[erlang-questions] Beginner questions
OJ Reeves
oj@REDACTED
Mon Dec 24 22:17:08 CET 2012
Gene,
Apologies. I was just going off what Bob was attempting to do. I know
almost nothing about your work and was just following blindly. I knew
having you intervene and put him on the right path was a much better thing
to have happen than me speculating. Apologies if I was misleading in any
way.
All the best and merry Christmas.
OJ
On 25 Dec, 2012 3:43 AM, "Gene Sher" <corticalcomputer@REDACTED> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> To answer Reeves' comments: The code is in a fully functional state, I
> left the start/0 function in there though, for later use. To start the
> programs without errors it's important to start them with proper
> parameters. I'll extend the readme file to include these notes. Although a
> larger update is planned in a while, that will add Hall of fame style
> selection function, and other modifications improving the system's
> performance. Same updates will be added to DXNN V1.
>
> Some other notes applicable to DXNN1 and 2:
>
> There are two ways to go about applying single and multi specie
> populations to a problem:
>
> population_monitor:start(Init_State), executed with default constraints
> (in which you can define the constraints of the species and population)
> from the population_monitor:test(). and with:
> population_monitor:start({OpMode,Population_Id,Selection_Algorithm}). which
> is executed from:
>
> continue(OpMode,Selection_Algorithm)->
> Population_Id = test,
> population_monitor:start({OpMode,Population_Id,Selection_Algorithm}).
> continue(OpMode,Selection_Algorithm,Population_Id)->
> population_monitor:start({OpMode,Population_Id,Selection_Algorithm}).
> %The function continue/2 and continue/3 are used to summon an already
> existing population with Population_Id, and continue with the experiment
> using the Selection_Algorithm.
>
> This allows you to continue with the evolution of an existing population
> of NN based agents, based on the id of the existing population, and some
> initial parameters you wish to use to continue with the evolutionary run.
>
> Granted, you can use population_monitor:start/1 directly, but you will
> then have to specify all the parameters from the console, that's why the
> population_monitor:test() was provided (perhaps test was a poor choice for
> the function's name). For complete experiments, which are usually composed
> of many evolutionary runs, you would run the benchmark module's functions.
> These execute the population_monitor:start/1 with appropriate parameters,
> and also keep track of the resulting evolutionary statistics, and enter
> these stats into the experiment table, which can be processed to produce
> GNUPlot files, to graph fitness vs evaluations, diversity vs evaluations
> and other things. As with a single evolutionary run and the "continue"
> function, an experiment too can be recovered from a crash, and continue
> running new evolutionary runs, accumulating the data into the experiment
> entry with the specified Id.
>
> Best regards,
> -Gene
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Gene Sher <corticalcomputer@REDACTED>wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> The problem is not with the code, but that population_monitor should not
>> be started with start(). Population_monitor should be started with the
>> properly set up constraints. To use the default constraints you start with
>> population_monitor:test().
>> test()->
>> init_population(#state{op_mode = [gt,benchmark]},?INIT_CONSTRAINTS).
>> %The test/0 function starts the population monitor through
>> init_population/1 with a set of default parameters specified by the macros
>> of this module.
>>
>> prep_PopState(PMP,Specie_Constraints)->
>> S=#state{
>> op_mode=PMP#pmp.op_mode,
>> population_id = PMP#pmp.population_id,
>> survival_percentage=PMP#pmp.survival_percentage,
>> specie_size_limit=PMP#pmp.specie_size_limit,
>> init_specie_size=PMP#pmp.init_specie_size,
>> polis_id=PMP#pmp.polis_id,
>> generation_limit=PMP#pmp.generation_limit,
>> evaluations_limit=PMP#pmp.evaluations_limit,
>> fitness_goal=PMP#pmp.fitness_goal,
>> benchmarker_pid=PMP#pmp.benchmarker_pid
>> },
>> init_population(S,Specie_Constraints).
>>
>> init_population(Init_State,Specie_Constraints)->
>> random:seed(now()),
>> Population_Id = Init_State#state.population_id,
>> %OpMode = Init_State#state.op_mode,
>> F = fun()->
>> case genotype:read({population,Population_Id}) of
>> undefined ->
>>
>> create_Population(Population_Id,Init_State#state.init_specie_size,Specie_Constraints);
>> _ ->
>> delete_population(Population_Id),
>>
>> create_Population(Population_Id,Init_State#state.init_specie_size,Specie_Constraints)
>> end
>> end,
>> Result = mnesia:transaction(F),
>> case Result of
>> {atomic,_} ->
>> population_monitor:start(Init_State);
>> Error ->
>> io:format("******** ERROR in PopulationMonitor:~p~n",[Error])
>> end.
>> %The function init_population/1 creates a new population with the id
>> Population_Id, composed of length(Specie_Constraints) species, where each
>> specie uses the particular specie constraint specified within the
>> Specie_Constraints list. The function first checks if a population with the
>> noted Population_Id already exists, if a population does exist, then the
>> function first delets it, and then creates a fresh one. Since the ids are
>> usually generated with the genotype:create_UniqueId/0, the only way an
>> already existing Population_Id is dropped into the function as a parameter
>> is if it is intended, usually when runing tests, with the Population_Id =
>> test.
>>
>> You will note that population_monitor;start(Init_state) is the only way
>> to properly start the population monitor. I did not wish to remove the
>> function population_monitor:start() from the module, for the sake of future
>> extensions. But there are no problems with the code.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> -Gene
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 4:35 AM, OJ Reeves <oj@REDACTED> wrote:
>>
>>> All,
>>>
>>> The first issue is that the init() function isn't correct for this
>>> gen_server.
>>>
>>> On line 83, the init function starts like this:
>>> init(S) ->
>>> When it should (apparently) be like this:
>>> init([S]) ->
>>>
>>> This doesn't make the server run though. The next error states:
>>>
>>> 6> population_monitor:start().
>>> ******** Population monitor started with parameters:{state,
>>> [gt],
>>>
>>> test,[],[],undefined,
>>>
>>> undefined,undefined,[],0,
>>> 0,0,0,0,undefined,
>>> undefined,undefined,
>>> undefined,undefined,
>>> undefined,0.5,10,10,
>>>
>>> mathema,100,100000,inf,
>>> undefined,false}
>>> {error,{{badrecord,population},
>>> [{population_monitor,extract_AgentIds,2,
>>>
>>> [{file,"population_monitor.erl"},{line,372}]},
>>> {population_monitor,init,1,
>>>
>>> [{file,"population_monitor.erl"},{line,89}]},
>>> {gen_server,init_it,6,[{file,"gen_server.erl"},{line,304}]},
>>> {proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,
>>> [{file,"proc_lib.erl"},{line,227}]}]}}
>>>
>>> I get the feeling that there's going to be more stuff requiring fixes as
>>> you go. Perhaps the best thing its to get in touch with the author directly
>>> and find out about the state of the source base before continuing.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> OJ
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Ivan Uemlianin <ivan@REDACTED>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Bob
>>>>
>>>> This line should be part of the function population_monitor:init/1
>>>> (that's file population_monitor, function init, which takes one argument).
>>>>
>>>> The error it complains of is {badrecord,state}, so perhaps the record S
>>>> has been badly set up.
>>>>
>>>> Are you learning erlang through neuroevolution :) ? Do you have other
>>>> reference resources?
>>>>
>>>> Nadolig Llawen
>>>>
>>>> Ivan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> festina lente
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 24 Dec 2012, at 07:24, Bob Matthews <rgmatthews@REDACTED> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thank you Ivan
>>>>
>>>> line 82: Population_Id = S#state.population_id,
>>>>
>>>> Merry Xmas to you too :)
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>> Dunedin
>>>> New Zealand
>>>>
>>>> On 24/12/2012 8:14 p.m., Ivan Uemlianin wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I dont have my computer with me but the error is at line 82 of the file
>>>> population_monitor.erl.
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes
>>>>
>>>> Ivan
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> festina lente
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 24 Dec 2012, at 01:32, Bob Matthews <rgmatthews@REDACTED> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The code that I am looking at is DXNN2 copyrighted to Gene Sher.
>>>>
>>>> The error message I got which I am having difficulty interpreting is as
>>>> follows....................
>>>>
>>>> 4> population_monitor:start().
>>>> {error,{{badrecord,state},
>>>> [{population_monitor,init,1,
>>>>
>>>> [{file,"population_monitor.erl"},{line,82}]},
>>>> {gen_server,init_it,6,[{file,"gen_server.erl"},{line,304}]},
>>>> {proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,
>>>> [{file,"proc_lib.erl"},{line,227}]}]}}
>>>>
>>>> I am using the latest versionR15B03
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for you help
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>> Dunedin New Zealand
>>>>
>>>> On 24/12/2012 11:58 a.m., Matti Oinas wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> My first proposal is to change the editor to something more usable like
>>>> emacs or if you prefer something different then notepad++, sublime text or
>>>> eclipse + erlIDE. Everyone of these are able to show you the line numbers
>>>> and offer syntax highlight features.
>>>>
>>>> It would help a lot if you tell us which code you are looking at.
>>>> Server callbacks probably mean gen_server callbacks so it doesn't matter if
>>>> you are using windows or linux.
>>>>
>>>> Matti
>>>>
>>>> On 12/24/2012 12:08 AM, Bob Matthews wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I have just started to learn Erlang............
>>>> I am using Windows 7 on a PC
>>>>
>>>> *Question 1*) when I get an error message, what is the easiest way
>>>> for me to find the exact line number?
>>>> I use ms Word as an editor.
>>>>
>>>> *Question 2*) the code I am looking at was run on Unix, on a server.
>>>> Part of the code talks about server call-backs etc.
>>>> It is unclear how I translate that to a windows PC
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>>
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