diff --git a/jsprit-examples/src/main/java/jsprit/examples/ComputationalExperiments_alphaSenstivity.java b/jsprit-examples/src/main/java/jsprit/examples/ComputationalExperiments_alphaSenstivity.java
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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Stefan Schroeder
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 3.0 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library. If not, see .
+ ******************************************************************************/
+package jsprit.examples;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.XMLConfiguration;
+
+import jsprit.analysis.toolbox.ComputationalLaboratory;
+import jsprit.analysis.toolbox.ComputationalLaboratory.CalculationListener;
+import jsprit.analysis.toolbox.ComputationalLaboratory.DataCollector;
+import jsprit.analysis.toolbox.Plotter;
+import jsprit.analysis.toolbox.XYLineChartBuilder;
+import jsprit.core.algorithm.VehicleRoutingAlgorithm;
+import jsprit.core.algorithm.VehicleRoutingAlgorithmFactory;
+import jsprit.core.algorithm.io.AlgorithmConfig;
+import jsprit.core.algorithm.io.VehicleRoutingAlgorithms;
+import jsprit.core.algorithm.listener.IterationStartsListener;
+import jsprit.core.problem.VehicleRoutingProblem;
+import jsprit.core.problem.solution.VehicleRoutingProblemSolution;
+import jsprit.core.reporting.SolutionPrinter;
+import jsprit.core.reporting.SolutionPrinter.Print;
+import jsprit.core.util.BenchmarkInstance;
+import jsprit.core.util.Solutions;
+import jsprit.instance.reader.SolomonReader;
+import jsprit.util.Examples;
+
+/**
+ * Based on Solomon's R101 instance
+ *
+ * @author schroeder
+ *
+ */
+public class ComputationalExperiments_alphaSenstivity {
+
+
+ public static void main(String[] args) {
+ /*
+ * some preparation - create output folder
+ */
+ Examples.createOutputFolder();
+
+ /*
+ * Build the problem.
+ *
+ * But define a problem-builder first.
+ */
+ VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder vrpBuilder = VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder.newInstance();
+
+ /*
+ * A solomonReader reads solomon-instance files, and stores the required information in the builder.
+ */
+ new SolomonReader(vrpBuilder,100).read("input/R101.txt");
+
+ /*
+ * Finally, the problem can be built. By default, transportCosts are crowFlyDistances (as usually used for vrp-instances).
+ */
+ VehicleRoutingProblem vrp = vrpBuilder.build();
+
+ /*
+ * Create ComputationalLaboratory
+ */
+ ComputationalLaboratory computationalLab = new ComputationalLaboratory();
+ /*
+ * add benchmarking instance
+ */
+ computationalLab.addInstance("SolomonR101", vrp);
+ /*
+ * add algorithms through factories
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ */
+ for(double alphaVal=0.;alphaVal<.4;alphaVal+=.1){
+
+ final String alpha = String.valueOf(alphaVal).substring(0, 3);
+ computationalLab.addAlgorithmFactory("alpha_"+alpha, new VehicleRoutingAlgorithmFactory() {
+
+ @Override
+ public VehicleRoutingAlgorithm createAlgorithm(VehicleRoutingProblem vrp) {
+ VehicleRoutingAlgorithm vra = VehicleRoutingAlgorithms.createAlgorithm(vrp, getAlgorithmConfig(alpha));
+ return vra;
+ }
+
+ });
+
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * plot search progress of different algorithms
+ */
+ final XYLineChartBuilder chartBuilder = XYLineChartBuilder.newInstance("alpha-sensitivity", "iterations", "costs");
+ computationalLab.addListener(new CalculationListener() {
+
+ @Override
+ public void calculationStarts(BenchmarkInstance p, final String algorithmName,VehicleRoutingAlgorithm algorithm, int run) {
+ algorithm.addListener(new IterationStartsListener() {
+
+ @Override
+ public void informIterationStarts(int i, VehicleRoutingProblem problem,Collection solutions) {
+ /*
+ * plot only distance-costs, i.e. without fixed costs
+ */
+ VehicleRoutingProblemSolution bestOf = Solutions.bestOf(solutions);
+ chartBuilder.addData(algorithmName, i, bestOf.getCost()-bestOf.getRoutes().size()*100.);
+ }
+
+ });
+
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public void calculationEnds(BenchmarkInstance p, String algorithmName,VehicleRoutingAlgorithm algorithm, int run,Collection solutions) {}
+
+ });
+ /*
+ * define dataCollector to collect an arbitrary number of indicators as well as solutions
+ */
+ final DataCollector dataCollector = new DataCollector();
+ computationalLab.addListener(new CalculationListener() {
+
+ @Override
+ public void calculationStarts(BenchmarkInstance p, String algorithmName,VehicleRoutingAlgorithm algorithm, int run) {}
+
+ @Override
+ public void calculationEnds(BenchmarkInstance p, String algorithmName,VehicleRoutingAlgorithm algorithm, int run,Collection solutions) {
+ //memorize solution
+ dataCollector.addSolution(p.name, algorithmName, run, Solutions.bestOf(solutions));
+ }
+
+ });
+ /*
+ * determine number of threads to be used
+ */
+ computationalLab.setThreads(2);
+ /*
+ * run the experiments
+ */
+ computationalLab.run();
+
+ /*
+ * plot the lineChart
+ */
+ XYLineChartBuilder.saveChartAsPNG(chartBuilder.build(), "output/computationalStudies_alphaSensitivity.png");
+
+ /*
+ * print best solution
+ */
+ SolutionPrinter.print(vrp, Solutions.bestOf(dataCollector.getSolutions()), Print.VERBOSE);
+
+ /*
+ * plot best
+ */
+ Plotter plotter = new Plotter(vrp,Solutions.bestOf(dataCollector.getSolutions()));
+ plotter.plot("output/bestOf.png", "bestOfR101");
+
+ }
+
+ private static AlgorithmConfig getAlgorithmConfig(String alpha) {
+ AlgorithmConfig config = new AlgorithmConfig();
+ XMLConfiguration xmlConfig = config.getXMLConfiguration();
+ xmlConfig.setProperty("iterations",10000);
+ xmlConfig.setProperty("construction.insertion[@name]","bestInsertion");
+
+ xmlConfig.setProperty("strategy.memory", 1);
+ String searchStrategy = "strategy.searchStrategies.searchStrategy";
+
+ xmlConfig.setProperty(searchStrategy + "(0).selector[@name]","selectBest");
+ xmlConfig.setProperty(searchStrategy + "(0).acceptor[@name]","schrimpfAcceptance");
+ xmlConfig.setProperty(searchStrategy + "(0).acceptor.alpha",alpha);
+ xmlConfig.setProperty(searchStrategy + "(0).acceptor.warmup","50");
+ xmlConfig.setProperty(searchStrategy + "(0).modules.module(0)[@name]","ruin_and_recreate");
+ xmlConfig.setProperty(searchStrategy + "(0).modules.module(0).ruin[@name]","randomRuin");
+ xmlConfig.setProperty(searchStrategy + "(0).modules.module(0).ruin.share","0.3");
+ xmlConfig.setProperty(searchStrategy + "(0).modules.module(0).insertion[@name]","bestInsertion");
+ xmlConfig.setProperty(searchStrategy + "(0).probability",".5");
+
+ xmlConfig.setProperty(searchStrategy + "(1).selector[@name]","selectBest");
+ xmlConfig.setProperty(searchStrategy + "(1).acceptor[@name]","schrimpfAcceptance");
+ xmlConfig.setProperty(searchStrategy + "(1).modules.module(0)[@name]","ruin_and_recreate");
+ xmlConfig.setProperty(searchStrategy + "(1).modules.module(0).ruin[@name]","radialRuin");
+ xmlConfig.setProperty(searchStrategy + "(1).modules.module(0).ruin.share","0.1");
+ xmlConfig.setProperty(searchStrategy + "(1).modules.module(0).insertion[@name]","bestInsertion");
+ xmlConfig.setProperty(searchStrategy + "(1).probability","0.5");
+
+ return config;
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/jsprit-examples/src/main/java/jsprit/examples/ComputationalExperiments_schrimpf_vs_greedy.java b/jsprit-examples/src/main/java/jsprit/examples/ComputationalExperiments_schrimpf_vs_greedy.java
index b5844d7d..60063587 100644
--- a/jsprit-examples/src/main/java/jsprit/examples/ComputationalExperiments_schrimpf_vs_greedy.java
+++ b/jsprit-examples/src/main/java/jsprit/examples/ComputationalExperiments_schrimpf_vs_greedy.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class ComputationalExperiments_schrimpf_vs_greedy {
* add algorithms through factories
*
*
- * Define 3 algorithms
+ * Define 2 algorithms
* - algorithmsConfigWithSchrimpfAcceptance (4000 iterations)
* - algorithmsConfigWithGreedyAcceptance (4000 iterations)
*