This is the main source code repository for [Locusta]. It contains the library code, and documentation.

1. TODO

1. TODO

A Massively Parallel Evolutionary Computation Metaheuristic Framework.

Locusta provides a framework to build various population based evolutionary metaheuristics.

The current implementation uses CUDA to describe massively parallel kernels, to compute: the evaluation of the fitness function on a population of genomes, the methaheuristic processes (ej. mutation, crossover) and the generation of pseudorandom numbers.

The collection of metaheuristics also has a CPU parallel implementation, written using OpenMP. Implementations are not design to perform invariant transformation, between architectures. Given that each platform, implies a different problem to solve in the data-oriented design, each implementation can vary widely in implementation. The framework provides a way to compare and measure the performance throughoutput of each implementation, taking into account the strenghts of each targeted architecture.

Locusta is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licence

See LICENSE-LGPL-3.0