Pagmo

class Pagmo(*args)

Pagmo algorithms.

This class exposes bio-inspired and evolutionary global optimization algorithms from the Pagmo library. These algorithms start from an initial population and make it evolve to obtain a final population after a defined number of generations (by setGenerationNumber()). A few of these algorithms allow for multi-objective optimization, and in that case the result is not the best point among the final population but a set of dominant points: a pareto front.

Parameters
problemOptimizationProblem

Optimization problem to solve

algoNamestr, default=’gaco’

Identifier of the optimization method to use.

startingSample2-d sequence of float, optional

Initial population

Notes

Starting points provided through the startingSample parameter should be within the bounds of the OptimizationProblem, but this is not enforced.

Pagmo provides the following global heuristics:

Algorithm

Description

Multi-objective

MINLP

Batch

gaco

Extended Ant Colony Optimization

no

yes

yes

de

Differential Evolution

no

no

no

sade

Self-adaptive DE (jDE and iDE)

no

no

no

de1220

Self-adaptive DE (de_1220 aka pDE)

no

no

no

gwo

Grey wolf optimizer

no

no

no

ihs

Improved Harmony Search

no

yes

no

pso

Particle Swarm Optimization

no

no

no

pso_gen

Particle Swarm Optimization Generational

no

no

yes

sea

(N+1)-ES Simple Evolutionary Algorithm

no

no

no

sga

Simple Genetic Algorithm

no

yes

no

simulated_annealing

Corana’s Simulated Annealing

no

no

no

bee_colony

Artificial Bee Colony

no

no

no

cmaes

Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evo. Strategy

no

no

no

xnes

Exponential Evolution Strategies

no

no

no

nsga2

Non-dominated Sorting GA

yes

yes

yes

moead

Multi-objective EA vith Decomposition

yes

no

no

mhaco

Multi-objective Hypervolume-based ACO

yes

yes

yes

nspso

Non-dominated Sorting PSO

yes

no

yes

Only gaco and ihs natively support constraints, but for the other algorithms constraints are emulated through penalization. Some algorithms support batch evaluation, except when constraints are emulated, see setBlockSize(). Default parameters are available in the ResourceMap for each algorithm, refer to the correspondings keys in the Pagmo documentation.

Examples

Define an optimization problem to find the minimum of the Rosenbrock function:

>>> import openturns as ot
>>> dim = 2
>>> rosenbrock = ot.SymbolicFunction(['x1', 'x2'], ['(1-x1)^2+100*(x2-x1^2)^2'])
>>> bounds = ot.Interval([-5.0] * dim, [5.0] * dim)
>>> problem = ot.OptimizationProblem(rosenbrock)
>>> problem.setBounds(bounds)

Sample the initial population inside a box:

>>> uniform = ot.ComposedDistribution([ot.Uniform(-2.0, 2.0)] * dim)
>>> ot.RandomGenerator.SetSeed(0)
>>> init_pop = uniform.getSample(5)

Run GACO on our problem:

>>> algo = ot.Pagmo(problem, 'gaco', init_pop)
>>> algo.setGenerationNumber(5)
>>> algo.run() 
>>> result = algo.getResult() 
>>> x_star = result.getOptimalPoint() 
>>> y_star = result.getOptimalValue() 

Get the final population:

>>> final_pop_x = result.getFinalPoints() 
>>> final_pop_y = result.getFinalValues() 

Define a multi-objective problem:

>>> dim = 2
>>> model = ot.SymbolicFunction(['x', 'y'], ['x^2+y^2*(1-x)^3', '-x^2'])
>>> bounds = ot.Interval([-2.0] * dim, [3.0] * dim)
>>> problem = ot.OptimizationProblem(model)
>>> problem.setBounds(bounds)

Sample the initial population inside a box:

>>> uniform = ot.ComposedDistribution([ot.Uniform(-2.0, 3.0)] * dim)
>>> ot.RandomGenerator.SetSeed(0)
>>> init_pop = uniform.getSample(5)

Run NSGA2 on our problem:

>>> algo = ot.Pagmo(problem, 'nsga2', init_pop)
>>> algo.setGenerationNumber(5)
>>> algo.run() 
>>> result = algo.getResult() 
>>> final_pop_x = result.getFinalPoints() 
>>> final_pop_y = result.getFinalValues() 

Get the best front points and values:

>>> front0 = result.getParetoFrontsIndices()[0] 
>>> front0_x = final_pop_x.select(front0) 
>>> front0_y = final_pop_y.select(front0) 

Methods

GetAlgorithmNames()

Accessor to the list of algorithm names provided.

getAlgorithmName()

Accessor to the algorithm name.

getBlockSize()

Block size accessor.

getClassName()

Accessor to the object's name.

getGenerationNumber()

Generation number accessor.

getId()

Accessor to the object's id.

getMaximumAbsoluteError()

Accessor to maximum allowed absolute error.

getMaximumConstraintError()

Accessor to maximum allowed constraint error.

getMaximumEvaluationNumber()

Accessor to maximum allowed number of evaluations.

getMaximumIterationNumber()

Accessor to maximum allowed number of iterations.

getMaximumRelativeError()

Accessor to maximum allowed relative error.

getMaximumResidualError()

Accessor to maximum allowed residual error.

getName()

Accessor to the object's name.

getProblem()

Accessor to optimization problem.

getResult()

Accessor to optimization result.

getSeed()

Random generator seed accessor.

getShadowedId()

Accessor to the object's shadowed id.

getStartingPoint()

Accessor to starting point.

getStartingSample()

Accessor to the sample of starting points.

getVerbose()

Accessor to the verbosity flag.

getVisibility()

Accessor to the object's visibility state.

hasName()

Test if the object is named.

hasVisibleName()

Test if the object has a distinguishable name.

run()

Launch the optimization.

setAlgorithmName(algoName)

Accessor to the algorithm name.

setBlockSize(blockSize)

Block size accessor.

setGenerationNumber(generationNumber)

Generation number accessor.

setMaximumAbsoluteError(maximumAbsoluteError)

Accessor to maximum allowed absolute error.

setMaximumConstraintError(maximumConstraintError)

Accessor to maximum allowed constraint error.

setMaximumEvaluationNumber(...)

Accessor to maximum allowed number of evaluations.

setMaximumIterationNumber(maximumIterationNumber)

Accessor to maximum allowed number of iterations.

setMaximumRelativeError(maximumRelativeError)

Accessor to maximum allowed relative error.

setMaximumResidualError(maximumResidualError)

Accessor to maximum allowed residual error.

setName(name)

Accessor to the object's name.

setProblem(problem)

Accessor to optimization problem.

setProgressCallback(*args)

Set up a progress callback.

setResult(result)

Accessor to optimization result.

setSeed(seed)

Random generator seed accessor.

setShadowedId(id)

Accessor to the object's shadowed id.

setStartingPoint(point)

Accessor to starting point.

setStartingSample(startingSample)

Accessor to the sample of starting points.

setStopCallback(*args)

Set up a stop callback.

setVerbose(verbose)

Accessor to the verbosity flag.

setVisibility(visible)

Accessor to the object's visibility state.

__init__(*args)
static GetAlgorithmNames()

Accessor to the list of algorithm names provided.

Returns
namesDescription

List of algorithm names provided, according to its naming convention.

getAlgorithmName()

Accessor to the algorithm name.

Returns
algoNamestr

The identifier of the algorithm.

getBlockSize()

Block size accessor.

Returns
blockSizeint

Batch evaluation granularity.

getClassName()

Accessor to the object’s name.

Returns
class_namestr

The object class name (object.__class__.__name__).

getGenerationNumber()

Generation number accessor.

Returns
genint

Number of generations to evolve.

getId()

Accessor to the object’s id.

Returns
idint

Internal unique identifier.

getMaximumAbsoluteError()

Accessor to maximum allowed absolute error.

Returns
maximumAbsoluteErrorfloat

Maximum allowed absolute error, where the absolute error is defined by \epsilon^a_n=\|\vect{x}_{n+1}-\vect{x}_n\|_{\infty} where \vect{x}_{n+1} and \vect{x}_n are two consecutive approximations of the optimum.

getMaximumConstraintError()

Accessor to maximum allowed constraint error.

Returns
maximumConstraintErrorfloat

Maximum allowed constraint error, where the constraint error is defined by \gamma_n=\|g(\vect{x}_n)\|_{\infty} where \vect{x}_n is the current approximation of the optimum and g is the function that gathers all the equality and inequality constraints (violated values only)

getMaximumEvaluationNumber()

Accessor to maximum allowed number of evaluations.

Returns
Nint

Maximum allowed number of evaluations.

getMaximumIterationNumber()

Accessor to maximum allowed number of iterations.

Returns
Nint

Maximum allowed number of iterations.

getMaximumRelativeError()

Accessor to maximum allowed relative error.

Returns
maximumRelativeErrorfloat

Maximum allowed relative error, where the relative error is defined by \epsilon^r_n=\epsilon^a_n/\|\vect{x}_{n+1}\|_{\infty} if \|\vect{x}_{n+1}\|_{\infty}\neq 0, else \epsilon^r_n=-1.

getMaximumResidualError()

Accessor to maximum allowed residual error.

Returns
maximumResidualErrorfloat

Maximum allowed residual error, where the residual error is defined by \epsilon^r_n=\frac{\|f(\vect{x}_{n+1})-f(\vect{x}_{n})\|}{\|f(\vect{x}_{n+1})\|} if \|f(\vect{x}_{n+1})\|\neq 0, else \epsilon^r_n=-1.

getName()

Accessor to the object’s name.

Returns
namestr

The name of the object.

getProblem()

Accessor to optimization problem.

Returns
problemOptimizationProblem

Optimization problem.

getResult()

Accessor to optimization result.

Returns
resultOptimizationResult

Result class.

getSeed()

Random generator seed accessor.

Returns
seedint

Seed.

getShadowedId()

Accessor to the object’s shadowed id.

Returns
idint

Internal unique identifier.

getStartingPoint()

Accessor to starting point.

Returns
startingPointPoint

Starting point.

getStartingSample()

Accessor to the sample of starting points.

Returns
startingSampleSample

The initial population.

getVerbose()

Accessor to the verbosity flag.

Returns
verbosebool

Verbosity flag state.

getVisibility()

Accessor to the object’s visibility state.

Returns
visiblebool

Visibility flag.

hasName()

Test if the object is named.

Returns
hasNamebool

True if the name is not empty.

hasVisibleName()

Test if the object has a distinguishable name.

Returns
hasVisibleNamebool

True if the name is not empty and not the default one.

run()

Launch the optimization.

setAlgorithmName(algoName)

Accessor to the algorithm name.

Parameters
algoNamestr

The identifier of the algorithm.

setBlockSize(blockSize)

Block size accessor.

Parameters
blockSizeint

Batch evaluation granularity.

setGenerationNumber(generationNumber)

Generation number accessor.

Parameters
genint

Number of generations to evolve. Ignored for the simulated_annealing algorithm.

setMaximumAbsoluteError(maximumAbsoluteError)

Accessor to maximum allowed absolute error.

Parameters
maximumAbsoluteErrorfloat

Maximum allowed absolute error, where the absolute error is defined by \epsilon^a_n=\|\vect{x}_{n+1}-\vect{x}_n\|_{\infty} where \vect{x}_{n+1} and \vect{x}_n are two consecutive approximations of the optimum.

setMaximumConstraintError(maximumConstraintError)

Accessor to maximum allowed constraint error.

Parameters
maximumConstraintErrorfloat

Maximum allowed constraint error, where the constraint error is defined by \gamma_n=\|g(\vect{x}_n)\|_{\infty} where \vect{x}_n is the current approximation of the optimum and g is the function that gathers all the equality and inequality constraints (violated values only)

setMaximumEvaluationNumber(maximumEvaluationNumber)

Accessor to maximum allowed number of evaluations.

Parameters
Nint

Maximum allowed number of evaluations.

setMaximumIterationNumber(maximumIterationNumber)

Accessor to maximum allowed number of iterations.

Parameters
Nint

Maximum allowed number of iterations.

setMaximumRelativeError(maximumRelativeError)

Accessor to maximum allowed relative error.

Parameters
maximumRelativeErrorfloat

Maximum allowed relative error, where the relative error is defined by \epsilon^r_n=\epsilon^a_n/\|\vect{x}_{n+1}\|_{\infty} if \|\vect{x}_{n+1}\|_{\infty}\neq 0, else \epsilon^r_n=-1.

setMaximumResidualError(maximumResidualError)

Accessor to maximum allowed residual error.

Parameters
Maximum allowed residual error, where the residual error is defined by

\epsilon^r_n=\frac{\|f(\vect{x}_{n+1})-f(\vect{x}_{n})\|}{\|f(\vect{x}_{n+1})\|} if \|f(\vect{x}_{n+1})\|\neq 0, else \epsilon^r_n=-1.

setName(name)

Accessor to the object’s name.

Parameters
namestr

The name of the object.

setProblem(problem)

Accessor to optimization problem.

Parameters
problemOptimizationProblem

Optimization problem.

setProgressCallback(*args)

Set up a progress callback.

Can be used to programmatically report the progress of an optimization.

Parameters
callbackcallable

Takes a float as argument as percentage of progress.

Examples

>>> import sys
>>> import openturns as ot
>>> rosenbrock = ot.SymbolicFunction(['x1', 'x2'], ['(1-x1)^2+100*(x2-x1^2)^2'])
>>> problem = ot.OptimizationProblem(rosenbrock)
>>> solver = ot.OptimizationAlgorithm(problem)
>>> solver.setStartingPoint([0, 0])
>>> solver.setMaximumResidualError(1.e-3)
>>> solver.setMaximumEvaluationNumber(10000)
>>> def report_progress(progress):
...     sys.stderr.write('-- progress=' + str(progress) + '%\n')
>>> solver.setProgressCallback(report_progress)
>>> solver.run()
setResult(result)

Accessor to optimization result.

Parameters
resultOptimizationResult

Result class.

setSeed(seed)

Random generator seed accessor.

Parameters
seedint

Seed.

setShadowedId(id)

Accessor to the object’s shadowed id.

Parameters
idint

Internal unique identifier.

setStartingPoint(point)

Accessor to starting point.

Parameters
startingPointPoint

Starting point.

setStartingSample(startingSample)

Accessor to the sample of starting points.

Parameters
startingSample2-d sequence of float

The initial population.

setStopCallback(*args)

Set up a stop callback.

Can be used to programmatically stop an optimization.

Parameters
callbackcallable

Returns an int deciding whether to stop or continue.

Examples

>>> import openturns as ot
>>> rosenbrock = ot.SymbolicFunction(['x1', 'x2'], ['(1-x1)^2+100*(x2-x1^2)^2'])
>>> problem = ot.OptimizationProblem(rosenbrock)
>>> solver = ot.OptimizationAlgorithm(problem)
>>> solver.setStartingPoint([0, 0])
>>> solver.setMaximumResidualError(1.e-3)
>>> solver.setMaximumEvaluationNumber(10000)
>>> def ask_stop():
...     return True
>>> solver.setStopCallback(ask_stop)
>>> solver.run()
setVerbose(verbose)

Accessor to the verbosity flag.

Parameters
verbosebool

Verbosity flag state.

setVisibility(visible)

Accessor to the object’s visibility state.

Parameters
visiblebool

Visibility flag.