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JAMES Core Module Changes

Version 1.3 (under development)

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Version 1.2 (12/08/2016)

  • Added public method init() to Search to perform initialization. This method is called from within searchStarted() but may also be called prior to execution.
  • Updated LocalSearch, LRsubsetSearch, NeighbourhoodSearch and BasicParallelSearch to use the new init() method for initialization and validation.
  • When initializing a ParallelTempering or BasicParallelSearch algorithm all subsearches are now initialized as well.
  • Added public method setCurrentSolution(solution, evaluation, validation) to LocalSearch to set a new current solution with known evaluation and validation.
  • Avoid full re-evaluation and re-validation when swapping solutions between replicas in ParallelTempering. [#18]
  • Benefit from delta evaluation and validation when shaking in VariableNeighbourhoodSearch. [#17]
  • Added methods to clear all stop criteria and search listeners.
  • Indicative error message when copy() yields null in Solution.checkedCopy(solution). [#32]

Version 1.1 (11/07/2015)

  • Replaced abstract class AbstractProblem with concrete class GenericProblem. The former class had a single abstract method, responsible for generating random solutions. This has been replaced with delegation through a newly defined RandomSolutionGenerator interface. It is now possible (and preferred) to model custom problems by plugging in the data, objective, constraints (if any) and random solution generator in a GenericProblem, avoiding the need to extend and abstract problem class. The predefined SubsetProblem includes a default, but now easily customizable, random subset solution generator.
  • Added a constructor to SubsetProblem that allows to easily create a subset problem without subset size limits.
  • Reordered arguments in SubsetProblem constructors.
  • Various improvements.

Version 1.0 (17/06/2015)

  • Dedicated customizable random generator per search.
  • Reduced overhead of checking stop criteria.
  • Various improvements and minor bug fixes.
  • Improved test coverage.
  • Cleaned up log messages.
  • Moved SearchFactory interface from extensions to core module. Grouped various factory interfaces in package org.jamesframework.core.factory.
  • Moved to SLF4J API 1.7.12.

Version 0.2 (12/11/2014)

  • Added support for efficient delta evaluations and validations.
  • Provided additional subset neighbourhoods.
  • Added option to sort IDs of selected items in a subset solution using a custom comparator.
  • Renamed SubsetData to IntegerIdentifiedData.
  • Renamed ProblemWithData to AbstractProblem.
  • Refactored abstract Solution class.
  • Reorganized package structure.
  • Removed SubsetProblem interface and renamed SubsetProblemWithData to SubsetProblem.
  • Removed MinMaxObjective.
  • Removed EmptySearchListener, LocalSearchListener and EmptyLocalSearchListener. Default empty implementations of all callbacks are now directly provided in the SearchListener interface.
  • Various code simplifications and optimizations (e.g. using functional operations).
  • Minor bug fixes and improvements.
  • Moved to SLF4J API 1.7.7.
  • Moved to Java 8.

Version 0.1 (25/06/2014)

  • First stable release of the JAMES Core Module.