The CMA evolution strategy: a comparing review

N Hansen - Towards a new evolutionary computation: Advances in …, 2006 - Springer
Derived from the concept of self-adaptation in evolution strategies, the CMA (Covariance
Matrix Adaptation) adapts the covariance matrix of a multi-variate normal search distribution …

Learning probability distributions in continuous evolutionary algorithms–a comparative review

S Kern, SD Müller, N Hansen, D Büche, J Ocenasek… - Natural Computing, 2004 - Springer
We present a comparative review of Evolutionary Algorithms that generate new population
members by sampling a probability distributionconstructed during the optimization process …

[PDF][PDF] 分布估计算法综述

周树德, 孙增圻 - 2007 - aas.net.cn
摘要分布估计算法是进化计算领域新兴起的一类随机优化算法, 是当前国际进化计算领域的研究
热点. 分布估计算法是遗传算法和统计学习的结合, 通过统计学习的手段建立解空间内个体分布 …

[图书][B] Introduction to evolutionary computing

AE Eiben, JE Smith - 2015 - Springer
This is the second edition of our 2003 book. It is primarily a book for lecturers and graduate
and undergraduate students. To this group the book offers a thorough introduction to …

[PDF][PDF] Natural evolution strategies

D Wierstra, T Schaul, T Glasmachers, Y Sun… - The Journal of Machine …, 2014 - jmlr.org
Abstract This paper presents Natural Evolution Strategies (NES), a recent family of black-box
optimization algorithms that use the natural gradient to update a parameterized search …

[图书][B] Design of modern heuristics: principles and application

F Rothlauf - 2011 - Springer
Most textbooks on modern heuristics provide the reader with detailed descriptions of the
functionality of single examples like genetic algorithms, genetic programming, tabu search …

Multimodal estimation of distribution algorithms

Q Yang, WN Chen, Y Li, CLP Chen… - IEEE transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Taking the advantage of estimation of distribution algorithms (EDAs) in preserving high
diversity, this paper proposes a multimodal EDA. Integrated with clustering strategies for …

Optimization solution of Troesch's and Bratu's problems of ordinary type using novel continuous genetic algorithm

Z Abo-Hammour, O Abu Arqub… - Discrete Dynamics in …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A new kind of optimization technique, namely, continuous genetic algorithm, is presented in
this paper for numerically approximating the solutions of Troesch's and Bratu's problems …

DE/EDA: A new evolutionary algorithm for global optimization

J Sun, Q Zhang, EPK Tsang - Information Sciences, 2005 - Elsevier
Differential evolution (DE) was very successful in solving the global continuous optimization
problem. It mainly uses the distance and direction information from the current population to …

An evolutionary algorithm with guided mutation for the maximum clique problem

Q Zhang, J Sun, E Tsang - IEEE transactions on evolutionary …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Estimation of distribution algorithms sample new solutions (offspring) from a probability
model which characterizes the distribution of promising solutions in the search space at …