GraphProblem#

class ioh.iohcpp.problem.GraphProblem#

Bases: IntegerSingleObjective

Graph-based problems (submodular problems)

These submodular problems are all based on an underlying graph structure.

Reference#

[Neumann23] Neumann, Frank, Aneta Neumann, Chao Qian, Viet Anh Do, Jacob de Nobel, Diederick Vermetten, Saba Sadeghi Ahouei, Furong Ye, Hao Wang, and Thomas Bäck. “Benchmarking Algorithms for Submodular Optimization Problems Using IOHProfiler.” arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.01464 (2023).

Attributes Summary

bounds

The bounds of the problem.

constraints

The constraints of the problem.

log_info

The data is that being sent to the logger.

meta_data

The static meta-data of the problem containing, e.g., problem id, instance id, and problem's dimensionality

optimum

The optimum and its objective value for a problem instance

problems

state

The current state of the optimization process containing, e.g., the current solution and the number of function evaluated consumed so far

Methods Summary

__call__

Evaluate the problem.

add_constraint

add a constraint

attach_logger

Attach a logger to the problem to allow performance tracking.

create(*args, **kwargs)

Overloaded function.

detach_logger

Remove the specified logger from the problem.

enforce_bounds

Enforced the bounds (box-constraints) as constraint :param weight: :type weight: The weight for computing the penalty (can be infinity to have strict box-constraints) :param how: :type how: The enforcement strategy, should be one of the 'ioh.ConstraintEnforcement' options :param exponent: :type exponent: The exponent for scaling the contraint

remove_constraint

remove a constraint

reset

Reset all state variables of the problem.

set_id

update the problem id

set_instance

update the problem instance

set_name

update the problem name

Attributes Documentation

bounds#

The bounds of the problem.

constraints#

The constraints of the problem.

log_info#

The data is that being sent to the logger.

meta_data#

The static meta-data of the problem containing, e.g., problem id, instance id, and problem’s dimensionality

optimum#

The optimum and its objective value for a problem instance

problems#
state#

The current state of the optimization process containing, e.g., the current solution and the number of function evaluated consumed so far

Methods Documentation

__call__()#

Evaluate the problem.

Parameters:

x (list) – the search point to evaluate. It must be a 1-dimensional array/list whose length matches search space’s dimensionality

Returns:

The evaluated search point

Return type:

float

Evaluate the problem.

Parameters:

x (list[list]) – the search points to evaluate. It must be a 2-dimensional array/list whose length matches search space’s dimensionality

Returns:

The evaluated search points

Return type:

list[float]

add_constraint()#

add a constraint

attach_logger()#

Attach a logger to the problem to allow performance tracking.

Parameters:

logger (Logger) – A logger-object from the IOHexperimenter logger module.

static create(*args, **kwargs)#

Overloaded function.

  1. create(problem_name: str, instance_id: int, dimension: int) -> ioh.iohcpp.problem.GraphProblem

    Create a problem instance

    problem_name: str

    a string indicating the problem name.

    instance_id: int

    an integer identifier of the problem instance

    dimension: int

    the dimensionality of the search space

  2. create(problem_id: int, instance_id: int, dimension: int) -> ioh.iohcpp.problem.GraphProblem

    Create a problem instance

    problem_name: int

    a string indicating the problem name.

    instance_id: int

    an integer identifier of the problem instance

    dimension: int

    the dimensionality of the search space

detach_logger()#

Remove the specified logger from the problem.

enforce_bounds()#

Enforced the bounds (box-constraints) as constraint :param weight: :type weight: The weight for computing the penalty (can be infinity to have strict box-constraints) :param how: :type how: The enforcement strategy, should be one of the ‘ioh.ConstraintEnforcement’ options :param exponent: :type exponent: The exponent for scaling the contraint

remove_constraint()#

remove a constraint

reset()#

Reset all state variables of the problem.

set_id()#

update the problem id

set_instance()#

update the problem instance

set_name()#

update the problem name