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Update commentary in sample GEQO config file.
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src/backend/optimizer/geqo/pg_geqo.sample

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# utesch@aut.tu-freiberg.de * Freiberg, Germany *
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#*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
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# this file should be '$PGDATA/pg_geqo', but it doesn't have
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# to exist
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# To make this file do something, copy it to '$PGDATA/pg_geqo'
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# and edit parameters to taste.
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# If '$PGDATA/pg_geqo' doesn't exist, the system will use default parameters.
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# The file is re-read for every GEQO optimization, if it does exist.
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# comment character is '#'
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#
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# separator between recognized tag and possible value
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# must be white space
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# qs: means query size, which is the number of relations
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# QS: means query size, which is the number of relations
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# contained in a query
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#=================+===================+=============================+
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# RECOGNIZED TAGS | POSSIBLE VALUES | DEFAULTS |
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#=================+===================+=============================+
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# 'Pool_Size' | positive int | 2^(qs+1) |
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# 'Pool_Size' | positive int | 2^(QS+1), but not less than |
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# | | 128 nor more than 1024. |
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#-----------------+-------------------+-----------------------------+
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# 'Effort' | [low,medium,high] | medium |
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#-----------------+-------------------+-----------------------------+
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# 'Generations' | positive int | 'Effort' * log2('Pool_Size')|
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# 'Generations' | positive int | Effort * log2(Pool_Size) |
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#-----------------+-------------------+-----------------------------+
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# 'Selection_Bias'| [1.50; 2.00] | 2.0 |
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# 'Selection_Bias'| [1.50 .. 2.00] | 2.0 |
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#-----------------+-------------------+-----------------------------+
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# 'Random_Seed' | positive long | time(NULL) |
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#=================+===================+=============================+
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# It gives us the number of individuals within one population.
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#
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# 'Effort' 'low' means integer value of 1, 'medium' 40, and 'high' 80.
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# Note: Effort is *only* used to derive a default value for Generations
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# --- if you specify Generations then Effort does not matter.
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#
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# 'Generations' gives us the stopping criterion for the number
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# of iterations within the genetic algorithm.
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# 'Generations' specifies the number of iterations in the genetic algorithm.
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#
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# GEQO runtime is roughly proportional to Pool_Size + Generations.
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#
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# 'Selection_Bias' gives us the selective pressure within the
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# population.
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#
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# 'Random_Seed' is the random seed for the random() function.
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# You don't have to set it.
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# You don't have to set it. If you do set it, then successive GEQO
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# runs will produce repeatable results, whereas if you don't set it
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# there will be some randomness in the results...
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# All parameters will be computed within the GEQO module when they
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# are not set in the pg_geqo file.

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