Evolutionary Computation
Winter 1994, Vol. 2, No. 4, Pages 381-407
(doi: 10.1162/evco.1994.2.4.381)
Toward a Theory of Evolution Strategies: The (μ, λ)-Theory
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Abstract
The multimembered evolution strategy (ES) acting on μ parents and λ offspring is analyzed for real-valued, N-dimensional parameter spaces (N ⪆ 30). N-dependent progress rate formulas are derived for (1, λ) and (μ, λ) strategies on spherical models. The analytical results obtained are compared with simulation experiments for the (hyper)sphere and the inclined (hyper)plane.