Metadata-Version: 2.0
Name: metaopt
Version: 0.1.0
Summary: MetaOpt is a library that optimizes black-box functions using a limited amount of time and utilizing multiple processors. The main focus of MetaOpt is the parameter tuning for machine learning and heuristic optimization.
Home-page: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/metaopt/
Author: Renke Grunwald, Bengt Lüers, Jendrik Poloczek, Justin Heinermann, Oliver Kramer
Author-email: justin.heinermann@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de
License: BSD
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Environment :: Plugins
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Education
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Information Technology
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
Classifier: Natural Language :: English
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.5
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.0
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.1
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
Classifier: Topic :: System :: Distributed Computing

MetaOpt
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MetaOpt is a library that optimizes black-box functions using a limited
amount of time and utilizing multiple processors. The main focus of MetaOpt
is the parameter tuning for machine learning and heuristic optimization.

MetaOpt has been developed by the `Computational Intelligence Group`_ at the University of Oldenburg.
The authors are: Renke Grunwald, Bengt Lüers, Jendrik Poloczek, Justin Heinermann, Oliver Kramer.

.. _Computational Intelligence Group: http://www.ci.uni-oldenburg.de/

For a user guide, see `the documentation`_.
The following describes basic operations with the repository.

.. _the documentation: http://metaopt.readthedocs.org/

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Download
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MetaOpt is obtainable via `archives of past releases`_,
but you can also get the sources by cloning the repository.

.. _archives of past releases: https://github.com/cigroup-ol/metaopt/releases

To get a working copy of the MetaOpt repository:

.. code:: bash

    $ git clone https://github.com/cigroup-ol/metaopt.git

Installation
------------

MetaOpt is `available on PyPI`_, but you can also install it from source.

.. _available on PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/metaopt

To install MetaOpt from PyPI using pip:

.. code:: bash

    $ sudo pip install metaopt

To install MetaOpt from a working copy:

.. code:: bash

    $ cd metaopt
    $ sudo python setup.py install

To verify MetaOpt was installed correctly:

.. code:: bash

    $ python metaopt --version
    metaopt 0.1.0.0

Tests
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MetaOpt has `automated online tests`_, but you can also run them locally.

.. _automated online tests: https://travis-ci.org/cigroup-ol/metaopt

To run MetaOpt's test suite from a working copy:

.. code:: bash

    $ cd metaopt
    $ sudo pip install -r requirements_test.txt
    $ make tests-all

Coverage
--------

MetaOpt has `automated online test coverage reports`_, but you can also create them locally.

.. _automated online test coverage reports: https://coveralls.io/r/cigroup-ol/metaopt

To create MetaOpt's coverage reports from a working copy:

.. code:: bash

    $ cd metaopt
    $ sudo pip install -r requirements_coverage.txt
    $ make coverage

Examples
--------

MetaOpt comes with `examples, which you can view in the docs`_, but you can also run them locally.

.. _examples, which you can view in the docs: http://metaopt.readthedocs.org/en/latest/examples/index.html

To install MetaOpt's example dependecies and run an example from a working copy:

.. code:: bash

    $ cd metaopt
    $ sudo pip install -r requirements_examples.txt
    $ PYTHONPATH=. python examples/svm_saes_global_timeout.py

Documentation
-------------

MetaOpt has `automatically generated online documentation`_, but you can build
yourself a local copy.

.. _automatically generated online documentation: http://metaopt.readthedocs.org/

To build MetaOpt's html documentation from a working copy:

.. code:: bash

    $ cd metaopt
    $ sudo pip install -r requirements_docs.txt
    $ make docs


0.1.0 -- initial release


