""" Visualize Genetic Algorithm to match the target phrase. Visit my tutorial website for more: https://mofanpy.com/tutorials/ """ import numpy as np TARGET_PHRASE = 'You get it!' # target DNA POP_SIZE = 300 # population size CROSS_RATE = 0.4 # mating probability (DNA crossover) MUTATION_RATE = 0.01 # mutation probability N_GENERATIONS = 1000 DNA_SIZE = len(TARGET_PHRASE) TARGET_ASCII = np.fromstring(TARGET_PHRASE, dtype=np.uint8) # convert string to number ASCII_BOUND = [32, 126] class GA(object): def __init__(self, DNA_size, DNA_bound, cross_rate, mutation_rate, pop_size): self.DNA_size = DNA_size DNA_bound[1] += 1 self.DNA_bound = DNA_bound self.cross_rate = cross_rate self.mutate_rate = mutation_rate self.pop_size = pop_size self.pop = np.random.randint(*DNA_bound, size=(pop_size, DNA_size)).astype(np.int8) # int8 for convert to ASCII def translateDNA(self, DNA): # convert to readable string return DNA.tostring().decode('ascii') def get_fitness(self): # count how many character matches match_count = (self.pop == TARGET_ASCII).sum(axis=1) return match_count def select(self): fitness = self.get_fitness() + 1e-4 # add a small amount to avoid all zero fitness idx = np.random.choice(np.arange(self.pop_size), size=self.pop_size, replace=True, p=fitness/fitness.sum()) return self.pop[idx] def crossover(self, parent, pop): if np.random.rand() < self.cross_rate: i_ = np.random.randint(0, self.pop_size, size=1) # select another individual from pop cross_points = np.random.randint(0, 2, self.DNA_size).astype(np.bool) # choose crossover points parent[cross_points] = pop[i_, cross_points] # mating and produce one child return parent def mutate(self, child): for point in range(self.DNA_size): if np.random.rand() < self.mutate_rate: child[point] = np.random.randint(*self.DNA_bound) # choose a random ASCII index return child def evolve(self): pop = self.select() pop_copy = pop.copy() for parent in pop: # for every parent child = self.crossover(parent, pop_copy) child = self.mutate(child) parent[:] = child self.pop = pop if __name__ == '__main__': ga = GA(DNA_size=DNA_SIZE, DNA_bound=ASCII_BOUND, cross_rate=CROSS_RATE, mutation_rate=MUTATION_RATE, pop_size=POP_SIZE) for generation in range(N_GENERATIONS): fitness = ga.get_fitness() best_DNA = ga.pop[np.argmax(fitness)] best_phrase = ga.translateDNA(best_DNA) print('Gen', generation, ': ', best_phrase) if best_phrase == TARGET_PHRASE: break ga.evolve()