updated gradient calculation

instead of using the module auto_differentiation.py (removed) to compute the gradient (for the geofencing behavior), the package numdifftools is now integrated.

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Upload Python Package
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [created]
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install setuptools wheel twine
+    - name: Build and publish
+      env:
+        TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
+        TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
+      run: |
+        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+        twine upload dist/*

.github/workflows/tests_package.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install flake8 pytest numpy matplotlib
+        pip install flake8 pytest numpy numdifftools matplotlib
         if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
     - name: Lint with flake8
       run: |

README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 [![Tests](https://github.com/mrsonandrade/pyswarming/actions/workflows/tests_package.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/mrsonandrade/pyswarming/actions/workflows/tests_package.yml)
 [![Project Status: Active – The project has reached a stable, usable state and is being actively developed.](https://www.repostatus.org/badges/latest/active.svg)](https://www.repostatus.org/#active)
 [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/pyswarming/badge/?version=latest)](https://pyswarming.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest)
-![version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-1.1.3-blue)
+![version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-1.1.4-blue)
 [![Downloads](https://static.pepy.tech/personalized-badge/pyswarming?period=total&units=none&left_color=black&right_color=blue&left_text=Downloads)](https://pepy.tech/project/pyswarming)
 [![DOI](https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.05647/status.svg)](https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.05647)
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pip install pyswarming
 
 ## Dependencies
 
-`pyswarming`'s dependencies are: `numpy` and `matplotlib`.
+`pyswarming`'s dependencies are: `numpy`, `numdifftools` and `matplotlib`.
 
 
 ## Documentation

docs/requirements.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ipykernel
 numpy
+numdifftools
 pyswarming
 matplotlib
 nbsphinx

docs/source/example_notebooks/03_Custom_Animations.ipynb

@@ -392,8 +392,7 @@
     "robot4, = ax.plot([], [], marker='o', lw=0)\n",
     "\n",
     "# sphere function: used as region to be filled\n",
-    "def sphere(x, y, z, x0=0, y0=0, z0=0, radius=4.0):\n",
-    "    return (x-x0)**2 + (y-y0)**2 + (z-z0)**2 - radius\n",
+    "sphere = lambda x: x[0]**2 + x[1]**2 + x[2]**2 - 4.0\n",
     "\n",
     "# initialization function: plot the background of each frame\n",
     "def init():\n",

docs/source/index.rst

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ You can install ``pyswarming`` from PyPI using pip (**Recommended**)::
 Dependencies
 ============
 
-``pyswarming``'s dependencies are: ``numpy`` and ``matplotlib``.
+``pyswarming``'s dependencies are: ``numpy``, ``numdifftools`` and ``matplotlib``.
 
 
 Algorithms covered

examples/example_customized_aggregation_area_coverage.py

@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@
 robot4, = ax.plot([], [], marker='o', lw=0)
 
 # sphere function: used as region to be filled
-def sphere(x, y, z, x0=0, y0=0, z0=0, radius=4.0):
-    return (x-x0)**2 + (y-y0)**2 + (z-z0)**2 - radius
+sphere = lambda x: x[0]**2 + x[1]**2 + x[2]**2 - 4.0
 
 # initialization function: plot the background of each frame
 def init():

notebooks/03_Custom_Animations.ipynb

@@ -414,8 +414,7 @@
     "robot4, = ax.plot([], [], marker='o', lw=0)\n",
     "\n",
     "# sphere function: used as region to be filled\n",
-    "def sphere(x, y, z, x0=0, y0=0, z0=0, radius=4.0):\n",
-    "    return (x-x0)**2 + (y-y0)**2 + (z-z0)**2 - radius\n",
+    "sphere = lambda x: x[0]**2 + x[1]**2 + x[2]**2 - 4.0\n",
     "\n",
     "# initialization function: plot the background of each frame\n",
     "def init():\n",

pyswarming/__init__.py

@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@
         __all__.append(module_j)
 
 name = "pyswarming"
-__version__ = "1.1.3"
+__version__ = "1.1.4"
 __author__ = "Emerson Martins de Andrade, Antonio Carlos Fernandes and Joel Sena Sales Jr"
 __author_email__ = "[email protected]"