Module pacai.agents.capture.reflex

Classes

class ReflexCaptureAgent (index, **kwargs)
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class ReflexCaptureAgent(CaptureAgent):
    """
    A base class for reflex agents that chooses score-maximizing actions.
    """

    def __init__(self, index, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(index, **kwargs)

    def chooseAction(self, gameState):
        """
        Picks among the actions with the highest return from `ReflexCaptureAgent.evaluate`.
        """

        actions = gameState.getLegalActions(self.index)

        start = time.time()
        values = [self.evaluate(gameState, a) for a in actions]
        logging.debug('evaluate() time for agent %d: %.4f' % (self.index, time.time() - start))

        maxValue = max(values)
        bestActions = [a for a, v in zip(actions, values) if v == maxValue]

        return random.choice(bestActions)

    def getSuccessor(self, gameState, action):
        """
        Finds the next successor which is a grid position (location tuple).
        """

        successor = gameState.generateSuccessor(self.index, action)
        pos = successor.getAgentState(self.index).getPosition()

        if (pos != util.nearestPoint(pos)):
            # Only half a grid position was covered.
            return successor.generateSuccessor(self.index, action)
        else:
            return successor

    def evaluate(self, gameState, action):
        """
        Computes a linear combination of features and feature weights.
        """

        features = self.getFeatures(gameState, action)
        weights = self.getWeights(gameState, action)
        stateEval = sum(features[feature] * weights[feature] for feature in features)

        return stateEval

    def getFeatures(self, gameState, action):
        """
        Returns a dict of features for the state.
        The keys match up with the return from `ReflexCaptureAgent.getWeights`.
        """

        successor = self.getSuccessor(gameState, action)

        return {
            'successorScore': self.getScore(successor)
        }

    def getWeights(self, gameState, action):
        """
        Returns a dict of weights for the state.
        The keys match up with the return from `ReflexCaptureAgent.getFeatures`.
        """

        return {
            'successorScore': 1.0
        }

A base class for reflex agents that chooses score-maximizing actions.

Ancestors

Subclasses

Static methods

def loadAgent(name, index, args={})

Inherited from: CaptureAgent.loadAgent

Load an agent with the given class name. The name can be fully qualified or just the bare class name. If the bare name is given, the class should …

Methods

def chooseAction(self, gameState)
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def chooseAction(self, gameState):
    """
    Picks among the actions with the highest return from `ReflexCaptureAgent.evaluate`.
    """

    actions = gameState.getLegalActions(self.index)

    start = time.time()
    values = [self.evaluate(gameState, a) for a in actions]
    logging.debug('evaluate() time for agent %d: %.4f' % (self.index, time.time() - start))

    maxValue = max(values)
    bestActions = [a for a, v in zip(actions, values) if v == maxValue]

    return random.choice(bestActions)

Picks among the actions with the highest return from ReflexCaptureAgent.evaluate().

def evaluate(self, gameState, action)
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def evaluate(self, gameState, action):
    """
    Computes a linear combination of features and feature weights.
    """

    features = self.getFeatures(gameState, action)
    weights = self.getWeights(gameState, action)
    stateEval = sum(features[feature] * weights[feature] for feature in features)

    return stateEval

Computes a linear combination of features and feature weights.

def final(self, gameState)

Inherited from: CaptureAgent.final

Inform the agent about the result of a game.

def getAction(self, gameState)

Inherited from: CaptureAgent.getAction

Calls CaptureAgent.chooseAction on a grid position, but continues on partial positions. If you subclass CaptureAgent, you shouldn't need to …

def getCurrentObservation(self)

Inherited from: CaptureAgent.getCurrentObservation

Returns the GameState object corresponding this agent's current observation (the observed state of the game - this may not include all of your …

def getFeatures(self, gameState, action)
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def getFeatures(self, gameState, action):
    """
    Returns a dict of features for the state.
    The keys match up with the return from `ReflexCaptureAgent.getWeights`.
    """

    successor = self.getSuccessor(gameState, action)

    return {
        'successorScore': self.getScore(successor)
    }

Returns a dict of features for the state. The keys match up with the return from ReflexCaptureAgent.getWeights().

def getFood(self, gameState)

Inherited from: CaptureAgent.getFood

Returns the food you're meant to eat. This is in the form of a Grid where m[x][y] = True if there is food you can eat (based on …

def getFoodYouAreDefending(self, gameState)

Inherited from: CaptureAgent.getFoodYouAreDefending

Returns the food you're meant to protect (i.e., that your opponent is supposed to eat). This is in the form of a Grid where `m[x][y] …

def getMazeDistance(self, pos1, pos2)

Inherited from: CaptureAgent.getMazeDistance

Returns the distance between two points using the builtin distancer.

def getOpponents(self, gameState)

Inherited from: CaptureAgent.getOpponents

Returns agent indices of your opponents. This is the list of the numbers of the agents (e.g., red might be 1, 3, 5)

def getPreviousObservation(self)

Inherited from: CaptureAgent.getPreviousObservation

Returns the AbstractGameState object corresponding to the last state this agent saw. That is the observed state of the game …

def getScore(self, gameState)

Inherited from: CaptureAgent.getScore

Returns how much you are beating the other team by in the form of a number that is the difference between your score and the opponents score. This …

def getSuccessor(self, gameState, action)
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def getSuccessor(self, gameState, action):
    """
    Finds the next successor which is a grid position (location tuple).
    """

    successor = gameState.generateSuccessor(self.index, action)
    pos = successor.getAgentState(self.index).getPosition()

    if (pos != util.nearestPoint(pos)):
        # Only half a grid position was covered.
        return successor.generateSuccessor(self.index, action)
    else:
        return successor

Finds the next successor which is a grid position (location tuple).

def getTeam(self, gameState)

Inherited from: CaptureAgent.getTeam

Returns agent indices of your team. This is the list of the numbers of the agents (e.g., red might be the list of 1,3,5)

def getWeights(self, gameState, action)
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def getWeights(self, gameState, action):
    """
    Returns a dict of weights for the state.
    The keys match up with the return from `ReflexCaptureAgent.getFeatures`.
    """

    return {
        'successorScore': 1.0
    }

Returns a dict of weights for the state. The keys match up with the return from ReflexCaptureAgent.getFeatures().

def observationFunction(self, state)

Inherited from: CaptureAgent.observationFunction

Make an observation on the state of the game. Called once for each round of the game.

def registerInitialState(self, gameState)

Inherited from: CaptureAgent.registerInitialState

This method handles the initial setup of the agent and populates useful fields, such as the team the agent is on and the …

def registerTeam(self, agentsOnTeam)

Inherited from: CaptureAgent.registerTeam

Fills the self.agentsOnTeam field with a list of the indices of the agents on your team.