evokit 1.3.1

An evolutionary computing framework.

EVOKIT

A modular, permissively licensed, highly customisable evolutionary computing framework. This framework was developed further from my MEng report, produced with supervision and guidance from Dr. Stephen Kelly.

This framework is thoroughly documented and completely typed. Please see the documentation for instructions on how to install and use it.

Installation

Install from PyPI:

pip install evokit

Install from source:

pip install .

Please see the installation guide for detailed instructions on building and conducting trial runs.

Components

The library have the following modules:

Component	Description
core	Interfaces for custom evolutionary operators
core.accelerator	Performance-boosting utilities; parallelisation
watch	Utilities to observe and report algorithms at runtime. Also includes performance profilers.
evolvables	Custom evolutionary operators, including representations
tools.diversity	Diversity maintenance
tools.lineage	Lineage tracing
save, load in core.population	Saving and loading individuals and populations
evolvables.ac	Artificial Chemistry

Other Licences

The documentation includes a local copy of the Open Sans font by Steve Matteson. The font is distributed under the Open Font Licence. The font only exists in the documentation i.e. here and is not included in the software.