Changeset 184 for experiments/frams/evolve-speed-vs-gravity

Timestamp:

03/18/14 17:00:11 (11 years ago)

Author:

Maciej Komosinski

Message:

Avoid costly calls to best() in each simulation step

File:

• experiments/frams/evolve-speed-vs-gravity/data/scripts/evolve-speed-vs-gravity.script (modified) (1 diff)

experiments/frams/evolve-speed-vs-gravity/data/scripts/evolve-speed-vs-gravity.script

@@ -28 +28 @@
         while (Simulator.running && best.popsiz<min_evaluations) //repeat until the best genotype will be evaluated at least min_evaluations times
         {
-                Simulator.step();
+                for(var t=best.lifespan; t>0 && Simulator.running; t--)
+                        Simulator.step(); // simulate 'expected lifespan' steps after which 'best' may have changed. This helps avoid too frequent calls to best()
                 best=GenePools[0].best();
         }