fix(optimization): shift the warm start by the slots elapsed since it was computed

A planned battery export kept moving 15 minutes later with every run. At
07:49 the plan exported at 08:00 and 08:15; the run at 08:00 exported at 08:15
and 08:30, although nothing in the forecasts had changed.

Genomes are run-relative: gene 0 controls the slot the run starts in. Clients
such as Node-RED send the previous `start_solution` back unchanged, so after a
slot boundary every decision in it is read one slot too late. The warm start is
seeded as exact copies and local neighbours, and when an export 15 minutes
later scores almost the same, the shifted genome survives and becomes the next
warm start. The internal energy management run reused its last solution the
same way.

Solutions now carry `start_solution_datetime`, the start of the slot gene 0
controls, and requests accept it back. Before seeding, the battery and EV blocks
drop the elapsed slots and repeat their last gene. A warm start that starts
after the run, or whose control slots have all elapsed, is ignored. When a
request omits the datetime but its `start_solution` equals the last solution of
this server, that solution's start is used, so existing clients are fixed
without changes. Appliance genes index per-run start slot lists that cannot be
rebuilt for the earlier run and stay as they are, validated as before.
This commit is contained in:
Andreas
2026-09-14 08:30:11 +02:00
parent 78f6dfeb84
commit d2e2d58237
5 changed files with 302 additions and 3 deletions
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@@ -5385,6 +5385,23 @@
],
"title": "Start Solution",
"description": "Can be `null` or contain a previous solution (if available)."
},
"start_solution_datetime": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"title": "Start Solution Datetime",
"description": "Start of the slot that gene 0 of 'start_solution' controls, as returned with the previous solution. The warm start is shifted by the slots that have elapsed until this run. Without it, a 'start_solution' identical to the last solution of this server uses that solution's start; any other one is used unshifted.",
"examples": [
null,
"2026-09-14T07:45:00+02:00"
]
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
@@ -5650,6 +5667,23 @@
"title": "Start Solution",
"description": "An array of binary values (0 or 1) representing a possible starting solution for the simulation."
},
"start_solution_datetime": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"title": "Start Solution Datetime",
"description": "Start of the slot that gene 0 of 'start_solution' controls. Send it back together with 'start_solution' so the next run can shift the warm start by the slots that have elapsed since.",
"examples": [
null,
"2026-09-14T07:45:00+02:00"
]
},
"washingstart": {
"anyOf": [
{
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from akkudoktoreos.optimization.genetic.terminalvalue import (
trailing_window,
)
from akkudoktoreos.optimization.optimizationabc import OptimizationBase
from akkudoktoreos.utils.datetimeutil import DateTime
@dataclass
@@ -1369,6 +1370,85 @@ class GeneticOptimization(OptimizationBase):
)
return migrated
def _resolve_start_solution_datetime(
self, parameters: GeneticOptimizationParameters
) -> Optional[DateTime]:
"""Start of the slot that gene 0 of the supplied warm start controls.
An explicit ``start_solution_datetime`` wins. Clients that only echo
``start_solution`` get the start of this server's last solution when the
genomes are identical; for any other genome the start is unknown.
"""
if parameters.start_solution_datetime is not None:
return parameters.start_solution_datetime
if parameters.start_solution is None:
return None
last_solution = self.ems.genetic_solution()
if (
last_solution is not None
and last_solution.start_solution is not None
and list(last_solution.start_solution) == list(parameters.start_solution)
):
return last_solution.start_solution_datetime
return None
def _start_solution_for_run_start(
self,
start_solution: Optional[list[float]],
start_solution_datetime: Optional[DateTime],
) -> Optional[list[float]]:
"""Align a warm start from an earlier run with the slot this run starts in.
Genomes are run-relative, so a solution returned one slot ago describes
every battery and EV decision one slot too late. Reused unchanged, a
search that keeps the seed postpones each planned action by one slot per
run. The battery and EV blocks therefore drop the elapsed slots and
repeat their last gene to refill the horizon.
Appliance genes index into per-run lists of allowed start slots that
cannot be rebuilt for the earlier run; they are kept and validated
against the current layout as before.
"""
if (
start_solution is None
or start_solution_datetime is None
or self._slot0_datetime is None
):
return start_solution
start_solution = self._start_solution_for_slot_grid(start_solution)
blocks = 2 if self.optimize_ev else 1
if len(start_solution) != self.control_end_slot * blocks + self.appliance_layout.n_genes:
# optimize() rejects the length and logs why.
return start_solution
elapsed_s = (self._slot0_datetime - start_solution_datetime).total_seconds()
if elapsed_s < 0:
logger.warning(
"Ignoring start_solution from {}: it starts after this run ({}).",
start_solution_datetime,
self._slot0_datetime,
)
return None
elapsed_slots = int(elapsed_s // (self.slot_duration_h * 3600))
if elapsed_slots == 0:
return start_solution
if elapsed_slots >= self.control_slots:
logger.info(
"Ignoring start_solution from {}: all {} control slots have elapsed.",
start_solution_datetime,
self.control_slots,
)
return None
aligned = list(start_solution)
for block in range(blocks):
begin = self._control_start_slot() + block * self.control_end_slot
end = begin + self.control_slots
genes = aligned[begin:end]
aligned[begin:end] = genes[elapsed_slots:] + [genes[-1]] * elapsed_slots
logger.debug("Shifted start_solution by {} elapsed slots.", elapsed_slots)
return aligned
def decode_charge_discharge(
self, discharge_hours_bin: np.ndarray
) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:
@@ -3340,8 +3420,9 @@ class GeneticOptimization(OptimizationBase):
)
start_time = time.time()
start_solution_datetime = self._resolve_start_solution_datetime(parameters)
start_solution, extra_data = self.optimize(
parameters.start_solution,
self._start_solution_for_run_start(parameters.start_solution, start_solution_datetime),
ngen=generations,
individuals=individuals,
)
@@ -3459,6 +3540,7 @@ class GeneticOptimization(OptimizationBase):
"result": GeneticSimulationResult(**simulation_result),
"eauto_obj": self.simulation.ev,
"start_solution": start_solution,
"start_solution_datetime": self._slot0_datetime,
"washingstart": washingstart_int,
"appliance_starts": appliance_starts,
"appliance_deadline_missed": appliance_deadline_missed,
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ It also provides a method to assemble these parameters from predictions,
forecasts, and fallback defaults, preparing them for optimization runs.
"""
from typing import Optional, Union
from typing import Any, Optional, Union
from loguru import logger
from pydantic import Field, field_validator, model_validator
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from akkudoktoreos.optimization.genetic.geneticdevices import (
InverterParameters,
SolarPanelBatteryParameters,
)
from akkudoktoreos.utils.datetimeutil import to_duration
from akkudoktoreos.utils.datetimeutil import DateTime, to_datetime, to_duration
MARKET_PRICE_FEED_IN_TARIFF_PROVIDERS = frozenset(
{"FeedInTariffAkkudoktor", "FeedInTariffEnergyCharts", "FeedInTariffTibber"}
@@ -133,6 +133,27 @@ class GeneticOptimizationParameters(
"description": "Can be `null` or contain a previous solution (if available)."
},
)
start_solution_datetime: Optional[DateTime] = Field(
default=None,
json_schema_extra={
"description": (
"Start of the slot that gene 0 of 'start_solution' controls, as "
"returned with the previous solution. The warm start is shifted by "
"the slots that have elapsed until this run. Without it, a "
"'start_solution' identical to the last solution of this server "
"uses that solution's start; any other one is used unshifted."
),
"examples": [None, "2026-09-14T07:45:00+02:00"],
},
)
@field_validator("start_solution_datetime", mode="before")
@classmethod
def transform_start_solution_datetime(cls, value: Any) -> Optional[DateTime]:
"""Accept the usual date time representations, naive input is local time."""
if value is None:
return None
return to_datetime(value)
@model_validator(mode="after")
def validate_list_length(self) -> Self:
@@ -271,9 +292,11 @@ class GeneticOptimizationParameters(
# Get start solution from last run
start_solution = None
start_solution_datetime = None
last_solution = ems.genetic_solution()
if last_solution and last_solution.start_solution:
start_solution = last_solution.start_solution
start_solution_datetime = last_solution.start_solution_datetime
# Add forecast and device data
interval = to_duration(cls.config.optimization.interval)
@@ -545,6 +568,7 @@ class GeneticOptimizationParameters(
inverter=inverter_params,
home_appliances=home_appliance_params,
start_solution=start_solution,
start_solution_datetime=start_solution_datetime,
)
except:
logger.info(
@@ -237,6 +237,17 @@ class GeneticSolution(ConfigMixin, GeneticParametersBaseModel):
"description": "An array of binary values (0 or 1) representing a possible starting solution for the simulation."
},
)
start_solution_datetime: Optional[DateTime] = Field(
default=None,
json_schema_extra={
"description": (
"Start of the slot that gene 0 of 'start_solution' controls. Send it "
"back together with 'start_solution' so the next run can shift the "
"warm start by the slots that have elapsed since."
),
"examples": [None, "2026-09-14T07:45:00+02:00"],
},
)
washingstart: Optional[int] = Field(
default=None,
json_schema_extra={
@@ -276,6 +287,14 @@ class GeneticSolution(ConfigMixin, GeneticParametersBaseModel):
def convert_numpy(cls, field: Any) -> Any:
return NumpyEncoder.convert_numpy(field)[0]
@field_validator("start_solution_datetime", mode="before")
@classmethod
def transform_start_solution_datetime(cls, value: Any) -> Optional[DateTime]:
"""Accept the usual date time representations, naive input is local time."""
if value is None:
return None
return to_datetime(value)
@field_validator(
"eauto_obj",
mode="before",
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@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
"""A warm start from an earlier run is aligned with the slot this run starts in.
Genomes are run-relative: gene 0 controls the slot the run starts in. Reusing
the previous solution unchanged after a slot boundary describes every decision
one slot too late, and a search that keeps the seed postpones a planned action
by one slot per run.
"""
from types import SimpleNamespace
import pytest
from akkudoktoreos.config.config import ConfigEOS
from akkudoktoreos.core.coreabc import get_ems
from akkudoktoreos.optimization.genetic.genetic import GeneticOptimization
from akkudoktoreos.optimization.genetic.geneticparams import (
GeneticEnergyManagementParameters,
GeneticOptimizationParameters,
)
from akkudoktoreos.utils.datetimeutil import DateTime, compare_datetimes, to_datetime
def _optimizer(
config_eos: ConfigEOS,
*,
interval: int,
optimize_ev: bool = False,
n_appliance_genes: int = 0,
) -> tuple[GeneticOptimization, DateTime]:
config_eos.merge_settings_from_dict(
{
"prediction": {"hours": 48},
"optimization": {"tail_horizon_hours": 0, "horizon_hours": 24, "interval": interval},
}
)
slot0 = get_ems(init=True).set_start_datetime(to_datetime().set(hour=8, minute=0, second=0))
opt = GeneticOptimization(fixed_seed=42)
opt.optimize_ev = optimize_ev
opt.appliance_layout = SimpleNamespace(n_genes=n_appliance_genes, genes=[]) # type: ignore[assignment]
opt._slot0_datetime = slot0
return opt, slot0
def _genes(start: int, stop: int) -> list[float]:
return [float(value) for value in range(start, stop)]
def test_quarter_hour_warm_start_moves_one_slot_forward(config_eos: ConfigEOS):
# 07:45 run: export genes (32) at 08:00 and 08:15. Unshifted, the 08:00 run
# would read them as 08:15 and 08:30.
opt, slot0 = _optimizer(config_eos, interval=900)
previous = [19.0, 32.0, 32.0, 14.0] + [36.0] * (opt.control_slots - 4)
aligned = opt._start_solution_for_run_start(previous, slot0.subtract(minutes=15))
assert aligned == [32, 32, 14] + [36] * (opt.control_slots - 3)
def test_elapsed_slots_are_dropped_per_block_and_appliance_genes_kept(config_eos: ConfigEOS):
opt, slot0 = _optimizer(config_eos, interval=3600, optimize_ev=True, n_appliance_genes=1)
slots = opt.control_slots
battery = _genes(0, slots)
ev = _genes(100, 100 + slots)
appliance = [3.0]
aligned = opt._start_solution_for_run_start(battery + ev + appliance, slot0.subtract(hours=3))
assert aligned == (
_genes(3, slots)
+ [slots - 1.0] * 3
+ _genes(103, 100 + slots)
+ [100 + slots - 1.0] * 3
+ appliance
)
def test_same_slot_or_unknown_start_keeps_warm_start(config_eos: ConfigEOS):
opt, slot0 = _optimizer(config_eos, interval=900)
previous = _genes(0, opt.control_slots)
assert opt._start_solution_for_run_start(previous, slot0) == previous
assert opt._start_solution_for_run_start(previous, None) == previous
assert opt._start_solution_for_run_start(None, slot0) is None
@pytest.mark.parametrize(
"offset_minutes",
[
pytest.param(-24 * 60, id="all-control-slots-elapsed"),
pytest.param(15, id="starts-after-this-run"),
],
)
def test_unusable_warm_start_is_dropped(config_eos: ConfigEOS, offset_minutes: int):
opt, slot0 = _optimizer(config_eos, interval=900)
previous = _genes(0, opt.control_slots)
assert opt._start_solution_for_run_start(previous, slot0.add(minutes=offset_minutes)) is None
def test_start_datetime_falls_back_to_last_solution_of_this_server(
config_eos: ConfigEOS, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
):
opt, slot0 = _optimizer(config_eos, interval=900)
last_start = slot0.subtract(minutes=15)
monkeypatch.setattr(
type(get_ems()),
"_genetic_solution",
SimpleNamespace(start_solution=[19.0, 32.0, 14.0], start_solution_datetime=last_start),
)
same = SimpleNamespace(start_solution=[19, 32, 14], start_solution_datetime=None)
other = SimpleNamespace(start_solution=[19, 32, 15], start_solution_datetime=None)
explicit_start = slot0.subtract(minutes=30)
explicit = SimpleNamespace(start_solution=[19, 32, 14], start_solution_datetime=explicit_start)
assert opt._resolve_start_solution_datetime(same) == last_start # type: ignore[arg-type]
assert opt._resolve_start_solution_datetime(other) is None # type: ignore[arg-type]
assert opt._resolve_start_solution_datetime(explicit) == explicit_start # type: ignore[arg-type]
def test_parameters_accept_iso_start_solution_datetime(config_eos: ConfigEOS):
parameters = GeneticOptimizationParameters(
ems=GeneticEnergyManagementParameters(
pv_prognose_wh=[0.0, 0.0],
strompreis_euro_pro_wh=[0.0, 0.0],
einspeiseverguetung_euro_pro_wh=0.0,
preis_euro_pro_wh_akku=0.0,
gesamtlast=[0.0, 0.0],
),
pv_akku=None,
inverter=None,
eauto=None,
start_solution=[1.0, 2.0],
start_solution_datetime="2026-09-14T07:45:00+02:00", # type: ignore[arg-type]
)
assert parameters.start_solution_datetime is not None
assert compare_datetimes(
parameters.start_solution_datetime, to_datetime("2026-09-14T07:45:00+02:00")
).equal