def execAZPRTabu(y, w, pRegions, initialSolution=[], convTabu=0): """Reactive tabu variant of Automatic Zoning Procedure (AZP-R-Tabu) AZP-R-Tabu aggregates N zones (areas) into M regions. "The M output regions should be formed of internally connected, contiguous, zones." ([Openshaw_Rao1995]_ pp 428). AZP-R-Tabu is a variant of the AZP algorithm that incorporates a seach process, called Reactive Tabu Search algorithm [Battiti_Tecchiolli1994]_. The main difference between the reactive tabu and the tabu search, devised by [Glover1977]_ , is that the former does not require to define the number of times a reverse move is prohibited (tabuLength). This parameter is dynamically adjusted by the algorithm. In [Openshaw_Rao1995]_ the objective function is not defined because AZP-Tabu can be applied to any function, F(Z). "F(Z) can be any function defined on data for the M regions in Z, and Z is the allocation of each of N zones to one of M regions such that each zone is assigned to only one region" ([Openshaw_Rao1995]_ pp 428)." In clusterPy we Minimize F(Z), where Z is the within-cluster sum of squares from each area to the attribute centroid of its cluster. NOTE: The original algorithm proposes to start from a random initial feasible solution. Previous computational experience showed us that this approach leads to poor quality solutions. In clusterPy we started from an initial solution that starts with a initial set of seeds (as many seed as regions) selected using the K-means++ algorithm. From those seeds, other neighbouring areas are assigned to its closest (in attribute space) growing region. This strategy has proven better results. :: layer.cluster('azpRTabu',vars,regions,<wType>,<std>,<initialSolution>,<convTabu>,<dissolve>,<dataOperations>) :keyword vars: Area attribute(s) (e.g. ['SAR1','SAR2']) :type vars: list :keyword regions: Number of regions :type regions: integer :keyword wType: Type of first-order contiguity-based spatial matrix: 'rook' or 'queen'. Default value wType = 'rook'. :type wType: string :keyword std: If = 1, then the variables will be standardized. :type std: binary :keyword initialSolution: List with a initial solution vector. It is useful when the user wants a solution that is not very different from a preexisting solution (e.g. municipalities,districts, etc.). Note that the number of regions will be the same as the number of regions in the initial feasible solution (regardless the value you assign to parameter "regions"). IMPORTANT: make sure you are entering a feasible solution and according to the W matrix you selected, otherwise the algorithm will not converge. :type initialSolution: list :keyword convTabu: Stop the search after convTabu nonimproving moves (nonimproving moves are those moves that do not improve the current solution. Note that "improving moves" are different to "aspirational moves"). If convTabu=0 the algorithm will stop after Int(M/N) nonimproving moves. Default value convTabu = 0. :type convTabu: integer :keyword dissolve: If = 1, then you will get a "child" instance of the layer that contains the new regions. Default value = 0. Note:. Each child layer is saved in the attribute ayer.results. The first algorithm that you run with dissolve=1 will have a child layer in layer.results[0]; the second algorithm that you run with dissolve=1 will be in layer.results[1], and so on. You can export a child as a shapefile with layer.result[<1,2,3..>].exportArcData('filename') :type dissolve: binary :keyword dataOperations: Dictionary which maps a variable to a list of operations to run on it. The dissolved layer will contains in it's data all the variables specified in this dictionary. Be sure to check the input layer's fieldNames before use this utility. :type dataOperations: dictionary The dictionary structure must be as showed bellow. >>> X = {} >>> X[variableName1] = [function1, function2,....] >>> X[variableName2] = [function1, function2,....] Where functions are strings wich represents the name of the functions to be used on the given variableName. Functions could be,'sum','mean','min','max','meanDesv','stdDesv','med', 'mode','range','first','last','numberOfAreas. By deffault just ID variable is added to the dissolved map. """ print "Running original AZP-R-Tabu algorithm (Openshaw and Rao, 1995)" print "Number of areas: ", len(y) if initialSolution != []: print "Number of regions: ", len(numpy.unique(initialSolution)) pRegions = len(numpy.unique(initialSolution)) else: print "Number of regions: ", pRegions if pRegions >= len(y): message = "\n WARNING: You are aggregating "+str(len(y))+" into"+\ str(pRegions)+" regions!!. The number of regions must be an integer"+\ " number lower than the number of areas being aggregated" raise Exception, message if convTabu <= 0: convTabu = len(y) / pRegions # convTabu = 230*numpy.sqrt(pRegions) distanceType = "EuclideanSquared" distanceStat = "Centroid" objectiveFunctionType = "SS" selectionType = "Minimum" am = AreaManager(w, y, distanceType) start = tm.time() print "Constructing regions" rm = RegionMaker(am, pRegions, initialSolution=initialSolution, distanceType=distanceType, distanceStat=distanceStat, selectionType=selectionType, objectiveFunctionType=objectiveFunctionType) Sol = rm.returnRegions() print "initial Solution: ", Sol print "initial O.F: ", rm.objInfo # LOCAL SEARCH print "Performing local search" rm.reactiveTabuMove(convTabu) time = tm.time() - start Sol = rm.returnRegions() Of = rm.objInfo print "FINAL SOLUTION: ", Sol print "FINAL OF: ", Of output = { "objectiveFunction": Of, "runningTime": time, "algorithm": "azpRtabu", "regions": len(Sol), "r2a": Sol, "distanceType": distanceType, "distanceStat": distanceStat, "selectionType": selectionType, "ObjectiveFuncionType": objectiveFunctionType } print "Done" return output
def execAZPTabu(y, w, pRegions, initialSolution=[], convTabu=0, tabuLength=10): """Tabu variant of Automatic Zoning Procedure (AZP-Tabu) AZP-Tabu aggregates N zones (areas) into M regions. "The M output regions should be formed of internally connected, contiguous, zones." ([Openshaw_Rao1995]_ pp 428). AZP-Tabu is a variant of the AZP algorithm that incorporates a search process, called Tabu algorithm [Glover1977]_. Tabu "allows the search process to escape from local optima whilst avoiding cyclical behaviour." ([Openshaw_Rao1995]_ pp 432). In Openshaw and Rao (1995) the objective function is not defined because AZP-Tabu can be applied to any function, F(Z). "F(Z) can be any function defined on data for the M regions in Z, and Z is the allocation of each of N zones to one of M regions such that each zone is assigned to only one region" ([Openshaw_Rao1995]_ pp 428)." In clusterPy we Minimize F(Z), where Z is the within-cluster sum of squares from each area to the attribute centroid of its cluster. Openshaw and Rao (1995) do not specify a value for the two most important parameters of Tabu seach: length of the tabu list and convergence criteria. See [Duque_Anselin_Rey2010]_ for an evaluation of the performance of tabu search within the context of spatial clustering. NOTE: The original algorithm proposes to start from a random initial feasible solution. Previous computational experience showed us that this approach leads to poor quality solutions. In clusterPy we started from an initial solution that starts with a initial set of seeds (as many seed as regions) selected using the K-means++ algorithm. From those seeds, other neighbouring areas are assigned to its closest (in attribute space) growing region. This strategy has proven better results. :: layer.cluster('azpTabu',vars,regions,<wType>,<std>,<initialSolution>,<convTabu>,<tabuLength>,<dissolve>,<dataOperations>) :keyword vars: Area attribute(s) (e.g. ['SAR1','SAR2']) :type vars: list :keyword regions: Number of regions :type regions: integer :keyword wType: Type of first-order contiguity-based spatial matrix: 'rook' or 'queen'. Default value wType = 'rook'. :type wType: string :keyword std: If = 1, then the variables will be standardized. :type std: binary :keyword initialSolution: List with a initial solution vector. It is useful when the user wants a solution that is not very different from a preexisting solution (e.g. municipalities,districts, etc.). Note that the number of regions will be the same as the number of regions in the initial feasible solution (regardless the value you assign to parameter "regions"). IMPORTANT: make sure you are entering a feasible solution and according to the W matrix you selected, otherwise the algorithm will not converge. :type initialSolution: list :keyword convTabu: Stop the search after convTabu nonimproving moves (nonimproving moves are those moves that do not improve the current solution. Note that "improving moves" are different to "aspirational moves"). If convTabu=0 the algorithm will stop after max(10,len(N)/M) nonimproving moves. Default value convTabu = 0. :type convTabu: integer :keyword tabuLength: Number of times a reverse move is prohibited. Default value tabuLength = 10. :type tabuLength: integer :keyword dissolve: If = 1, then you will get a "child" instance of the layer that contains the new regions. Default value = 0. Note:. Each child layer is saved in the attribute layer.results. The first algorithm that you run with dissolve=1 will have a child layer in layer.results[0]; the second algorithm that you run with dissolve=1 will be in layer.results[1], and so on. You can export a child as a shapefile with layer.result[<1,2,3..>].exportArcData('filename') :type dissolve: binary :keyword dataOperations: Dictionary which maps a variable to a list of operations to run on it. The dissolved layer will contains in it's data all the variables specified in this dictionary. Be sure to check the input layer's fieldNames before use this utility. :type dataOperations: dictionary The dictionary structure must be as showed bellow. >>> X = {} >>> X[variableName1] = [function1, function2,....] >>> X[variableName2] = [function1, function2,....] Where functions are strings which represents the name of the functions to be used on the given variableName. Functions could be,'sum','mean','min','max','meanDesv','stdDesv','med', 'mode','range','first','last','numberOfAreas. By default just ID variable is added to the dissolved map. """ print "Running original AZP-Tabu algorithm (Openshaw and Rao, 1995)" print "Number of areas: ", len(y) if initialSolution != []: print "Number of regions: ", len(numpy.unique(initialSolution)) pRegions = len(numpy.unique(initialSolution)) else: print "Number of regions: ", pRegions if pRegions >= len(y): message = ( "\n WARNING: You are aggregating " + str(len(y)) + " into" + str(pRegions) + " regions!!. The number of regions must be an integer" + " number lower than the number of areas being aggregated" ) raise Exception, message if convTabu <= 0: convTabu = max(10, len(y) / pRegions) # convTabu = 230*numpy.sqrt(pRegions) distanceType = "EuclideanSquared" distanceStat = "Centroid" objectiveFunctionType = "SS" selectionType = "Minimum" am = AreaManager(w, y, distanceType) start = tm.time() # CONSTRUCTION print "Constructing regions" rm = RegionMaker( am, pRegions, initialSolution=initialSolution, distanceType=distanceType, distanceStat=distanceStat, selectionType=selectionType, objectiveFunctionType=objectiveFunctionType, ) Sol = rm.returnRegions() print "initial Solution: ", Sol print "initial O.F: ", rm.objInfo # LOCAL SEARCH print "Performing local search" rm.AZPTabuMove(tabuLength=tabuLength, convTabu=convTabu) rm.calcObj() time = tm.time() - start Sol = rm.returnRegions() Of = rm.objInfo print "FINAL SOLUTION: ", Sol print "FINAL OF: ", Of output = { "objectiveFunction": Of, "runningTime": time, "algorithm": "azpTabu", "regions": len(Sol), "r2a": Sol, "distanceType": distanceType, "distanceStat": distanceStat, "selectionType": selectionType, "ObjectiveFuncionType": objectiveFunctionType, } print "Done" return output
def execAZPSA(y, w, pRegions, initialSolution=[], maxit=1): """Simulated Annealing variant of Automatic Zoning Procedure (AZP-SA) AZP-SA aggregates N zones (areas) into M regions. "The M output regions should be formed of internally connected, contiguous, zones." ([Openshaw_Rao1995]_ pp 428). AZP-SA is a variant of the AZP algorithm that incorporates a seach process, called Simulated Annealing algorithm [Kirkpatrick_Gelatt_Vecchi1983]_. Simulated annealing algorithm "permits moves which result in a worse value of the objective function but with a probability that diminishes gradually, through iteration time" ([Openshaw_Rao1995]_ pp 431). In Openshaw and Rao (1995) the objective function is not defined because AZP-Tabu can be applied to any function, F(Z). "F(Z) can be any function defined on data for the M regions in Z, and Z is the allocation of each of N zones to one of M regions such that each zone is assigned to only one region" ([Openshaw_Rao1995]_ pp 428)." In clusterPy we Minimize F(Z), where Z is the within-cluster sum of squares from each area to the attribute centroid of its cluster. In order to make the cooling schedule robust the units of measure of the objective function, we set the Boltzmann's equation as: R(0,1) < exp((-(Candidate Solution - Current Solution) / Current Solution)/T(k)). The cooling schedule is T(k) = 0.85 T(k-1) ([Openshaw_Rao1995]_ pp 431), with an initial temperature T(0)=1. NOTE: The original algorithm proposes to start from a random initial feasible solution. Previous computational experience showed us that this approach leads to poor quality solutions. In clusterPy we started from an initial solution that starts with a initial set of seeds (as many seed as regions) selected using the K-means++ algorithm. From those seeds, other neighbouring areas are assigned to its closest (in attribute space) growing region. This strategy has proven better results. :: layer.cluster('azpSa',vars,regions,<wType>,<std>,<initialSolution>,<maxit>,<dissolve>,<dataOperations>) :keyword vars: Area attribute(s) (e.g. ['SAR1','SAR2']) :type vars: list :keyword regions: Number of regions :type regions: integer :keyword wType: Type of first-order contiguity-based spatial matrix: 'rook' or 'queen'. Default value wType = 'rook'. :type wType: string :keyword std: If = 1, then the variables will be standardized. :type std: binary :keyword initialSolution: List with a initial solution vector. It is useful when the user wants a solution that is not very different from a preexisting solution (e.g. municipalities,districts, etc.). Note that the number of regions will be the same as the number of regions in the initial feasible solution (regardless the value you assign to parameter "regions"). IMPORTANT: make sure you are entering a feasible solution and according to the W matrix you selected, otherwise the algorithm will not converge. :type initialSolution: list :keyword maxit: For a given temperature, perform SA maxit times (see Openshaw and Rao (1995) pp 431, Step b). Default value maxit = 1. NOTE: the parameter Ik, in Step d was fixed at 3. :type maxit: integer :keyword dissolve: If = 1, then you will get a "child" instance of the layer that contains the new regions. Default value = 0. Note:. Each child layer is saved in the attribute layer.results. The first algorithm that you run with dissolve=1 will have a child layer in layer.results[0]; the second algorithm that you run with dissolve=1 will be in layer.results[1], and so on. You can export a child as a shapefile with layer.result[<1,2,3..>].exportArcData('filename') :type dissolve: binary :keyword dataOperations: Dictionary which maps a variable to a list of operations to run on it. The dissolved layer will contains in it's data all the variables specified in this dictionary. Be sure to check the input layer's fieldNames before use this utility. :type dataOperations: dictionary The dictionary structure must be as showed bellow. >>> X = {} >>> X[variableName1] = [function1, function2,....] >>> X[variableName2] = [function1, function2,....] Where functions are strings wich represents the name of the functions to be used on the given variableName. Functions could be,'sum','mean','min','max','meanDesv','stdDesv','med', 'mode','range','first','last','numberOfAreas. By deffault just ID variable is added to the dissolved map. """ print "Running original AZP-SA algorithm (Openshaw and Rao, 1995)" print "Number of areas: ", len(y) if initialSolution != []: print "Number of regions: ", len(numpy.unique(initialSolution)) pRegions = len(numpy.unique(initialSolution)) else: print "Number of regions: ", pRegions print "Boltzmann's equation: " print " R(0,1) < exp((-(Candidate Soution - Current Solution) / Current Solution)/T(k))" print "Cooling schedule: T(k) = 0.85 T(k-1)" if pRegions >= len(y): message = "\n WARNING: You are aggregating "+str(len(y))+" into"+\ str(pRegions)+" regions!!. The number of regions must be an integer"+\ " number lower than the number of areas being aggregated" raise Exception, message distanceType = "EuclideanSquared" distanceStat = "Centroid" objectiveFunctionType = "SS" selectionType = "Minimum" alpha = 0.85 am = AreaManager(w, y, distanceType) start = tm.time() # CONSTRUCTION rm = RegionMaker(am, pRegions, initialSolution=initialSolution, distanceType=distanceType, distanceStat=distanceStat, selectionType=selectionType, objectiveFunctionType=objectiveFunctionType) print "initial solution: ", rm.returnRegions() print "initial O.F: ", rm.objInfo # LOCAL SEARCH rm.AZPSA(alpha, maxit) time = tm.time() - start Sol = rm.returnRegions() Of = rm.objInfo print "FINAL SOLUTION: ", Sol print "FINAL OF: ", Of output = { "objectiveFunction": Of, "runningTime": time, "algorithm": "azpSa", "regions": len(Sol), "r2a": Sol, "distanceType": distanceType, "distanceStat": distanceStat, "selectionType": selectionType, "ObjectiveFuncionType": objectiveFunctionType} print "Done" return output
def execRandom(y, w, regions): """Generate random regions This algorithm aggregates, at random, a set of areas into a predefined number of spatially contiguous regions. :: layer.cluster('random',vars,regions,<wType>,<dissolve>,<dataOperations>) :keyword vars: Area attribute(s) (e.g. ['SAR1','SAR2']) :type vars: list :keyword regions: Number of regions :type regions: integer :keyword wType: Type of first-order contiguity-based spatial matrix: 'rook' or 'queen'. Default value wType = 'rook'. :type wType: string :keyword dissolve: If = 1, then you will get a "child" instance of the layer that contains the new regions. Default value = 0. Note:. Each child layer is saved in the attribute layer.results. The first algorithm that you run with dissolve=1 will have a child layer in layer.results[0]; the second algorithm that you run with dissolve=1 will be in layer.results[1], and so on. You can export a child as a shapefile with layer.result[<1,2,3..>].exportArcData('filename') :type dissolve: binary :keyword dataOperations: Dictionary which maps a variable to a list of operations to run on it. The dissolved layer will contains in it's data all the variables specified in this dictionary. Be sure to check the input layer's fieldNames before use this utility. :type dataOperations: dictionary The dictionary structure must be as showed bellow. >>> X = {} >>> X[variableName1] = [function1, function2,....] >>> X[variableName2] = [function1, function2,....] Where functions are strings which represents the name of the functions to be used on the given variableName. Functions could be,'sum','mean','min','max','meanDesv','stdDesv','med', 'mode','range','first','last','numberOfAreas. By default just ID variable is added to the dissolved map. """ if regions >= len(y): message = "\n WARNING: You are aggregating "+str(len(y))+" into"+\ str(regions)+" regions!!. The number of regions must be an integer"+\ " number lower than the number of areas being aggregated" raise Exception, message distanceType = "EuclideanSquared" distanceStat = "Centroid" objectiveFunctionType = "SS" selectionType = "FullRandom" am = AreaManager(w, y, distanceType) start = tm.time() # CONSTRUCTION rm = RegionMaker(am, regions, distanceType=distanceType, distanceStat=distanceStat, selectionType=selectionType, objectiveFunctionType=objectiveFunctionType) time = tm.time() - start Sol = rm.returnRegions() Of = rm.objInfo print "FINAL SOLUTION: ", Sol print "FINAL OF: ", Of output = { "objectiveFunction": Of, "runningTime": time, "algorithm": "random", "regions": len(Sol), "r2a": Sol, "distanceType": distanceType, "distanceStat": distanceStat, "selectionType": selectionType, "ObjectiveFuncionType": objectiveFunctionType } print "Done" return output
def execRandom(y, w, regions): """Generate random regions This algorithm aggregates, at random, a set of areas into a predefined number of spatially contiguous regions. :: layer.cluster('random',vars,regions,<wType>,<dissolve>,<dataOperations>) :keyword vars: Area attribute(s) (e.g. ['SAR1','SAR2']) :type vars: list :keyword regions: Number of regions :type regions: integer :keyword wType: Type of first-order contiguity-based spatial matrix: 'rook' or 'queen'. Default value wType = 'rook'. :type wType: string :keyword dissolve: If = 1, then you will get a "child" instance of the layer that contains the new regions. Default value = 0. Note:. Each child layer is saved in the attribute layer.results. The first algorithm that you run with dissolve=1 will have a child layer in layer.results[0]; the second algorithm that you run with dissolve=1 will be in layer.results[1], and so on. You can export a child as a shapefile with layer.result[<1,2,3..>].exportArcData('filename') :type dissolve: binary :keyword dataOperations: Dictionary which maps a variable to a list of operations to run on it. The dissolved layer will contains in it's data all the variables specified in this dictionary. Be sure to check the input layer's fieldNames before use this utility. :type dataOperations: dictionary The dictionary structure must be as showed bellow. >>> X = {} >>> X[variableName1] = [function1, function2,....] >>> X[variableName2] = [function1, function2,....] Where functions are strings which represents the name of the functions to be used on the given variableName. Functions could be,'sum','mean','min','max','meanDesv','stdDesv','med', 'mode','range','first','last','numberOfAreas. By default just ID variable is added to the dissolved map. """ if regions >= len(y): message = "\n WARNING: You are aggregating "+str(len(y))+" into"+\ str(regions)+" regions!!. The number of regions must be an integer"+\ " number lower than the number of areas being aggregated" raise Exception, message distanceType = "EuclideanSquared" distanceStat = "Centroid" objectiveFunctionType = "SS" selectionType = "FullRandom" am = AreaManager(w, y, distanceType) start = tm.time() # CONSTRUCTION rm = RegionMaker(am, regions, distanceType = distanceType, distanceStat = distanceStat, selectionType = selectionType, objectiveFunctionType = objectiveFunctionType) time = tm.time() - start Sol = rm.returnRegions() Of = rm.objInfo print "FINAL SOLUTION: ", Sol print "FINAL OF: ", Of output = { "objectiveFunction": Of, "runningTime": time, "algorithm": "random", "regions": len(Sol), "r2a": Sol, "distanceType": distanceType, "distanceStat": distanceStat, "selectionType": selectionType, "ObjectiveFuncionType": objectiveFunctionType} print "Done" return output
def execAZPSA(y, w, pRegions, initialSolution=[], maxit=1): """Simulated Annealing variant of Automatic Zoning Procedure (AZP-SA) AZP-SA aggregates N zones (areas) into M regions. "The M output regions should be formed of internally connected, contiguous, zones." ([Openshaw_Rao1995]_ pp 428). AZP-SA is a variant of the AZP algorithm that incorporates a seach process, called Simulated Annealing algorithm [Kirkpatrick_Gelatt_Vecchi1983]_. Simulated annealing algorithm "permits moves which result in a worse value of the objective function but with a probability that diminishes gradually, through iteration time" ([Openshaw_Rao1995]_ pp 431). In Openshaw and Rao (1995) the objective function is not defined because AZP-Tabu can be applied to any function, F(Z). "F(Z) can be any function defined on data for the M regions in Z, and Z is the allocation of each of N zones to one of M regions such that each zone is assigned to only one region" ([Openshaw_Rao1995]_ pp 428)." In clusterPy we Minimize F(Z), where Z is the within-cluster sum of squares from each area to the attribute centroid of its cluster. In order to make the cooling schedule robust the units of measure of the objective function, we set the Boltzmann's equation as: R(0,1) < exp((-(Candidate Solution - Current Solution) / Current Solution)/T(k)). The cooling schedule is T(k) = 0.85 T(k-1) ([Openshaw_Rao1995]_ pp 431), with an initial temperature T(0)=1. NOTE: The original algorithm proposes to start from a random initial feasible solution. Previous computational experience showed us that this approach leads to poor quality solutions. In clusterPy we started from an initial solution that starts with a initial set of seeds (as many seed as regions) selected using the K-means++ algorithm. From those seeds, other neighbouring areas are assigned to its closest (in attribute space) growing region. This strategy has proven better results. :: layer.cluster('azpSa',vars,regions,<wType>,<std>,<initialSolution>,<maxit>,<dissolve>,<dataOperations>) :keyword vars: Area attribute(s) (e.g. ['SAR1','SAR2']) :type vars: list :keyword regions: Number of regions :type regions: integer :keyword wType: Type of first-order contiguity-based spatial matrix: 'rook' or 'queen'. Default value wType = 'rook'. :type wType: string :keyword std: If = 1, then the variables will be standardized. :type std: binary :keyword initialSolution: List with a initial solution vector. It is useful when the user wants a solution that is not very different from a preexisting solution (e.g. municipalities,districts, etc.). Note that the number of regions will be the same as the number of regions in the initial feasible solution (regardless the value you assign to parameter "regions"). IMPORTANT: make sure you are entering a feasible solution and according to the W matrix you selected, otherwise the algorithm will not converge. :type initialSolution: list :keyword maxit: For a given temperature, perform SA maxit times (see Openshaw and Rao (1995) pp 431, Step b). Default value maxit = 1. NOTE: the parameter Ik, in Step d was fixed at 3. :type maxit: integer :keyword dissolve: If = 1, then you will get a "child" instance of the layer that contains the new regions. Default value = 0. Note:. Each child layer is saved in the attribute layer.results. The first algorithm that you run with dissolve=1 will have a child layer in layer.results[0]; the second algorithm that you run with dissolve=1 will be in layer.results[1], and so on. You can export a child as a shapefile with layer.result[<1,2,3..>].exportArcData('filename') :type dissolve: binary :keyword dataOperations: Dictionary which maps a variable to a list of operations to run on it. The dissolved layer will contains in it's data all the variables specified in this dictionary. Be sure to check the input layer's fieldNames before use this utility. :type dataOperations: dictionary The dictionary structure must be as showed bellow. >>> X = {} >>> X[variableName1] = [function1, function2,....] >>> X[variableName2] = [function1, function2,....] Where functions are strings wich represents the name of the functions to be used on the given variableName. Functions could be,'sum','mean','min','max','meanDesv','stdDesv','med', 'mode','range','first','last','numberOfAreas. By deffault just ID variable is added to the dissolved map. """ print "Running original AZP-SA algorithm (Openshaw and Rao, 1995)" print "Number of areas: ", len(y) if initialSolution != []: print "Number of regions: ", len(numpy.unique(initialSolution)) pRegions = len(numpy.unique(initialSolution)) else: print "Number of regions: ", pRegions print "Boltzmann's equation: " print " R(0,1) < exp((-(Candidate Soution - Current Solution) / Current Solution)/T(k))" print "Cooling schedule: T(k) = 0.85 T(k-1)" if pRegions >= len(y): message = "\n WARNING: You are aggregating "+str(len(y))+" into"+\ str(pRegions)+" regions!!. The number of regions must be an integer"+\ " number lower than the number of areas being aggregated" raise Exception, message distanceType = "EuclideanSquared" distanceStat = "Centroid" objectiveFunctionType = "SS" selectionType = "Minimum" alpha = 0.85 am = AreaManager(w, y, distanceType) start = tm.time() # CONSTRUCTION rm = RegionMaker(am, pRegions, initialSolution=initialSolution, distanceType=distanceType, distanceStat=distanceStat, selectionType=selectionType, objectiveFunctionType=objectiveFunctionType) print "initial solution: ", rm.returnRegions() print "initial O.F: ", rm.objInfo # LOCAL SEARCH rm.AZPSA(alpha, maxit) time = tm.time() - start Sol = rm.returnRegions() Of = rm.objInfo print "FINAL SOLUTION: ", Sol print "FINAL OF: ", Of output = { "objectiveFunction": Of, "runningTime": time, "algorithm": "azpSa", "regions": len(Sol), "r2a": Sol, "distanceType": distanceType, "distanceStat": distanceStat, "selectionType": selectionType, "ObjectiveFuncionType": objectiveFunctionType } print "Done" return output