How can I run for X minutes?

[benjaminpatrickevans]

Hi there,

Thanks for the software. I would like to run a time equated comparison.
Is there a way to run for say X minutes?

The only way I can see would be to set an individual timeout, and then ensure
population size * generations * timeout < X minutes

If theres a better way please let me know.
Thanks

[walterjgsp]

Hi Ben,

First i like to thank you for using the RECIPE, i hope that the algorithm is helping you.

This is one of the features that we are looking to implement in the RECIPE, since TPOT and AutoSk already have it. Right now, to ensure the timeout is just like you stated : population size * generations * timeout < X minutes

Sorry for the trouble,
Thanks.

[benjaminpatrickevans]

Thank you for the response, and the timeout is specified in seconds, correct? Also the results seem to be getting cached for given parameter values, is there a way to disable this? Thanks

[walterjgsp]

Hi Ben,

The timeout is specified in seconds, that is correct.

Regards the results, we cached them so that the execution of the experiments are faster, in a way that we not recalculate the same pipeline again for the same context. Cleaning cache is a feature that we are thinking to implement in the future. One thing that i do it is to move away the folders where cache is saved: "fitmap", "results" and "evolution".

Thanks for using RECIPE,
Any question just ask.

[walterjgsp]

Hi Ben,

Now a timeout was implemented in the algorithm, you can use the flag -ft (time in seconds) when executing that will apply for X minutes.

[benjaminpatrickevans]

Thanks for adding that. Just tested it and it works well, not sure if you want to make the progress bar reflect the time left or the percentage of generations completed now