BASE_PORTS = Free port number that establishes the connection. This value is between 1024 and 65535, and it must be equal in every configuration file.

SYNC_PORT= Free port where every island will wait the synchronization. This value is included between 1024 and 65535, and it must be equal in each configuration file.

NUM_ISLANDS = Number of islands used. It is upper than zero.

HOST_1= IP address of island 1.

HOST_i= IP address of island i.     As many addresses as NUM_ISLANDS.

HOST_n= IP address of island n.

To find the IP address of the host we can see the file /etc/hosts in each island. If we want a local running, we will use de address 127.0.0.1.

COMPUTE_WHAT= XXXXXXXX

It indicates which statisticals will be calculated. Each bit represents a different statistical.

Bits	Statisticals
1	Best Fitness
2	Worse Fitness
3	Best Fitness -Worse Fitness
4	Average Fitness
5	Fitness Standard Deviation
6	Population Average Entropy
7	Average Hamming Distance
8	Last migration

 

UPDATE_FREQ= It indicates the frequency of evaluations what the statisticals are calculated.

OUTPUT_DIR= Output directory name. This directory will be created where the classes stay, and it will be placed inside the results of every island.