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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 jsprit.analysis.toolbox.ComputationalLaboratory;
+import jsprit.analysis.toolbox.ComputationalLaboratory.CalculationListener;
+import jsprit.analysis.toolbox.XYLineChartBuilder;
+import jsprit.core.algorithm.VehicleRoutingAlgorithm;
+import jsprit.core.algorithm.VehicleRoutingAlgorithmFactory;
+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.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_randomVariations {
+
+
+ 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).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
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ */
+ computationalLab.addAlgorithmFactory("schrimpfAcceptance", new VehicleRoutingAlgorithmFactory() {
+
+ @Override
+ public VehicleRoutingAlgorithm createAlgorithm(VehicleRoutingProblem vrp) {
+ VehicleRoutingAlgorithm vra = VehicleRoutingAlgorithms.readAndCreateAlgorithm(vrp, "input/algorithmConfigWithSchrimpfAcceptance.xml");
+ vra.setNuOfIterations(4000);
+ return vra;
+ }
+ });
+ /*
+ * run schrimpfAcceptance 5 times (and thus each with another seed of random number generator)
+ */
+ computationalLab.setNuOfRuns(5);
+
+ /*
+ * plot search progress of different algorithms
+ */
+ final XYLineChartBuilder chartBuilder = XYLineChartBuilder.newInstance("random variations", "iterations", "costs");
+ computationalLab.addListener(new CalculationListener() {
+
+ @Override
+ public void calculationStarts(BenchmarkInstance p, final String algorithmName,VehicleRoutingAlgorithm algorithm, final int run) {
+ algorithm.addListener(new IterationStartsListener() {
+
+ @Override
+ public void informIterationStarts(int i, VehicleRoutingProblem problem,Collection solutions) {
+ /*
+ * since there will be more than 1 run and we want to plot each run, we need to specify an apropriate
+ * XYSeries-name. Thus we add run to algorithmName.
+ */
+ chartBuilder.addData(algorithmName+"_"+run, i, Solutions.bestOf(solutions).getCost());
+ }
+
+ });
+
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public void calculationEnds(BenchmarkInstance p, String algorithmName,VehicleRoutingAlgorithm algorithm, int run,Collection solutions) {}
+
+ });
+
+ computationalLab.setThreads(2);
+ /*
+ * run the experiments
+ */
+ computationalLab.run();
+
+ /*
+ * plot the lineChart
+ */
+ XYLineChartBuilder.saveChartAsPNG(chartBuilder.build(), "output/computationalStudies_randomVariations.png");
+
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/jsprit-examples/src/main/java/jsprit/examples/ComputationalExperiments_randomVariations_and_nuOfIterations.java b/jsprit-examples/src/main/java/jsprit/examples/ComputationalExperiments_randomVariations_and_nuOfIterations.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 jsprit.analysis.toolbox.ComputationalLaboratory;
+import jsprit.analysis.toolbox.ComputationalLaboratory.CalculationListener;
+import jsprit.analysis.toolbox.ComputationalLaboratory.DataCollector;
+import jsprit.analysis.toolbox.XYLineChartBuilder;
+import jsprit.core.algorithm.VehicleRoutingAlgorithm;
+import jsprit.core.algorithm.VehicleRoutingAlgorithmFactory;
+import jsprit.core.algorithm.io.VehicleRoutingAlgorithms;
+import jsprit.core.problem.VehicleRoutingProblem;
+import jsprit.core.problem.solution.VehicleRoutingProblemSolution;
+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_randomVariations_and_nuOfIterations {
+
+
+ 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).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
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ */
+ computationalLab.addAlgorithmFactory("schrimpfAcceptance_1", getAlgorithmFactory(1));
+ computationalLab.addAlgorithmFactory("schrimpfAcceptance_100", getAlgorithmFactory(100));
+ computationalLab.addAlgorithmFactory("schrimpfAcceptance_500", getAlgorithmFactory(500));
+ computationalLab.addAlgorithmFactory("schrimpfAcceptance_1000", getAlgorithmFactory(1000));
+ computationalLab.addAlgorithmFactory("schrimpfAcceptance_2000", getAlgorithmFactory(2000));
+ computationalLab.addAlgorithmFactory("schrimpfAcceptance_4000", getAlgorithmFactory(4000));
+ computationalLab.addAlgorithmFactory("schrimpfAcceptance_8000", getAlgorithmFactory(8000));
+ computationalLab.addAlgorithmFactory("schrimpfAcceptance_12000", getAlgorithmFactory(12000));
+
+
+ /*
+ * run schrimpfAcceptance 5 times (and thus each with another seed of random number generator)
+ */
+ computationalLab.setNuOfRuns(5);
+
+ /*
+ * plot search progress of different algorithms
+ */
+ final DataCollector dataCollector = new DataCollector();
+ computationalLab.addListener(new CalculationListener() {
+
+ @Override
+ public void calculationStarts(BenchmarkInstance p, final String algorithmName,VehicleRoutingAlgorithm algorithm, final int run) {}
+
+ @Override
+ public void calculationEnds(BenchmarkInstance p, String algorithmName,VehicleRoutingAlgorithm algorithm, int run,Collection solutions) {
+ dataCollector.addDate("R101", algorithmName, run, "costs", Solutions.bestOf(solutions).getCost());
+ }
+
+ });
+
+ computationalLab.setThreads(2);
+ /*
+ * run the experiments
+ */
+ computationalLab.run();
+
+ /*
+ * plot min, avg and max
+ */
+ XYLineChartBuilder chartBuilder = XYLineChartBuilder.newInstance("variations with iterations", "iterations", "costs");
+ for(String algorithmName : computationalLab.getAlgorithmNames()){
+ String[] nameTokens = algorithmName.split("_");
+ int iteration = Integer.parseInt(nameTokens[1]);
+ chartBuilder.addData("min", iteration, min(dataCollector.getData("R101", algorithmName, "costs")));
+ chartBuilder.addData("max", iteration, max(dataCollector.getData("R101", algorithmName, "costs")));
+ chartBuilder.addData("avg", iteration, avg(dataCollector.getData("R101", algorithmName, "costs")));
+ }
+
+ XYLineChartBuilder.saveChartAsPNG(chartBuilder.build(), "output/computationalStudies_min_max_avg.png");
+
+
+ }
+
+ public static double min(Collection doubles){
+ double min = Double.MAX_VALUE;
+ for(Double d : doubles){
+ if(d doubles){
+ double max = 0.;
+ for(Double d : doubles){
+ if(d>max) max=d;
+ }
+ return max;
+ }
+
+ public static double avg(Collection doubles){
+ if(doubles.isEmpty()) return 0.;
+ double sum = 0.;
+ for(Double d : doubles){
+ sum+=d;
+ }
+ return sum/(double)doubles.size();
+ }
+
+
+ private static VehicleRoutingAlgorithmFactory getAlgorithmFactory(final int iterations) {
+ return new VehicleRoutingAlgorithmFactory() {
+
+ @Override
+ public VehicleRoutingAlgorithm createAlgorithm(VehicleRoutingProblem vrp) {
+ VehicleRoutingAlgorithm vra = VehicleRoutingAlgorithms.readAndCreateAlgorithm(vrp, "input/algorithmConfigWithSchrimpfAcceptance.xml");
+ vra.setNuOfIterations(iterations);
+ return vra;
+ }
+ };
+ }
+
+}
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
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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 jsprit.analysis.toolbox.ComputationalLaboratory;
+import jsprit.analysis.toolbox.ComputationalLaboratory.CalculationListener;
+import jsprit.analysis.toolbox.XYLineChartBuilder;
+import jsprit.core.algorithm.VehicleRoutingAlgorithm;
+import jsprit.core.algorithm.VehicleRoutingAlgorithmFactory;
+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.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_schrimpf_vs_greedy {
+
+
+ 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).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
+ *
+ *
+ * Define 3 algorithms
+ * - algorithmsConfigWithSchrimpfAcceptance (4000 iterations)
+ * - algorithmsConfigWithGreedyAcceptance (4000 iterations)
+ *
+ */
+ computationalLab.addAlgorithmFactory("schrimpfAcceptance", new VehicleRoutingAlgorithmFactory() {
+
+ @Override
+ public VehicleRoutingAlgorithm createAlgorithm(VehicleRoutingProblem vrp) {
+ VehicleRoutingAlgorithm vra = VehicleRoutingAlgorithms.readAndCreateAlgorithm(vrp, "input/algorithmConfigWithSchrimpfAcceptance.xml");
+ vra.setNuOfIterations(4000);
+ return vra;
+ }
+ });
+ computationalLab.addAlgorithmFactory("greedyAcceptance", new VehicleRoutingAlgorithmFactory() {
+
+ @Override
+ public VehicleRoutingAlgorithm createAlgorithm(VehicleRoutingProblem vrp) {
+ VehicleRoutingAlgorithm vra = VehicleRoutingAlgorithms.readAndCreateAlgorithm(vrp, "input/algorithmConfig_solomon.xml");
+ vra.setNuOfIterations(4000);
+ return vra;
+ }
+ });
+
+ /*
+ * plot search progress of different algorithms
+ */
+ final XYLineChartBuilder chartBuilder = XYLineChartBuilder.newInstance("schrimpf vs greedy", "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) {
+ chartBuilder.addData(algorithmName, i, Solutions.bestOf(solutions).getCost());
+ }
+
+ });
+
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public void calculationEnds(BenchmarkInstance p, String algorithmName,VehicleRoutingAlgorithm algorithm, int run,Collection solutions) {}
+
+ });
+
+ computationalLab.setThreads(2);
+ /*
+ * run the experiments
+ */
+ computationalLab.run();
+
+ /*
+ * plot the lineChart
+ */
+ XYLineChartBuilder.saveChartAsPNG(chartBuilder.build(), "output/computationalStudies_schrimpf_vs_greedy.png");
+
+ }
+
+}