Re: AI::Genetic

I don't actually have any experience with AI::Genetic, but  
Storable.pm is probably your best bet.   Take a look at how  
AI::Categorizer interfaces with it:
http://search.cpan.org/src/KWILLIAMS/AI-Categorizer-0.07/lib/AI/ 
Categorizer/Storable.pm

If you throw something like this into the bottom of one of your perl  
files, you should be able just to call
$gen->store_state('filename') and then $gen->restore_state 
('filename') (where $gen is an instance of AI::Genetic)

package AI::Genetic;

use strict;
use Storable;
use File::Spec ();
use File::Path ();

sub save_state {
   my ($self, $path) = @_;
   if (-e $path) {
     File::Path::rmtree($path) or die "Couldn't overwrite $path: $!";
   }
   mkdir($path, 0777) or die "Can't create $path: $!";
   Storable::nstore($self, File::Spec->catfile($path, 'self'));
}

sub restore_state {
   my ($package, $path) = @_;
   return Storable::retrieve(File::Spec->catfile($path, 'self'));
}

1;

Ben

On Dec 8, 2006, at 9:37 AM, Brad Larsen wrote:

> One (possibly stupid) suggestion is to look at Data::Dumper.  It  
> should work, but may be very slow if the object in question is  
> large.  Let us know if you find anything better.
>
> Cheers,
> Brad Larsen
>
> greggallen@gmail.com wrote:
>> I know this is going to turn out to be a stupid question, but  
>> could  someone tell me the easiest way to store and retrieve the  
>> state of  the entire AI::Genetic colony, and parameters, to a disk  
>> file so it  can be read in and out at will?
>> I'm doing some constrained optimization experiments that can take   
>> several days, even a week, to run in the background, but I have a   
>> computer (Mac OS X 10.4.8)  that is shared, and I need to install   
>> software and restart it almost daily.
>> I would like to save the entire thing about every hour, but I can   
>> handle the timing part myself.
>> Sincerely,
>> Gregg Allen
>> Cerebra, Inc.

• AI::Categorizer restore problem by oykugencay
• Re: AI::Categorizer restore problem by Ken Williams
• AI::Genetic by greggallen
• Re: AI::Genetic by Brad Larsen
• Re: AI::Genetic by Benjamin Tucker
• Re: AI::Genetic by Ala Qumsieh
• Re: AI::Genetic by Gregg Allen