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Table 1. Information required to create a settings file
| Information required | Example |
|---|---|
| Location of the Source project file | project C:\Insight\test\Example_project.rsproj |
| List of the objectives, using the Functions in the Source project | ExportedOutput $reliabilityNegExportedOutput $unitcostExportedOutput $Yieldneg |
| List of decision variables, using the Functions in the Source project, along with their constraints | real $pipecapacity 0 200real $demand 0 100real $treatmentcapacity 0 100 |
| Optional parameters | Example |
|---|---|
| Cache results file from previous run(s) to avoid re-running runs using the same decision variables as previously | cache C:\Insight\test\Example_Cache.csv |
| Constraints | constraint $costConstraint |
| Advanced options - also optional | Example |
|---|---|
| Seed | Seed 0.5 |
Real Var Crossover Probability | GAExpert RealVarCrossoverProb 0.9 |
| Real Var Mutation Probability | GAExpert RealVarMutationProb 0.5 |
| Integer Var Crossover Probability | GAExpert IntegerVarCrossoverProb 0.9 |
| Integer Var Mutation Probability | GAExpert IntegerVarMutationProb 0.5 |
| Crossover Distribution Index | GAExpert CrossoverDistribIndex 5 |
| Mutation Distribution Index | GAExpert MutationDistribIndex 10 |
The values above are the default values. They should only be changed by expert users who know what they are doing. Invalid values may cause NSGA to fail.
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Table 2. Information required to configure an optimisation run
| Information required | Example |
|---|---|
| Run the Insight executable file | Insight.Optimiser.Console.exe |
| Location of Insight settings file | --configurationOption "C:\Insight\test\Example_InsightSettings.txt” |
| Number of cores / endpoints to use | --source 2 |
| Number of generations | --generations 6 |
| Population size | --population 100 |
| Output file name | --output "C:\Insight\test\Example_CommandLineResults_6x100.csv" |
There are a number of optional parameters which may be specified on the command line as shown in Table 3.
Table 3. Optional parameters for an optimisation run
| Optional information | Example |
|---|---|
Output cache file name File can be used as an input to subsequent runs by specifying the cache option in the Insight configuration file | --cacheOutput "C:\Insight\test\Example_Cache.csv" |
| Seed | --seed 0.5 |
Progress message format string for | --progressFormat "##Progress##:{0}:{1}:{2}:{3}:{4}" |
| Suppress message to StdOut other than formatted progress messages and results (if output not specified) | --quiet |
| Info | ||
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| Note: Whenever specifying a file outside the Insight folder, you must include the full path. |
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