experiment_config.cfg

### GENERAL ###
# General settings

set SEED -1                # Random number seed (-1 to use current time)
set TREATMENT 0            # 0 for Reduced Lexicase,  1 for Cohort Lexicase,  2 for Downsampled Lexicase  3 for Truncated Lexicase
set POP_SIZE 10          # The size of our evolving population
set GENERATIONS 3000        # The number of generations to simulate
set DILUTION_PCT 0.000000  # The percentage of tests that will be auto-pass (non-discriminatory)
set TERMINATE_ON_FOUND 1   # If 1, program will terminate as soon as the first solution is found.

### PROGRAM_GROUP ###
# General settings specific to programs.

set MIN_PROG_SIZE 1             # Minimum program size
set MAX_PROG_SIZE 64            # Maximum program size
set PROG_EVAL_TIME 64           # How many clock cycles should we give a program during a test?
set MUT_PER_BIT_FLIP 0.001000   # Program per-bit flip rate.
set MUT_PER_INST_SUB 0.005000   # Program per-instruction substitution mutation rate.
set MUT_PER_INST_INS 0.005000   # Program per-instruction insertion mutation rate.
set MUT_PER_INST_DEL 0.005000   # Program per-instruction deletion mutation rate.
set MUT_PER_PROG_SLIP 0.050000  # Program per-program slip mutation rate.
set MUT_PER_MOD_DUP 0.050000    # Program per-module whole-module duplication rate.
set MUT_PER_MOD_DEL 0.050000    # Program per-module whole-module deletion rate.

### HARDWARE ###
# Virtual evaluation hardware settings

set MIN_TAG_SPECIFICITY 0.000000  # What is the minimum tag similarity required for a tag to successfully reference another tag?
set MAX_CALL_DEPTH 128            # Maximum depth of hardware's call stack.

### PROBLEM_GROUP ###
# General settings for constructing a problem

set PROBLEM_ID 0                                                    # Which problem to test on? (0 for smallest, 1 for for loop index, 2 for median, 3 for compare string lengths, 4 for grade)
set TRAINING_SET_FILENAME ./data/smallest/training-examples-smallest.csv  # Path (including name) for the .csv with the set of training test cases
set TEST_SET_FILENAME ./data/smallest/testing-examples-smallest.csv       # Path (including name) for the .csv with the set of validation test cases

### COHORT_LEXICASE_GROUP ###
# Settings specific to experiments using cohort lexicase (See TREATMENT)

set PROG_COHORT_SIZE 200  # The number of programs in a single cohort
set TEST_COHORT_SIZE 20   # The number of test cases in a single cohort
set COHORT_MAX_FUNCS 1     # Maximum number of tests to check before taking a random remaining organism. (0 for no limit, i.e., use the PROG_COHORT_SIZE).

### LEXICASE_GROUP ###
# Settings specific to experiments using standard lexicase (See TREATMENT)

set LEXICASE_MAX_FUNCS 0  # Maximum number of tests to check before taking a random remaining organism. (0 for no limit, i.e., use as many cases as needed.)
set NUM_TESTS 100         # The number of the training test cases to actually use (0 for all)

### DOWNSAMPLED_LEXICASE_GROUP ###
# Settings specific to experiments using downsampled lexicase (See TREATMENT)

set DOWNSAMPLED_MAX_FUNCS 0    # Maximum number of tests to check before taking random remaining organism. (0 for no limit, i.e., use as many cases as needed.)
set DOWNSAMPLED_NUM_TESTS 100  # The number of the training cases to use each update

### TRUNCATED_LEXICASE_GROUP ###
# Settings specific to experiments using truncated lexicase (See TREATMENT)

set TRUNCATED_MAX_FUNCS 5  # Maximum number of tests to check before taking random remaining organism. (0 for no limit, i.e., use as many cases as needed.)

### DATA_COLLECTION_GROUP ###
# Settings specific to data collection.

set OUTPUT_DIR ./output/          # Specifies the directory where output files will be saved
set SNAPSHOT_INTERVAL 100         # How often should we take population snapshots?
set SUMMARY_STATS_INTERVAL 100    # How often should we output summary stats?
set SOLUTION_SCREEN_INTERVAL 100  # How often should we screen entire population for solutions?

### DEBUGGING_GROUP ###
# Settings to help you debug

set HARDWIRE_SOLUTION 0  # If 1, initial population is seeded with handwritten solutions