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Pre-training a diverse set of neural network controllers in simulation has enabled robots to adapt online to damage in robot locomotion tasks. However, finding diverse, high-performing controllers requires expensive network training and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-19 Bryon Tjanaka , Matthew C. Fontaine , David H. Lee , Aniruddha Kalkar , Stefanos Nikolaidis

The Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Strategy (CMA-ES) is widely accepted as a robust derivative-free continuous optimization algorithm for non-linear and non-convex optimization problems. CMA-ES is well known to be almost…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2014-06-12 Ilya Loshchilov , Marc Schoenauer , Michèle Sebag , Nikolaus Hansen

In this study, we consider a continuous min--max optimization problem $\min_{x \in \mathbb{X} \max_{y \in \mathbb{Y}}}f(x,y)$ whose objective function is a black-box. We propose a novel approach to minimize the worst-case objective function…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-03-29 Atsuhiro Miyagi , Yoshiki Miyauchi , Atsuo Maki , Kazuto Fukuchi , Jun Sakuma , Youhei Akimoto

In information retrieval research; Genetic Algorithms (GA) can be used to find global solutions in many difficult problems. This study used different similarity measures (Dice, Inner Product) in the VSM, for each similarity measure we…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2013-12-03 Eman Al Mashagba , Feras Al Mashagba , Mohammad Othman Nassar

This paper addresses the development of a covariance matrix self-adaptation evolution strategy (CMSA-ES) for solving optimization problems with linear constraints. The proposed algorithm is referred to as Linear Constraint CMSA-ES…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-09-24 Patrick Spettel , Hans-Georg Beyer , Michael Hellwig

Neural networks are complex algorithms that loosely model the behaviour of the human brain. They play a significant role in computational neuroscience and artificial intelligence. The next generation of neural network models is based on the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-05-29 Ifeatu Ezenwe , Alok Joshi , KongFatt Wong-Lin

This tutorial introduces the CMA Evolution Strategy (ES), where CMA stands for Covariance Matrix Adaptation. The CMA-ES is a stochastic, or randomized, method for real-parameter (continuous domain) optimization of non-linear, non-convex…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-13 Nikolaus Hansen

Many studies have been done to prove the vulnerability of neural networks to adversarial example. A trained and well-behaved model can be fooled by a visually imperceptible perturbation, i.e., an originally correctly classified image could…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-06-24 YiGui Luo , RuiJia Yang , Wei Sha , WeiYi Ding , YouTeng Sun , YiSi Wang

The performance of evolutionary algorithms can be heavily undermined when constraints limit the feasible areas of the search space. For instance, while Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Strategy is one of the most efficient algorithms…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-10-08 A. Maesani , G. Iacca , D. Floreano

This paper presents an automated method for optimizing parameters in analog/high-frequency circuits, aiming to maximize performance parameters of a radio-frequency (RF) receiver. The design target includes a reduction of power consumption…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-03-28 Mingi Kwon , Yeonjun Lee , Ickhyun Song

We investigate the optimization of graph topologies for quantum sensing networks designed to estimate weak magnetic fields. The sensors are modeled as spin systems governed by a transverse-field Ising Hamiltonian in thermal equilibrium at…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-08 Asghar Ullah , Özgür E. Müstecaplıoğlu , Matteo G. A. Paris

One of the main limitations of utilizing optimal wavefront shaping in imaging and authentication applications is the slow speed of the optimization algorithms currently being used. To address this problem we develop a micro-genetic…

A novel population-based optimization method is proposed in this paper, the Calico Salmon Migration Algorithm (CSMA), which is inspired by the natural behavior of calico salmon during their migration for mating. The CSMA optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-13 Chao Min , Junyi Cui , Liwen Zhou , Qian Yin , Yijia Wang

This study modifies the Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Strategy (CMA-ES) algorithm for multi-modal optimization problems. The enhancements focus on addressing the challenges of multiple global minima, improving the algorithm's…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Wathsala Karunarathne , Indu Bala , Dikshit Chauhan , Matthew Roughan , Lewis Mitchell

We consider a simple setting in neuroevolution where an evolutionary algorithm optimizes the weights and activation functions of a simple artificial neural network. We then define simple example functions to be learned by the network and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-10-17 Paul Fischer , Emil Lundt Larsen , Carsten Witt

Most efforts in Computer Vision focus on natural images or artwork, which differ significantly both in size and contents from the kind of data biomedical image processing deals with. Thus, Transfer Learning models often prove themselves…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-26 Adri Gomez Martin , Carlos Fernandez del Cerro , Monica Abella Garcia , Manuel Desco Menendez

CA has grown as potential classifier for addressing major problems in bioinformatics. Lot of bioinformatics problems like predicting the protein coding region, finding the promoter region, predicting the structure of protein and many other…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2014-01-13 Pokkuluri Kiran Sree , Inampudi Ramesh Babu , SSSN Usha Devi Nedunuri

Self-evolution methods enhance code generation through iterative "generate-verify-refine" cycles, yet existing approaches suffer from low exploration efficiency, failing to discover solutions with superior complexity within limited budgets.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-02-13 Tu Hu , Ronghao Chen , Shuo Zhang , Jianghao Yin , Mou Xiao Feng , Jingping Liu , Shaolei Zhang , Wenqi Jiang , Yuqi Fang , Sen Hu , Huacan Wang , Yi Xu

We present a genetic algorithm framework for automatically discovering deep learning optimization algorithms. Our approach encodes optimizers as genomes that specify combinations of primitive update terms (gradient, momentum, RMS…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Mitchell Marfinetz

The challenge of finding a global optimum in a solution search space with limited resources and higher accuracy has given rise to several optimization algorithms. Generally, the gradient-based optimizers converge to the global solution very…

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