I have being trying to implement GA in java. please ccan anyone guid me on how to go about implementing it for a school that offer 13 subjects with 8 periods per day for 5days. They have 7 staffs of which some of them teach morethan one (1) subjects and some of this subject has workloads. with about 3 sections.

if you need to see what i have being doing i can attached some of the source code.

Thank you in advance

Without seeing what you have done, and because you hae not asked any specific questions, how can anyone help?

Am not sure if what i have done below is actual implementation of GA but when you run the TestGA.java it generate a timetable for 5days and replace any subject with "-" that exceed 5times per week. some of the challenge is how do i restrain this subject to their workload time and if realy what am doin is makin any scence towards GA.

thanks

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package Algo;

import java.util.*;

/**
 *
 * 
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public class ChromosomeObj {

    private double score = 0.0; 
    private Set<SubjectTeacher> unschedulegensSetobj;
    private SubjectTeacher[] arrayunschedulegens;    
    public List<SubjectTeacher> subjectTeaherList = new ArrayList<>();
    private SubjectTeacher[] genObj = new SubjectTeacher[8];
    private List<SubjectTeacher>  genObjList = new ArrayList<SubjectTeacher>();

    public ChromosomeObj(SubjectTeacher[] arraySubjectTeacher, 
            List<SubjectTeacher> stList) {

        this.subjectTeaherList = stList;
        this.genObj = arraySubjectTeacher;

        //convert to list
        genObjList.addAll(Arrays.asList(arraySubjectTeacher));

        this.unscheduleGensObj();
        this.repairChromoObj();
    }

    public ChromosomeObj(SubjectTeacher[] arraySubjectTeacher) {
        this.genObj = arraySubjectTeacher;
        genObjList.addAll(Arrays.asList(arraySubjectTeacher));
    }

    //chromo shouldn't contain duplicate subject
    private void repairChromoObj() {

        Map<SubjectTeacher, Integer> map = new HashMap<>();
        Random rand = new Random();

        for (SubjectTeacher g : genObj ) {

            if(map.containsKey(g)){
                int count = map.get(g);
                map.put(g, count+1);
                //System.out.println(g.subjectName + "counts: "+ map.get(g));
            }else
                map.put(g, 1);
                //System.out.println(g.subjectName + "counts: "+ map.get(g));
        }


        for(SubjectTeacher s : map.keySet()) {

            int count = map.get(s);

            if(count > 1)
            {
                count--;
                for( int g=0; g<count; g++) {

                    int index = genObjList.indexOf(s);
                    int randun = rand.nextInt( arrayunschedulegens.length);
                    SubjectTeacher newshedule = arrayunschedulegens[randun];

                    while( newshedule == null ){
                        randun = rand.nextInt(arrayunschedulegens.length);
                        newshedule = arrayunschedulegens[ randun];
                    }

                    genObjList.set(index, newshedule);
                    arrayunschedulegens[randun] = null;
                }

            }
        }
        //put back to array
        genObj = (SubjectTeacher[]) genObjList.toArray(new SubjectTeacher[0]);


        //score chromo
        //scoreChromo();
    }

    private void scoreChromo() {
        Map<String, Integer> map = new HashMap<>();

        //number of clashes
        for (SubjectTeacher s : genObjList) {

        }

    }

    private void unscheduleGensObj() {  

        unschedulegensSetobj = new HashSet<SubjectTeacher>();        
        //iterate over the phenotype to check if any subject was excluded
        for(int p=0; p<subjectTeaherList.size()-1; p++) {
            SubjectTeacher pp = (SubjectTeacher) subjectTeaherList.get(p);

            if(!genObjList.contains(pp)) {
                unschedulegensSetobj.add(pp);
            }
        }

        arrayunschedulegens = unschedulegensSetobj.toArray(new SubjectTeacher[0]);
    }

    public SubjectTeacher[] getGenObj() {
        return genObj;
    }

    public void setGenObj(SubjectTeacher[] genObj) {
        this.genObj = genObj;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString(){

        StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();

        for(int p=0; p<genObj.length; p++){
             str.append( genObj[p].getSubjectName()).append(",")   ;
         }

        return str.toString();
    }

}

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package Algo;

import java.util.*;

/**
 *
 * @author hakeem
 */
public class Population {

    private int periods = 8;
    private int days = 5;
    public int popsize = 5;
    private double mutateratio = .001;
    private double crossRate = .7;    


    public List<ChromosomeObj> populations = new ArrayList<>();
    public List<ChromosomeObj> newpopulations = new ArrayList<>();

    public List<ChromosomeObj> clashChromo = new ArrayList<>();

    private Map<SubjectTeacher, Integer> mapTeacherWorklaod; 

    public List subjectTeachers = new ArrayList<>();
    public SubjectTeacher[] arraySubjectTeacher;

    public int popfitness = 0;
    private Random rand = new Random();
    public  String[] phenotypes = {"math","phy","chem","bio","geo", "agric", "comm", 
        "acct", "hausa", "td"};

    public List<String> phenotypesList = new ArrayList<String>();

    public Population (List<SubjectTeacher> sts) {
        this.subjectTeachers = sts;
        this.arraySubjectTeacher =  sts.toArray(new SubjectTeacher[0]);

    }

    public Population() {

        phenotypesList.addAll(Arrays.asList(phenotypes));


    }

    public int getChromLen() { return populations.size(); }
    public List<ChromosomeObj> getPop() { return populations; }

    public Map<SubjectTeacher, Integer> getMapSubjectWorkload() {
        return this.mapTeacherWorklaod;
    }

     public List<ChromosomeObj> genPopulationObj() {
        SubjectTeacher[] gens;
        populations.clear();
        List<SubjectTeacher> subTeachList = subjectTeachers;
        initializeMapTeachWrd(subjectTeachers);

            for(int d=0; d<popsize; d++) {  

                gens = new SubjectTeacher[periods];
                for( int p=0; p<periods; p++) {
                    gens[p] = subTeachList.get(rand.nextInt(subTeachList.size()));
                    setWorkload(gens[p]);
                }

                populations.add( new ChromosomeObj( gens, subjectTeachers ) );

            } //end loop

        return populations;

    }

    public void genPopulation(){
        String[] gens;
        //int len = phenotypes.length;

        for( int pz= 0; pz<1; pz++){

            for(int d=0; d<periods; d++){

                gens = new String[periods];

                for( int p=0; p<periods; p++){
                    gens[p] = phenotypes[ rand.nextInt(phenotypes.length ) ];

                }

                //populations.add( new Chromosomes( gens, phenotypesList ) );
            }

        }
        //cal fitness of population
        calpopFitness(populations);

    }

    public int calpopFitness(List<ChromosomeObj> p){

        return popfitness;

    }

    //picking 2 rows from the list and checking if subject fails thesam periods
    public int detectConflict(List<ChromosomeObj> chroms) {
         int counters = 0;
         boolean isClashing;
         //System.out.println( "Chromosize: "+ chroms.size());
         Map<String, Integer> map = new HashMap<>();  

         SubjectTeacher[] subTeacherBottom;

         for( int i=0; i<chroms.size(); i++) {
             if( i > (chroms.size()-2)  ) break;
             //System.out.println("i: "+ i);
             isClashing = false;
             SubjectTeacher[] subTeacherCurrent =  chroms.get(i).getGenObj();

             //compare with bottom row             
             for(int j=0; j<periods; j++) {                  
                    columnClash(map, subTeacherCurrent[j].getSubjectName() );
                    subTeacherBottom = chroms.get(i+1).getGenObj();
                    if( subTeacherCurrent[j].equals(subTeacherBottom[j])) {


                        isClashing = true;
                        counters++;
                    }

            }

            if(isClashing) {
                clashChromo.add( chroms.get(i) );
                clashChromo.add( chroms.get(i+1));
            }
         }



        return counters;
    }


    //total workload for teacher per week
    public Map<SubjectTeacher, Integer> teachersWorklaod(List<ChromosomeObj> chroms) {        
        Map<SubjectTeacher, Integer> load = new HashMap<>();         
         for(int i=0; i<chroms.size(); i++) {

             SubjectTeacher[] subTeacherCurrent =  chroms.get(i).getGenObj();

             for(SubjectTeacher subj : subTeacherCurrent) {
                 if(load.containsKey(subj)) {
                     int counter = load.get(subj);
                     load.put(subj, counter+1);
                 }else {
                     load.put(subj, 1);
                 }
             }
         }


         return load;

    }


    public Map<SubjectTeacher, Integer> initializeMapTeachWrd(List<SubjectTeacher> sub) {

        mapTeacherWorklaod = new HashMap<>();   
        for( SubjectTeacher subT : sub) {
            mapTeacherWorklaod.put(subT, 0);
        }
        return mapTeacherWorklaod;
    }

    public int getWorkload(SubjectTeacher sub) {

        return mapTeacherWorklaod.get(sub);
    }

     public void setWorkload(SubjectTeacher sub) {

        int count = mapTeacherWorklaod.get(sub);
        mapTeacherWorklaod.put(sub, count+1);
    }

     public int totalWrkload() {
         int count =0;
         for(SubjectTeacher teacher : mapTeacherWorklaod.keySet()) {
             count += mapTeacherWorklaod.get(teacher);
         }
         return count;
     }

    public int checkWorkload(Map<SubjectTeacher, Integer> mapWorkload) {

         int counter = 0;
         for(SubjectTeacher teacher : mapWorkload.keySet()) {

             if(mapWorkload.get(teacher) > teacher.getWorkload()) {
                 counter++;
             }
             //System.out.println("Wrkload: " +mapWorkload.get(teacher) + teacher.getSubjectName());
         }

         //System.out.println("workload Fitness: "+ counter);
         return counter;
    }


    public void displayWorkload(Map<SubjectTeacher, Integer> mapWorkload) {
        for(SubjectTeacher teacher : mapWorkload.keySet()) {
             System.out.println("Wrkload: " +mapWorkload.get(teacher) + teacher.getSubjectName());
         }
    }

    public void displayPop( List<ChromosomeObj> chromos)
    {
        System.out.println("--------Printing--------");
        for (Iterator it = chromos.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
            ChromosomeObj c = (ChromosomeObj) it.next();
            System.out.println(c);
        }

        //System.out.println("Total clash: "+ this.popfitness );
    }


    public List<ChromosomeObj> crossOverObj(List<ChromosomeObj> chroms) {
        newpopulations.clear();
        SubjectTeacher[] c1;
        SubjectTeacher[] c2;

        int halfsize = periods/2;

        SubjectTeacher[] gench1 = new SubjectTeacher[periods];
        SubjectTeacher[] gench2 = new SubjectTeacher[periods];

        for(int size = 2; size < chroms.size(); size+=2) {
            int counter = 0;

            c1 = chroms.get(size-1).getGenObj();
            c2 = chroms.get(size).getGenObj();

            for( int p = periods-1; p >= 4; p--) {

                gench1[counter] =  c1[p];
                gench2[counter]  = c2[p];
                counter++;
            }

            for( int p= 0;  p<halfsize; p++) {

                gench1[counter]= c1[p];
                gench2[counter] = c2[p];
                counter++;
            }

            ChromosomeObj child1 = new ChromosomeObj(  gench1, subjectTeachers );
            ChromosomeObj child2 = new ChromosomeObj( gench2, subjectTeachers );

            newpopulations.add(child1);
            newpopulations.add(child2);
        }


        int sizerem = chroms.size()-1;
        if(sizerem > 0)    newpopulations.add(chroms.get(sizerem));

        return newpopulations;

    }

    public List<ChromosomeObj> mutate(List<ChromosomeObj> chromos, 
            Map<SubjectTeacher, Integer> mapWorkload) {
            List<ChromosomeObj> chromosLocal = new ArrayList<>();
            List<ChromosomeObj> copyOfChromo = chromos;
            ChromosomeObj newChromo;        
            for(SubjectTeacher teacher : mapWorkload.keySet()) {

                if(mapWorkload.get(teacher) > teacher.getWorkload()) {
                    int rr = mapWorkload.get(teacher) - teacher.getWorkload();                    
                    for(int i=chromos.size()-1; i>0; i--) {
                        if(rr==0) break;
                        chromos = copyOfChromo;
                        SubjectTeacher[] subTeacher = (SubjectTeacher[])chromos.get(i).getGenObj();
                        SubjectTeacher[] copSubTeacher = subTeacher;
                        for(int j=0; j<subTeacher.length; j++) {
                            //if equal chromo
                            if(teacher.equals(subTeacher[j])) {
                                SubjectTeacher subObj = subTeacher[j];
                                subObj.setSubjectName("-");
                                copSubTeacher[j] = subObj;
                                //chromos.get(i).setGenObj(copSubTeacher);
                                newChromo = chromos.get(i);
                                chromosLocal.add(newChromo);
                                rr--;
                                break;
                            }
                        }
//                        rr--;
                    }
                }
         }

        return chromos;
    }
    public Chromosomes mutate( Chromosomes c1 )
    {
        return c1;
    }

    public Chromosomes selectMember(List<Chromosomes> p){
        Chromosomes c;
        for( int x=0; x<p.size(); x++){
             c =  p.get(x);
            if (c.getChromoScore() < 4 ){
               p.remove(x);
                return c;
            }


        }

        c = p.get( populations.size()-1 );
        p.remove(populations.size()-1);
        return c;
    }



    @Override
    public String toString(){        
        return String.valueOf(popfitness);
    }

}


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package Algo;

import java.util.Objects;

/**
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public class SubjectTeacher {

    private  String subjectName;
    private final String teacherName;
    private  int workload;

    public SubjectTeacher(String sname, String tname, int workload) {
        this.subjectName = sname;
        this.teacherName = tname;
        this.workload = workload;
    }

    public void setSubjectName(String subjectName) {
        this.subjectName = subjectName;
    }

    public void setWorkload(int workload) {
        this.workload = workload;
    }



    public String getSubjectName() {
        return subjectName;
    }

    public String getTeacherName() {
        return teacherName;
    }

    public int getWorkload() {
        return workload;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        if (obj == null) {
            return false;
        }
        if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
            return false;
        }
        final SubjectTeacher other = (SubjectTeacher) obj;
        if (!Objects.equals(this.teacherName, other.teacherName)) {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        int hash = 3;
        hash = 53 * hash + Objects.hashCode(this.teacherName);
        return hash;
    }    
}


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package Algo;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class TestAlgo {

    public  int periods = 8;
    public  String[] phenotypes = {"math","phy","chem","bio","geo", "agric", "comm", 
    "acct", "hausa", "td"};
    List subjTeacherList = new ArrayList<>();

    public TestAlgo() {

        createSubjectTeacher();
        List<ChromosomeObj> pop;
        List<ChromosomeObj> genPop = new ArrayList<>();

        Population p = new Population(subjTeacherList);        
        pop = p.genPopulationObj();
        pop = p.crossOverObj(pop);
        int subConflict = p.detectConflict(pop);

        int genConfilict = 0;
        int counter = 0;

        while(subConflict!=0) {

            //local
            pop = p.genPopulationObj();  
            pop = p.crossOverObj(pop);
            subConflict = p.detectConflict(pop);
            //System.out.println("conflict: "+ p.detectConflict(pop));
            //workloadMeasure = p.checkWorkload(p.teachersWorklaod(pop));
            counter++;
        }
        p.displayPop(pop);
        int workloadMeasure = p.checkWorkload(p.teachersWorklaod(pop));
        System.out.println("Workload_total: "+ workloadMeasure);
        p.displayWorkload(p.teachersWorklaod(pop));

           System.out.println("gen: "+ counter);

    }

    private void createSubjectTeacher() {

        int count = 0;

        for(String subject : phenotypes ) {

            subjTeacherList.add( new SubjectTeacher(subject, "teacher"+count, 4));

            ++count;
        }   

    }

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        new TestAlgo();
    }

}
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