Extending the ‘Open-Closed Principle’ to automated algorithm configuration
Abstract
Metaheuristics are an effective and diverse class of optimization algorithms: a means of obtaining solutions of acceptable quality for otherwise intractable problems. The selection, construction, and configuration of a metaheuristic for a given problem has historically been a manually intensive process based on experience, experimentation, and reasoning by metaphor. More recently, there has been interest in automating the process of algorithm configuration. In this paper, we identify shared state as an inhibitor of progress for such automation. To solve this problem, we introduce the Automated Open Closed Principle (AOCP), which stipulates design requirements for unintrusive reuse of algorithm frameworks and automated assembly of algorithms from an extensible palette of components. We demonstrate how the AOCP enables a greater degree of automation than previously possible via an example implementation.
Citation
Swan , J , Adriænsen , S , Barwell , A D , Hammond , K & White , D 2019 , ' Extending the ‘Open-Closed Principle’ to automated algorithm configuration ' , Evolutionary Computation , vol. 27 , no. 1 , pp. 173-193 . https://doi.org/10.1162/evco_a_00245
Publication
Evolutionary Computation
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1063-6560Type
Journal article
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