DIMGA

Distributed Island Model Genetic Algorithm

source code

How to build:

• Type 'make' when in islands directory.

• This will also make the default evaluation library(eval.so) from islands/default and copy it to islands/bin

How to test in local mode:

• Type './dimga -p' when in islands/bin directory. This will run a traditional GA.

• The evaluation library present in the islands/bin directory will be used (eval.so)

How to test in distributed mode:

• Type './dimga -c <mynode.cfg>' when in islands/bin directory.

  mynode.cfg is a configuration file defining the IP interface to neighboring nodes (see islands/config directory)

  Only four neighboring processes are supported

• Repeat this for every process you want to be part of the mesh

How to interpret the output:

• During evolution, the best fitness(or error) will be printed on standard output for every N generations

• When the fitness reaches the target, the program exists, the best individual is written to a file called best.dna and

  the population is written to a file called population.dna.