Steady-state selection and efficient covariance matrix update in the multi-objective CMA-ES

Abstract

The multi-objective covariance matrix adaptation evolution strategy (MO-CMA-ES) combines a mutation operator that adapts its search distribution to the underlying optimization problem with multicriteria selection. Here, a generational and two steady-state selection schemes for the MO-CMA-ES are compared. Further, a recently proposed method for computationally efficient adaptation of the search distribution is evaluated in the context of the MO-CMA-ES. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.