RS-CMSA-ES source code V1 r1

Abstract

This is the source code of Source code of covariance matrix self-adaptation with repelling subpopulations (RS-CMSA) [1,2] in MATLAB. The method ranked 1st in GECCO’2016 and CEC’2016 competitions for multimodal optimization. To use the code, please see the instructions in ‘main_script.m’. [1] Ahrari, A., Deb, K., & Preuss, M. (2016). Multimodal Optimization by Covariance Matrix Self-Adaptation Evolution Strategy with Repelling Subpopulations. Evolutionary computation, doi:10.1162/EVCO_a_00182 The preprint version is available at: http://www.egr.msu.edu/~kdeb/papers/c2016024.pdf [2] Ahrari, A., Deb, K., & Preuss, M. (2016). Benchmarking Covariance Matrix Self Adaption Evolution Strategy with Repelling Subpopulations on the CEC2013 Test Problems. Coin Report 2016025, available at http://www.egr.msu.edu/~kdeb/reports.shtml