Restart

Restart (SearchAlgorithm)

Source code in evotorch/algorithms/restarter/restart.py

class Restart(SearchAlgorithm):
    def __init__(
        self,
        problem: Problem,
        algorithm_class: Type[SearchAlgorithm],
        algorithm_args: dict = {},
        **kwargs: Any,
    ):
        """Base class for independent restarts methods
        Args:
            problem (Problem): A Problem to solve
            algorithm_class (Type[SearchAlgorithm]): The class of the search algorithm to restart
            algorithm_args (dict): Arguments to pass to the search algorithm on restart
        """

        SearchAlgorithm.__init__(
            self,
            problem,
            search_algorithm=self._get_sa_status,
            num_restarts=self._get_num_restarts,
            algorithm_terminated=self._search_algorithm_terminated,
            **kwargs,
        )

        self._algorithm_class = algorithm_class
        self._algorithm_args = algorithm_args

        self.num_restarts = 0
        self._restart()

    def _get_sa_status(self) -> dict:
        """Status dictionary of search algorithm"""
        return self.search_algorithm.status

    def _get_num_restarts(self) -> int:
        """Number of restarts (including the first start) so far"""
        return self.num_restarts

    def _restart(self) -> None:
        """Restart the search algorithm"""
        self.search_algorithm = self._algorithm_class(self._problem, **self._algorithm_args)
        self.num_restarts += 1

    def _search_algorithm_terminated(self) -> bool:
        """Boolean flag for search algorithm terminated"""
        return self.search_algorithm.is_terminated

    def _step(self):
        # Step the search algorithm
        self.search_algorithm.step()

        # If stepping the search algorithm has reached a terminal state, restart the search algorithm
        if self._search_algorithm_terminated():
            self._restart()

__init__(self, problem, algorithm_class, algorithm_args={}, **kwargs) special

Base class for independent restarts methods

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
problem	Problem	A Problem to solve	required
algorithm_class	Type[SearchAlgorithm]	The class of the search algorithm to restart	required
algorithm_args	dict	Arguments to pass to the search algorithm on restart	{}

Source code in evotorch/algorithms/restarter/restart.py

def __init__(
    self,
    problem: Problem,
    algorithm_class: Type[SearchAlgorithm],
    algorithm_args: dict = {},
    **kwargs: Any,
):
    """Base class for independent restarts methods
    Args:
        problem (Problem): A Problem to solve
        algorithm_class (Type[SearchAlgorithm]): The class of the search algorithm to restart
        algorithm_args (dict): Arguments to pass to the search algorithm on restart
    """

    SearchAlgorithm.__init__(
        self,
        problem,
        search_algorithm=self._get_sa_status,
        num_restarts=self._get_num_restarts,
        algorithm_terminated=self._search_algorithm_terminated,
        **kwargs,
    )

    self._algorithm_class = algorithm_class
    self._algorithm_args = algorithm_args

    self.num_restarts = 0
    self._restart()