Setup of the CONF for the CMA-ES

The corresponding CONF file for the CMA-ES looks as follows. Note, all SPOT options are summarized in the spotGetOptions file.

alg.path="."
alg.func = "spotAlgStartCmaEsJava"


alg.seed = 1235

spot.seed = 125

auto.loop.steps = 50;

init.design.func = "spotCreateDesignLhd";
init.design.size = 10;
init.design.repeats  = 1;

seq.design.maxRepeats = 5;
seq.design.size = 250
seq.predictionModel.func = "spotPredictRandomForest"

io.verbosity=3

The settings can be explained as follows.

alg.path:

Specify the path to the algorithm to be tuned. Type: STRING

alg.func:

Specify the name of the algorithm to be tuned. Type: STRING

alg.seed:

Seed passed to the algorithm. Type INT

spot.seed:

Seed used by SPOT, e.g., for generating LHD. Type: INT

auto.loop.steps:

SPOT Termination criterion. Number of meta models to be build by SPOT. Type: INT

init.design.func:

Name of the function to create an initial design. TYPE: STRING

init.design.size:

Number of initial design points to be created. Type: INT

init.design.repeats:

Number of repeats for each design point from the initial design. Type: INT

seq.design.maxRepeats:

Maximum number of repeats for design points. Type: INT

seq.design.size:

Number of design points evaluated by the meta model. Type: INT

seq.predictionModel.func:

Meta model. Type: STRING

io.verbosity:

Level of verbosity of the programm. TYPE: INT

SPOT provides an CONF template, which can be downloaded from the workshop's web site.