Zeroth-order covariance matrix adaptation evolution strategy for single objective bound constrained numerical optimization competition

Yue Ning, Daohong Jian, Hua Wu, Jun Zhou

Abstract: The paper represents a competition entry for the competition on bound constrained single objective numerical optimization at The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) 2022[2] by a hybrid algorithm named Zeroth-Order Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Strategy (ZO-CMAES).