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"""
Simple multithreaded algorithm to show how the 4 phases of a genetic algorithm works
(Evaluation, Selection, Crossover and Mutation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_algorithm
Author: D4rkia
"""
from
__future__
import
annotations
import
random
# Maximum size of the population. Bigger could be faster but is more memory expensive.
N_POPULATION
=
200
# Number of elements selected in every generation of evolution. The selection takes
# place from best to worst of that generation and must be smaller than N_POPULATION.
N_SELECTED
=
50
# Probability that an element of a generation can mutate, changing one of its genes.
# This will guarantee that all genes will be used during evolution.
MUTATION_PROBABILITY
=
0.4
# Just a seed to improve randomness required by the algorithm.
random
.
seed
(
random
.
randint
(
0
,
1000
))
def
evaluate
(
item
:
str
,
main_target
:
str
)
->
tuple
[
str
,
float
]:
"""
Evaluate how similar the item is with the target by just
counting each char in the right position
>>> evaluate("Helxo Worlx", "Hello World")
('Helxo Worlx', 9.0)
"""
score
=
len
([
g
for
position
,
g
in
enumerate
(
item
)
if
g
==
main_target
[
position
]])
return
(
item
,
float
(
score
))
def
crossover
(
parent_1
:
str
,
parent_2
:
str
)
->
tuple
[
str
,
str
]:
"""Slice and combine two string at a random point."""
random_slice
=
random
.
randint
(
0
,
len
(
parent_1
)
-
1
)
child_1
=
parent_1
[:
random_slice
]
+
parent_2
[
random_slice
:]
child_2
=
parent_2
[:
random_slice
]
+
parent_1
[
random_slice
:]
return
(
child_1
,
child_2
)
def
mutate
(
child
:
str
,
genes
:
list
[
str
])
->
str
:
"""Mutate a random gene of a child with another one from the list."""
child_list
=
list
(
child
)
if
random
.
uniform
(
0
,
1
)
<
MUTATION_PROBABILITY
:
child_list
[
random
.
randint
(
0
,
len
(
child
))
-
1
]
=
random
.
choice
(
genes
)
return
""
.
join
(
child_list
)
# Select, crossover and mutate a new population.
def
select
(
parent_1
:
tuple
[
str
,
float
],
population_score
:
list
[
tuple
[
str
,
float
]],
genes
:
list
[
str
],
)
->
list
[
str
]:
"""Select the second parent and generate new population"""
pop
=
[]
# Generate more children proportionally to the fitness score.
child_n
=
int
(
parent_1
[
1
]
*
100
)
+
1
child_n
=
10
if
child_n
>=
10
else
child_n
for
_
in
range
(
child_n
):
parent_2
=
population_score
[
random
.
randint
(
0
,
N_SELECTED
)][
0
]
child_1
,
child_2
=
crossover
(
parent_1
[
0
],
parent_2
)
# Append new string to the population list.
pop
.
append
(
mutate
(
child_1
,
genes
))
pop
.
append
(
mutate
(
child_2
,
genes
))
return
pop
def
basic
(
target
:
str
,
genes
:
list
[
str
],
debug
:
bool
=
True
)
->
tuple
[
int
,
int
,
str
]:
"""
Verify that the target contains no genes besides the ones inside genes variable.
>>> from string import ascii_lowercase
>>> basic("doctest", ascii_lowercase, debug=False)[2]
'doctest'
>>> genes = list(ascii_lowercase)
>>> genes.remove("e")
>>> basic("test", genes)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: ['e'] is not in genes list, evolution cannot converge
>>> genes.remove("s")
>>> basic("test", genes)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: ['e', 's'] is not in genes list, evolution cannot converge
>>> genes.remove("t")
>>> basic("test", genes)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: ['e', 's', 't'] is not in genes list, evolution cannot converge
"""
# Verify if N_POPULATION is bigger than N_SELECTED
if
N_POPULATION
<
N_SELECTED
:
msg
=
f"
{
N_POPULATION
}
must be bigger than
{
N_SELECTED
}
"
raise
ValueError
(
msg
)
# Verify that the target contains no genes besides the ones inside genes variable.
not_in_genes_list
=
sorted
({
c
for
c
in
target
if
c
not
in
genes
})
if
not_in_genes_list
:
msg
=
f"
{
not_in_genes_list
}
is not in genes list, evolution cannot converge"
raise
ValueError
(
msg
)
# Generate random starting population.
population
=
[]
for
_
in
range
(
N_POPULATION
):
population
.
append
(
""
.
join
([
random
.
choice
(
genes
)
for
i
in
range
(
len
(
target
))]))
# Just some logs to know what the algorithms is doing.
generation
,
total_population
=
0
,
0
# This loop will end when we find a perfect match for our target.
while
True
:
generation
+=
1
total_population
+=
len
(
population
)
# Random population created. Now it's time to evaluate.
# Adding a bit of concurrency can make everything faster,
#
# import concurrent.futures
# population_score: list[tuple[str, float]] = []
# with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(
# max_workers=NUM_WORKERS) as executor:
# futures = {executor.submit(evaluate, item) for item in population}
# concurrent.futures.wait(futures)
# population_score = [item.result() for item in futures]
#
# but with a simple algorithm like this, it will probably be slower.
# We just need to call evaluate for every item inside the population.
population_score
=
[
evaluate
(
item
,
target
)
for
item
in
population
]
# Check if there is a matching evolution.
population_score
=
sorted
(
population_score
,
key
=
lambda
x
:
x
[
1
],
reverse
=
True
)
if
population_score
[
0
][
0
]
==
target
:
return
(
generation
,
total_population
,
population_score
[
0
][
0
])
# Print the best result every 10 generation.
# Just to know that the algorithm is working.
if
debug
and
generation
%
10
==
0
:
print
(
f"
\n
Generation:
{
generation
}
"
f"
\n
Total Population:
{
total_population
}
"
f"
\n
Best score:
{
population_score
[
0
][
1
]
}
"
f"
\n
Best string:
{
population_score
[
0
][
0
]
}
"
)
# Flush the old population, keeping some of the best evolutions.
# Keeping this avoid regression of evolution.
population_best
=
population
[:
int
(
N_POPULATION
/
3
)]
population
.
clear
()
population
.
extend
(
population_best
)
# Normalize population score to be between 0 and 1.
population_score
=
[
(
item
,
score
/
len
(
target
))
for
item
,
score
in
population_score
]
# This is selection
for
i
in
range
(
N_SELECTED
):
population
.
extend
(
select
(
population_score
[
int
(
i
)],
population_score
,
genes
))
# Check if the population has already reached the maximum value and if so,
# break the cycle. If this check is disabled, the algorithm will take
# forever to compute large strings, but will also calculate small strings in
# a far fewer generations.
if
len
(
population
)
>
N_POPULATION
:
break
if
__name__
==
"__main__"
:
target_str
=
(
"This is a genetic algorithm to evaluate, combine, evolve, and mutate a string!"
)
genes_list
=
list
(
" ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklm"
"nopqrstuvwxyz.,;!?+-*#@^'èéòà€ù=)(&%$£/
\\
"
)
generation
,
population
,
target
=
basic
(
target_str
,
genes_list
)
print
(
f"
\n
Generation:
{
generation
}
\n
Total Population:
{
population
}
\n
Target:
{
target
}
"
)
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