The CMA evolution strategy: A comparing review

Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing

Volumn 192, Issue , 2006, Pages 75-102

  Hansen, Nikolaus ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 33845271655     PISSN: 14349922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/11007937_4     Document Type: Article

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