ElitistCMASimple.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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#include <shark/Algorithms/DirectSearch/ElitistCMA.h>
#include <shark/ObjectiveFunctions/Benchmarks/Sphere.h>

int main( int argc, char ** argv ) {

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

    // Instantiate both the problem and the optimizer.
    shark::Sphere sphere( 2 );
    sphere.setNumberOfVariables( 2 );
    shark::ElitistCMA cma;

    // Initialize the optimizer for the objective function instance.
    sphere.init();
    cma.init( sphere );

    // 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.
        std::cout << sphere.evaluationCounter() << " "  
            << cma.solution().value << " "
            << cma.solution().point << " "
            << cma.sigma() << std::endl;
    }while(cma.solution().value > 1E-20 );  
}