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Omaha: genetic programming w/ lua

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genetic programming w/ lua

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The following code is capable of converging on a solution to Brad's parabola problem, which can be found on the [[NARG]] page

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master_stack = {}
function_table = {}
type_array = {}
type_stack = {}

stack_size = 32

num_types = 0

num_x_samples = 5
constant = {0,1,2,3,4}
expected_result = {0, 4.75, 12.75, 23.98, 38.45, 56.15}
function sleep(n)
os.execute("sleep " .. tonumber(n))
end

function deepcopy(object)
local lookup_table = {}
local function _copy(object)
if type(object) ~= "table" then
return object
elseif lookup_table[object] then
return lookup_table[object]
end
local new_table = {}
lookup_table[object] = new_table
for index, value in pairs(object) do
new_table[_copy(index)] = _copy(value)
end
return setmetatable(new_table, getmetatable(object))
end
return _copy(object)
end

function print_table(theTable, indent)

local iString = ""
for index = 1, indent do
iString = iString .. "-"
end

-- walk all the topmost values in the table
for k,v in pairs(theTable) do
print(iString ,k ,v)
if type(v) == "table" then
print_table(v, indent + 1)
end
end

end

function print_program(theProgram)
print("Program Stack Bottom")
for counter = 1, table.getn(theProgram) do
if (theProgram[counter].name == "real") then
print(theProgram[counter].value)
else
print(theProgram[counter].name)
end
end
print("Program Stack Top")
end

-- add the type to the type table
function insert_function(functionName, functionCall, functionType, nArguments)
-- ensure we haven't already inserted this function
if function_table[functionName] ~= nil then
print("function already defined: " .. functionName)
return false
end

-- add this function to the function_table
tempFunction = {}
tempFunction.fName = functionCall
tempFunction.fType = functionType
tempFunction.nArgs = nArguments

function_table[functionName] = tempFunction
return true
end

function insert_type(typeName, fPointer, weight)
-- walk the list of types and make sure this one hasn't already been defined
for index = 1, table.getn(type_array) do
if (type_array[index].name == typeName) then
print("type already defined: " .. typeName)
return false
end
end

num_types = num_types + 1
type_array[num_types] = {}
type_array[num_types].name = typeName
type_array[num_types].fPointer = fPointer
type_array[num_types].weight = weight

if fPointer == nil then
-- establish the stack for this type
type_stack[typeName] = {}
end

return true
end

function local_add(arguments)
-- print("adding " .. arguments[1] .. " and " .. arguments[2])
return arguments[1] + arguments[2]
end

function local_subtract(arguments)
-- print("subtracting " .. arguments[1] .. " and " .. arguments[2])
return arguments[1] + arguments[2]
end

function local_multiply(arguments)
-- print("multiplying " .. arguments[1] .. " and " .. arguments[2])
return arguments[1] * arguments[2]
end

function local_divide(arguments)
-- print("dividing " .. arguments[1] .. " and " .. arguments[2])
-- dragon
if (arguments[2] == 0) then
arguments[2] = 0.00001
end
return arguments[1] / arguments[2]
end

function some_constant()
-- print("pushing constant onto stack:" .. constant[currentConstant])
return constant[currentConstant]
end

function establish_types()
-- add each of our types to the type_table
insert_type("real", nil, 10)
insert_type("+", local_add, 1)
insert_type("*", local_multiply, 1)
--insert_type("-", local_subtract, 1)
--insert_type("/", local_divide, 1)
insert_type("X", some_constant, 5)
end

function establish_functions()
insert_function("+", local_add, "real", 2)
insert_function("-", local_subtract, "real", 2)
insert_function("*", local_multiply, "real", 2)
insert_function("/", local_divide, "real", 2)
insert_function("X", some_constant, "real", 0)
end

function generate_program(programSize )
return_stack = {}

for counter = 1, programSize do
currentNode = {}
ranVal = math.random(1,table.getn(type_array))
currentNode.name = type_array[ranVal].name
-- beware hardcoded stuffs
if currentNode.name == "real" then
currentNode.value = math.random()
end

table.insert(return_stack, currentNode)
end

return return_stack
end

function process_master()
while table.getn(master_stack) ~= 0 do
-- print("frame begin-------------------------------")
-- print("current table:")
-- print_table(type_stack["real"], 0)

currentNode = table.remove(master_stack)
-- print("curret node name: " .. currentNode.name )

-- treat functions and values differently
if currentNode.name == "real" then
-- print("current node value: " .. currentNode.value)
-- add this value to the 'real' stack
table.insert(type_stack["real"], currentNode.value)
else
-- grab the num of params needed for this function
nRequired = function_table[currentNode.name].nArgs
theType = function_table[currentNode.name].fType

-- make sure there are enough objects on the param stack to call this function
-- print("name = " .. currentNode.name)
-- print(function_table[currentNode.name].fType)
-- print(type_stack["real"])
if (table.getn(type_stack[function_table[currentNode.name].fType]) < nRequired) then
-- not enough params available, NOOP
-- print("not enough params, NOOP")
else
theArguments = {}
-- build an array for passing the params to the function
for counter = 1, nRequired do
theArguments[counter] = table.remove(type_stack[theType])
end

-- call the function
returnVal = function_table[currentNode.name].fName(theArguments)

-- push the return val to the appropriate stack
table.insert(type_stack[function_table[currentNode.name].fType], returnVal)

end
end
-- print("frame end---------------------------------")
end

end

function grab_result()
-- print the top of the "real" stack
if (table.getn(type_stack["real"]) == 0) then
return 9999999
end
return table.remove(type_stack["real"])

end

--generate_master()

--process_master()

--print_result()

function create_population()
-- loop through each member in the population
for count = 1, population_size do
current_member = {}
current_member._error = 99999

-- generate the member's program data
current_member.program = generate_program(initial_member_size)

-- add this member to the population
table.insert(population, current_member)
end
end

function get_best_candidate()
local best_error = 99999
local best_index = 0

for tIndex = 1, table.getn(candidates) do
if candidates[tIndex]._error < best_error then
best_index = tIndex
best_error = candidates[tIndex]._error
end
end

--print("candidate size: " .. table.getn(candidates) .. "\nbest error from candidates: " .. best_error)

-- remove and return the *best* candidate
return table.remove(candidates, best_index)
end

function mutate_child(origin, n_mutations)
dest_node = deepcopy(origin)

for counter = 1, n_mutations do
-- random point inside this child
index_mutate = math.random(1, table.getn(dest_node.program))

ranVal = math.random(1,table.getn(type_array))
dest_node.program[index_mutate].name = type_array[ranVal].name
-- beware hardcoded stuffs
if dest_node.program[index_mutate].name == "real" then
dest_node.program[index_mutate].value = math.random()
end
end

return dest_node
end

function crossover_parents(mommy, daddy)
index_m = math.random(1, table.getn(mommy))
--index_d = math.random(1, table.getn(daddy))

the_child = {}

-- add the first index_m elements of mommy to the_child
for xxx = 1, index_m do
table.insert(the_child, mommy[xxx])
end

-- add the elements index_d to #daddy of daddy to the_child
for xxx = index_m+1, table.getn(daddy) do
table.insert(the_child, daddy[xxx])
end

return the_child
end

-- initialize the population (1 program for each member in the population)
establish_functions()
establish_types()
population = {}
population_size = 10000
initial_member_size = 24
create_population()

error_history = {}
error_threshhold = 0.016

max_num_iterations = 10000
current_iteration = 1

-- while we haven't reached our error threshhold
while current_iteration <= max_num_iterations do

print("iteration #" .. current_iteration)

--print_table(population, 2)

-- get the error for each of the members of our population
for pcount = 1, population_size do

--print_table(population[pcount], 1)

-- initialize the error for this program
population[pcount]._error = 0
--print("pcount = " .. pcount)

if (current_iteration == 2) then
--print_table(population[pcount], 1)
end

-- for each value of X
for icount = 1, num_x_samples do
-- establish the index to the current X/Y pair
currentConstant = icount

-- print("population size: " .. table.getn(population))
-- print("master_stack size: " .. table.getn(population[pcount].program))

-- make a copy of this guy's program
master_stack = deepcopy(population[pcount].program)

-- initialize the stacks for each data type
type_stack["real"] = {}

-- evaluate the program
process_master()

-- print("master_stack size: " .. table.getn(population[pcount].program))

-- print("!!! - " .. table.getn(type_stack["real"]))

the_result = grab_result()

--print("the result = " .. the_result)

-- add the current error to the total error for this program
population[pcount]._error = population[pcount]._error + math.abs(the_result - expected_result[currentConstant])
end
end

-- scan the population and find the lowest error
total_error = 0
best_error = 99999
best_index = 0
for pcount = 1, population_size do
total_error = total_error + population[pcount]._error
if (population[pcount]._error < best_error) then
best_index = pcount
best_error = population[pcount]._error
end
end

average_error = total_error / population_size

print("lowest error : " .. best_error)
print("average error: " .. average_error)

table.insert(error_history, best_error)

-- if the error is under our threshhold, break out and report success
if (best_error < error_threshhold) then
break
end

--=======================================================================
-- evolution FTW
--=======================================================================

children = {}
child = {}
candidates = deepcopy(population)

-- find the top 10% of the population, keep them
tnum = math.ceil(table.getn(population) / 100)
for cpop = 1, tnum do
table.insert(children, get_best_candidate())
end

--sleep(10)
-- the next 25% should be mutations of the top 10%
xnum = tnum + math.floor(tnum * 10)
candidates = deepcopy(children) -- reset candidates
-- print("we have " .. table.getn(candidates) .. " candidates to chose from")
for cpop = (tnum+1), xnum do
child = mutate_child(candidates[math.random(1, table.getn(candidates))], 5)
table.insert(children, deepcopy(child))
-- print("size of children: " .. table.getn(children))
end

-- the remainder should be crossovers of the full population
for pcount = (xnum+1), population_size do

-- take 7 random values from the population
candidates = {}
child = {}
for ccount = 1, 7 do
table.insert(candidates, deepcopy(population[math.random(1, table.getn(population))]))
end

-- print_table(candidates, 1)

mom = get_best_candidate()
dad = get_best_candidate()
child.program = crossover_parents(mom.program, dad.program)

-- write the child data to the list of children
table.insert(children, child)
end

-- move the new population to their proper home
population = deepcopy(children)

current_iteration = current_iteration + 1
end

print("all done!")
--print_table(population[best_index].program, 1)
print_program(population[best_index].program)
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