;i++) {
      if (featureSet.get(i)) {
        count++;
      }
    }
    return count;
  }

  /**
   * performs a single generation---selection, crossover, and mutation
   * @throws Exception if an error occurs
   */
  private void generation () throws Exception {
    int i,j=0;
    double best_fit = -Double.MAX_VALUE;
    int old_count = 0;
    int count;
    GABitSet [] newPop = new GABitSet [m_popSize];
    int parent1,parent2;

    /** first ensure that the population best is propogated into the new
        generation */
    for (i=0;i<m_popSize;i++) {
      if (m_population[i].getFitness() > best_fit) {
        j = i;
        best_fit = m_population[i].getFitness();
        old_count = countFeatures(m_population[i].getChromosome());
      } else if (Utils.eq(m_population[i].getFitness(), best_fit)) {
        count = countFeatures(m_population[i].getChromosome());
        if (count < old_count) {
          j = i;
          best_fit = m_population[i].getFitness();
          old_count = count;
        }
      }
    }
    newPop[0] = (GABitSet)(m_population[j].clone());
    newPop[1] = newPop[0];

    for (j=2;j<m_popSize;j+=2) {
      parent1 = select();
      parent2 = select();
      newPop[j] = (GABitSet)(m_population[parent1].clone());
      newPop[j+1] = (GABitSet)(m_population[parent2].clone());
      // if parents are equal mutate one bit
      if (parent1 == parent2) {
        int r;
        if (m_hasClass) {
          while ((r = (Math.abs(m_random.nextInt()) % m_numAttribs)) == m_classIndex);
        }
        else {
          r = m_random.nextInt() % m_numAttribs;
        }
        
        if (newPop[j].get(r)) {
          newPop[j].clear(r);
        }
        else {
          newPop[j].set(r);
        }
      } else {
        // crossover
        double r = m_random.nextDouble();
        if (m_numAttribs >= 3) {
          if (r < m_pCrossover) {
            // cross point
            int cp = Math.abs(m_random.nextInt());
            
            cp %= (m_numAttribs-2);
            cp ++;
            
            for (i=0;i<cp;i++) {
              if (m_population[parent1].get(i)) {
                newPop[j+1].set(i);
              }
              else {
                newPop[j+1].clear(i);
              }
              if (m_population[parent2].get(i)) {
                newPop[j].set(i);
              }
              else {
                newPop[j].clear(i);
              }
            }
          }
        }

        // mutate
        for (int k=0;k<2;k++) {
          for (i=0;i<m_numAttribs;i++) {
            r = m_random.nextDouble();
            if (r < m_pMutation) {
              if (m_hasClass && (i == m_classIndex)) {
                // ignore class attribute
              }
              else {
                if (newPop[j+k].get(i)) {
                  newPop[j+k].clear(i);
                }
                else {
                  newPop[j+k].set(i);
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
                  
      }
    }

    m_population = newPop;
  }

  /**
   * selects a population member to be considered for crossover
   * @return the index of the selected population member
   */
  private int select() {
    int i;
    double r,partsum;

    partsum = 0;
    r = m_random.nextDouble() * m_sumFitness;
    for (i=0;i<m_popSize;i++) {
      partsum += m_population[i].getFitness();
      if (partsum >= r) {
        break;
      }
    }
    
    // if none was found, take first
    if (i == m_popSize)
      i = 0;
    
    return i;
  }

  /**
   * evaluates an entire population. Population members are looked up in
   * a hash table and if they are not found then they are evaluated using
   * ASEvaluator.
   * @param ASEvaluator the subset evaluator to use for evaluating population
   * members
   * @throws Exception if something goes wrong during evaluation
   */
  private void evaluatePopulation (SubsetEvaluator ASEvaluator)
    throws Exception {
    int i;
    double merit;

    for (i=0;i<m_popSize;i++) {
      // if its not in the lookup table then evaluate and insert
      if (m_lookupTable.containsKey(m_population[i]
                                    .getChromosome()) == false) {
        merit = ASEvaluator.evaluateSubset(m_population[i].getChromosome());
        m_population[i].setObjective(merit);
        m_lookupTable.put(m_population[i].getChromosome(),m_population[i]);
      } else {
        GABitSet temp = (GABitSet)m_lookupTable.
          get(m_population[i].getChromosome());
        m_population[i].setObjective(temp.getObjective());
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * creates random population members for the initial population. Also
   * sets the first population member to be a start set (if any) 
   * provided by the user
   * @throws Exception if the population can't be created
   */
  private void initPopulation () throws Exception {
    int i,j,bit;
    int num_bits;
    boolean ok;
    int start = 0;

    // add the start set as the first population member (if specified)
    if (m_starting != null) {
      m_population[0] = new GABitSet();
      for (i=0;i<m_starting.length;i++) {
        if ((m_starting[i]) != m_classIndex) {
          m_population[0].set(m_starting[i]);
        }
      }
      start = 1;
    }

    for (i=start;i<m_popSize;i++) {
      m_population[i] = new GABitSet();
      
      num_bits = m_random.nextInt();
      num_bits = num_bits % m_numAttribs-1;
      if (num_bits < 0) {
        num_bits *= -1;
      }
      if (num_bits == 0) {
        num_bits = 1;
      }

      for (j=0;j<num_bits;j++) {
        ok = false;
        do {
          bit = m_random.nextInt();
          if (bit < 0) {
            bit *= -1;
          }
          bit = bit % m_numAttribs;
          if (m_hasClass) {
            if (bit != m_classIndex) {
              ok = true;
            }
          }
          else {
            ok = true;
          }
        } while (!ok);
        
        if (bit > m_numAttribs) {
          throw new Exception("Problem in population init");
        }
        m_population[i].set(bit);
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * calculates summary statistics for the current population
   */
  private void populationStatistics() {
    int i;
    
    m_sumFitness = m_minFitness = m_maxFitness = 
      m_population[0].getObjective();

    for (i=1;i<m_popSize;i++) {
      m_sumFitness += m_population[i].getObjective();
      if (m_population[i].getObjective() > m_maxFitness) {
        m_maxFitness = m_population[i].getObjective();
      }
      else if (m_population[i].getObjective() < m_minFitness) {
        m_minFitness = m_population[i].getObjective();
      }
    }
    m_avgFitness = (m_sumFitness / m_popSize);
  }

  /**
   * scales the raw (objective) merit of the population members
   */
  private void scalePopulation() {
    int j;
    double a = 0;
    double b = 0;
    double fmultiple = 2.0;
    double delta;
    
    // prescale
    if (m_minFitness > ((fmultiple * m_avgFitness - m_maxFitness) / 
                        (fmultiple - 1.0))) {
      delta = m_maxFitness - m_avgFitness;
      a = ((fmultiple - 1.0) * m_avgFitness / delta);
      b = m_avgFitness * (m_maxFitness - fmultiple * m_avgFitness) / delta;
    }
    else {
      delta = m_avgFitness - m_minFitness;
      a = m_avgFitness / delta;
      b = -m_minFitness * m_avgFitness / delta;
    }
      
    // scalepop
    m_sumFitness = 0;
    for (j=0;j<m_popSize;j++) {
      if (a == Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY || a == Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY ||
          b == Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY || b == Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY) {
        m_population[j].setFitness(m_population[j].getObjective());
      } else {
        m_population[j].
          setFitness(Math.abs((a * m_population[j].getObjective() + b)));
      }
      m_sumFitness += m_population[j].getFitness();
    }
  }
  
  /**
   * generates a report on the current population
   * @return a report as a String
   */
  private String populationReport (int genNum) {
    int i;
    StringBuffer temp = new StringBuffer();

    if (genNum == 0) {
      temp.append("\nInitial population\n");
    }
    else {
      temp.append("\nGeneration: "+genNum+"\n");
    }
    temp.append("merit   \tscaled  \tsubset\n");
    
    for (i=0;i<m_popSize;i++) {
      temp.append(Utils.doubleToString(Math.
                                       abs(m_population[i].getObjective()),
                                       8,5)
                  +"\t"
                  +Utils.doubleToString(m_population[i].getFitness(),
                                        8,5)
                  +"\t");

      temp.append(printPopMember(m_population[i].getChromosome())+"\n");
    }
    return temp.toString();
  }

  /**
   * prints a population member as a series of attribute numbers
   * @param temp the chromosome of a population member
   * @return a population member as a String of attribute numbers
   */
  private String printPopMember(BitSet temp) {
    StringBuffer text = new StringBuffer();

    for (int j=0;j<m_numAttribs;j++) {
      if (temp.get(j)) {
        text.append((j+1)+" ");
      }
    }
    return text.toString();
  }

  /**
   * prints a population member's chromosome
   * @param temp the chromosome of a population member
   * @return a population member's chromosome as a String
   */
  private String printPopChrom(BitSet temp) {
    StringBuffer text = new StringBuffer();

    for (int j=0;j<m_numAttribs;j++) {
      if (temp.get(j)) {
        text.append("1");
      } else {
        text.append("0");
      }
    }
    return text.toString();
  }

  /**
   * reset to default values for options
   */
  private void resetOptions () {
    m_population = null;
    m_popSize = 20;
    m_lookupTableSize = 1001;
    m_pCrossover = 0.6;
    m_pMutation = 0.033;
    m_maxGenerations = 20;
    m_reportFrequency = m_maxGenerations;
    m_starting = null;
    m_startRange = new Range();
    m_seed = 1;
  }
  
  /**
   * Returns the revision string.
   * 
   * @return            the revision
   */
  public String getRevision() {
    return RevisionUtils.extract("$Revision: 5286 $");
  }
}