Scout Bee

(hivenas.core.abc.scout_bee)

Scout Bees’ class responsible for the initialization phase of the Artificial Bee Colony optimization.

class ScoutBee

Bases: object

Scout Bees’ static methods.

ABC Scout Bees are generally classified as a reset operator for Employee/Onlooker Bees.

Responsible for sampling the initial random FoodSources Xm→ and reseting employee bees when the abandonment limit is reached

static check_abandonment(employees, obj_interface)

Check if EmployeeBees reached abandonment limit

Parameters

• employees (list) – a list of EmployeeBee to check their trial count / abandonment limit

• obj_interface (ObjectiveInterface) – the objective interface, needed to core.abc.scout_bee.ScoutBee.sample a new position if the abandonment limit is reached

static sample(obj_interface)

Sample a random point from the objective function

Parameters

obj_interface (ObjectiveInterface) – the objective interface that defines the boundaries of the problem

Returns

the randomly sampled initial position

Return type

FoodSource