Added constant conversion to the backend

apps/backend/app.py

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def run_batch(data):
         if firstRun == "ERROR":
             writer.writerow([0,"Error"])
             print("Experiment {id} ran into an error while running aborting")
-        else:
+        elif expToRun-1 > -1:
             print(f"result from running first experiment: {firstRun}\n Continuing now running {expToRun-1}")
             writer.writerow(["0",firstRun] + get_configs_ordered(f'configFiles/{0}.ini',paramNames))
             for i in range(1,expToRun):
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def run_batch(data):
                     passes +=1
                 else:
                     fails +=1
-            print(f"Finished running Experiments")
+        print(f"Finished running Experiments")
 
     #Uploading Experiment Results
     print(f'Uploading Results to the frontend')
@@ -150,13 +150,21 @@ def gen_list(otherVar, paramspos):
     elif otherVar['type'] == 'string':
         paramspos.append([(otherVar['name'],otherVar['default'])])
     elif otherVar['type'] == 'bool':
-        paramspos.append([(otherVar['name'],val) for val in [True,False]])    
+        paramspos.append([(otherVar['name'],val) for val in [True,False]])
 
 def gen_configs(hyperparams):
     os.mkdir('configFiles')
     os.chdir('configFiles')
     configNum = 0
-    for defaultVar in hyperparams:
+    consts = {}
+    params = []
+    for param in hyperparams:
+        if (param['type'] =='integer' or param['type'] == 'float') and param['min'] == param['max']:
+            consts[param['name']] = param['min']
+        else:
+            params.append(param)
+
+    for defaultVar in params:
         if defaultVar['type'] == 'string':
             continue
         paramspos = []
@@ -165,13 +173,14 @@ def gen_configs(hyperparams):
         for otherVar in hyperparams:
             if otherVar['name'] != defaultVar['name']:
                 gen_list(otherVar,paramspos)
-
         perms = list(itertools.product(*paramspos))
         for perm in perms:
             config = configparser.ConfigParser()
             res = {}
             for var in perm:
                 res[var[0]] = var[1]
+            for var in consts.keys():
+                res[var] = consts[var]
             config['DEFAULT'] = res
             with open(f'{configNum}.ini', 'w') as configFile:
                 config.write(configFile)

scripts/proof_of_concept/genetic_algorithm.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import random
 import copy
 import sys
+import configparser
 
 #sample experiment that runs a truncation generational loop with a genome represented by a list of 0s and 1s. fitness is measured by number of 1s
 #in genome. maximum fitness is measured at the given generation number.
@@ -62,13 +63,16 @@ def chromSort(chrom):
 #main generational loop: for each loop, removes least fit half of chromosomes from population. The remaining chromosomes are duplicated to 
 #replace the population. every generation, every bit in the genome of every chromosome has a chance to mutate and flip from a 1 to a 0
 def main():
+    config = configparser.ConfigParser()
     args = sys.argv[1:]
+    configFile = args[0]
+    config.read(configFile)
     #takes in 5 arguments: generations, population, genome length, mutation rate, and seed
-    generations = int(float(args[0]))
-    population = int(float(args[1]))
-    genomelength = int(float(args[2]))
-    mutationrate = float(args[3])
-    seed = int(float(args[4]))
+    generations = int(config["DEFAULT"]["g"])
+    population = int(config["DEFAULT"]["p"])
+    genomelength = int(config["DEFAULT"]["gl"])
+    mutationrate = float(config["DEFAULT"]["mr"])
+    seed = int(config["DEFAULT"]["s"])
     random.seed(seed)
     #generate initial population
     chroms = generateChroms(population, genomelength)