CMASimple.cpp

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/*!
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 * \brief       Example for running CMA-ES on an exemplary benchmark function.

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 * \author      tvoss
 * \date        -
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  // Implementation of the CMA-ES
 #include <shark/Algorithms/DirectSearch/CMA.h>
 // Access to benchmark functions
 #include <shark/ObjectiveFunctions/Benchmarks/Benchmarks.h>

using namespace shark;
using namespace std;
        
int main( int argc, char ** argv ) {

    // Adjust the floating-point format to scientific and increase output precision.
    cout.setf( ios_base::scientific );
    cout.precision( 10 );

    // Instantiate the problem.
    Sphere sphere( 2 );
    // Initialize the optimizer for the objective function instance.
    CMA cma;
    cma.setInitialSigma(0.1);// Explicitely set initial global step size.
    sphere.init();
    cma.init( sphere, sphere.proposeStartingPoint()); 

    // Iterate the optimizer until a solution of sufficient quality is found.
    do {
        cma.step( sphere );

        // Report information on the optimizer state and the current solution to the console.
        cout << sphere.evaluationCounter() << " " << cma.solution().value << " " << cma.solution().point << " " << cma.sigma() << endl;
    } while(cma.solution().value > 1E-20 ); 
}