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- PhD Computer Science Paris-Saclay University
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- Completely Derandomized Self-Adaptation in Evolution Strategies (2001) (3602)
- Problem Definitions and Evaluation Criteria for the CEC 2005 Special Session on Real-Parameter Optimization (2005) (3156)
- Reducing the Time Complexity of the Derandomized Evolution Strategy with Covariance Matrix Adaptation (CMA-ES) (2003) (2037)
- The CMA Evolution Strategy: A Comparing Review (2006) (1903)
- Adapting arbitrary normal mutation distributions in evolution strategies: the covariance matrix adaptation (1996) (1126)
- The CMA Evolution Strategy: A Tutorial (2016) (1001)
- A restart CMA evolution strategy with increasing population size (2005) (982)
- USPEX - Evolutionary crystal structure prediction (2006) (828)
- Evaluating the CMA Evolution Strategy on Multimodal Test Functions (2004) (822)
- Covariance Matrix Adaptation for Multi-objective Optimization (2007) (773)
- Real-Parameter Black-Box Optimization Benchmarking 2009: Noiseless Functions Definitions (2009) (552)
- Comparing results of 31 algorithms from the black-box optimization benchmarking BBOB-2009 (2010) (417)
- Real-Parameter Black-Box Optimization Benchmarking 2009: Experimental Setup (2009) (377)
- Markov Chain Analysis of Cumulative Step-Size Adaptation on a Linear Constrained Problem (2015) (313)
- Performance evaluation of an advanced local search evolutionary algorithm (2005) (301)
- Benchmarking a BI-population CMA-ES on the BBOB-2009 function testbed (2009) (299)
- A Method for Handling Uncertainty in Evolutionary Optimization With an Application to Feedback Control of Combustion (2009) (274)
- COCO: a platform for comparing continuous optimizers in a black-box setting (2016) (258)
- A Simple Modification in CMA-ES Achieving Linear Time and Space Complexity (2008) (234)
- A Derandomized Approach to Self-Adaptation of Evolution Strategies (1994) (217)
- Evolution Strategies (2015) (208)
- Learning probability distributions in continuous evolutionary algorithms – a comparative review (2004) (205)
- On the Adaptation of Arbitrary Normal Mutation Distributions in Evolution Strategies: The Generating Set Adaptation (1995) (200)
- Step-Size Adaption Based on Non-Local Use of Selection Information (1994) (192)
- Information-Geometric Optimization Algorithms: A Unifying Picture via Invariance Principles (2011) (190)
- A computational efficient covariance matrix update and a (1+1)-CMA for evolution strategies (2006) (174)
- Efficient covariance matrix update for variable metric evolution strategies (2009) (116)
- Impacts of invariance in search: When CMA-ES and PSO face ill-conditioned and non-separable problems (2011) (116)
- Real-Parameter Black-Box Optimization Benchmarking: Experimental Setup (2012) (113)
- A (1+1)-CMA-ES for constrained optimisation (2012) (104)
- Convergence Properties of Evolution Strategies with the Derandomized Covariance Matrix Adaptation: T (1997) (103)
- COCO: Performance Assessment (2016) (98)
- Principled Design of Continuous Stochastic Search: From Theory to Practice (2014) (92)
- Mirrored Sampling and Sequential Selection for Evolution Strategies (2010) (85)
- Improved step size adaptation for the MO-CMA-ES (2010) (84)
- Learning Probability Distributions in Continuous Evolutionary Algorithms - a Comparative Review (2004) (84)
- Step-Size Adaptation Based on Non-Local Use Selection Information (1994) (81)
- Local Meta-models for Optimization Using Evolution Strategies (2006) (74)
- Compilation of Results on the 2005 CEC Benchmark Function Set (2005) (73)
- Experimental Comparisons of Derivative Free Optimization Algorithms (2009) (70)
- Tutorial CMA-ES: evolution strategies and covariance matrix adaptation (2012) (70)
- A Mixed Bayesian Optimization Algorithm with Variance Adaptation (2004) (64)
- Real-Parameter Black-Box Optimization Benchmarking BBOB-2010 : Experimental Setup (2010) (56)
- Invariance, Self-Adaptation and Correlated Mutations and Evolution Strategies (2000) (53)
- COCO: The Bi-objective Black Box Optimization Benchmarking (bbob-biobj) Test Suite (2016) (53)
- Benchmarking a weighted negative covariance matrix update on the BBOB-2010 noiseless testbed (2010) (52)
- Steady-State Selection and Efficient Covariance Matrix Update in the Multi-objective CMA-ES (2007) (52)
- Adaptive Encoding: How to Render Search Coordinate System Invariant (2008) (51)
- COCO: The Experimental Procedure (2016) (48)
- A Comparative Study of Large-Scale Variants of CMA-ES (2018) (47)
- Active covariance matrix adaptation for the (1+1)-CMA-ES (2010) (46)
- Benchmarking a BI-population CMA-ES on the BBOB-2009 noisy testbed (2009) (45)
- Comparison-based natural gradient optimization in high dimension (2014) (44)
- Mirrored sampling in evolution strategies with weighted recombination (2011) (44)
- An Analysis of Mutative -Self-Adaptation on Linear Fitness Functions (2006) (44)
- Theory of Evolution Strategies: A New Perspective (2011) (42)
- Benchmarking Numerical Multiobjective Optimizers Revisited (2015) (40)
- Reconsidering the progress rate theory for evolution strategies in finite dimensions (2006) (40)
- Log-Linear Convergence and Divergence of the Scale-Invariant (1+1)-ES in Noisy Environments (2011) (40)
- When Do Heavy-Tail Distributions Help? (2006) (38)
- A CMA-ES for Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Optimization (2011) (37)
- A global surrogate assisted CMA-ES (2019) (37)
- Benchmarking the (1+1)-CMA-ES on the BBOB-2009 function testbed (2009) (37)
- BBOB 2009: Comparison Tables of All Algorithms on All Noiseless Functions (2010) (36)
- PSO Facing Non-Separable and Ill-Conditioned Problems (2008) (34)
- Diagonal Acceleration for Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Strategies (2019) (33)
- Benchmarking the local metamodel CMA-ES on the noiseless BBOB'2013 test bed (2013) (33)
- Sizing the population with respect to the local progress in (1,/spl lambda/)-evolution strategies-a theoretical analysis (1995) (31)
- Projection-Based Restricted Covariance Matrix Adaptation for High Dimension (2016) (31)
- CMA-ES: evolution strategies and covariance matrix adaptation (2011) (31)
- Mixed-integer benchmark problems for single- and bi-objective optimization (2019) (30)
- Linear Convergence of Comparison-based Step-size Adaptive Randomized Search via Stability of Markov Chains (2013) (29)
- Benchmarking the nelder-mead downhill simplex algorithm with many local restarts (2009) (28)
- Biobjective Performance Assessment with the COCO Platform (2016) (27)
- Quality Gain Analysis of the Weighted Recombination Evolution Strategy on General Convex Quadratic Functions (2016) (25)
- Convergence of the Continuous Time Trajectories of Isotropic Evolution Strategies on Monotonic C^2-composite Functions (2012) (23)
- How to Assess Step-Size Adaptation Mechanisms in Randomised Search (2014) (22)
- Increasing the Serial and the Parallel Performance of the CMA-Evolution Strategy with Large Populations (2002) (22)
- Unbounded Population MO-CMA-ES for the Bi-Objective BBOB Test Suite (2016) (22)
- Linear Convergence on Positively Homogeneous Functions of a Comparison Based Step-Size Adaptive Randomized Search: the (1+1) ES with Generalized One-fifth Success Rule (2013) (22)
- CMA-ES with Two-Point Step-Size Adaptation (2008) (22)
- Augmented Lagrangian Constraint Handling for CMA-ES - Case of a Single Linear Constraint (2016) (21)
- Analyzing the impact of mirrored sampling and sequential selection in elitist evolution strategies (2011) (20)
- Cumulative Step-Size Adaptation on Linear Functions (2012) (20)
- Linearly Convergent Evolution Strategies via Augmented Lagrangian Constraint Handling (2017) (18)
- Convergence of the Continuous Time Trajectories of Isotropic Evolution Strategies on Monotonic $\mathcal C^2$ -composite Functions (2012) (18)
- Multidisciplinary Optimization in the Design of Future Space Launchers (2013) (18)
- A median success rule for non-elitist evolution strategies: study of feasibility (2013) (18)
- Recombination for Learning Strategy Parameters in the MO-CMA-ES (2009) (17)
- Benchmarking the (1+1)-CMA-ES on the BBOB-2009 noisy testbed (2009) (17)
- Empirical comparisons of several derivative free optimization algorithms (2009) (16)
- Maximum Likelihood-Based Online Adaptation of Hyper-Parameters in CMA-ES (2014) (15)
- COCO: The Large Scale Black-Box Optimization Benchmarking (bbob-largescale) Test Suite (2019) (15)
- Invariance, Self-adaptation and Correlated Mutations in Evolution Strategies Invariance, Self-adaptation and Correlated Mutations in Evolution Strategies (2000) (15)
- Injecting External Solutions Into CMA-ES (2011) (14)
- Using Well-Understood Single-Objective Functions in Multiobjective Black-Box Optimization Test Suites (2019) (14)
- Online Model Selection for Restricted Covariance Matrix Adaptation (2016) (14)
- Quantitative Performance Assessment of Multiobjective Optimizers: The Average Runtime Attainment Function (2017) (14)
- An Evolution Strategy with Coordinate System Invariant Adaptation of Arbitrary Normal Mutation Distr (1999) (13)
- Evolutionary Optimization of Feedback Controllers for Thermoacoustic Instabilities (2008) (13)
- Benchmarking of Continuous Black Box Optimization Algorithms (2012) (12)
- Benchmarking the (1,4)-CMA-ES with mirrored sampling and sequential selection on the noisy BBOB-2010 testbed (2010) (11)
- Evolution strategies and CMA-ES (covariance matrix adaptation) (2014) (11)
- Benchmarking the (1,4)-CMA-ES with mirrored sampling and sequential selection on the noiseless BBOB-2010 testbed (2010) (11)
- Benchmarking CMAES-APOP on the BBOB noiseless testbed (2017) (10)
- Uncrowded hypervolume improvement: COMO-CMA-ES and the sofomore framework (2019) (10)
- On the effect of mirroring in the IPOP active CMA-ES on the noiseless BBOB testbed (2012) (9)
- Variable Metrics in Evolutionary Computation (2009) (9)
- Object‐Oriented Programming of Optimizers – Examples in Scilab (2013) (9)
- The Multi-objective Variable Metric Evolution Strategy Part I (2005) (9)
- Continuous Optimization and CMA-ES (2015) (9)
- Mirrored variants of the (1,2)-CMA-ES compared on the noiseless BBOB-2010 testbed (2010) (9)
- The Impact of Variation Operators on the Performance of SMS-EMOA on the Bi-objective BBOB-2016 Test Suite (2016) (9)
- Investigating the impact of sequential selection in the (1,2)-CMA-ES on the noiseless BBOB-2010 testbed (2010) (9)
- Benchmarking large-scale continuous optimizers: The bbob-largescale testbed, a COCO software guide and beyond (2020) (9)
- CMA-ES and advanced adaptation mechanisms (2017) (8)
- On Proving Linear Convergence of Comparison-based Step-size Adaptive Randomized Search on Scaling-Invariant Functions via Stability of Markov Chains (2013) (8)
- Investigating the impact of sequential selection in the (1,4)-CMA-ES on the noisy BBOB-2010 testbed (2010) (8)
- Investigating the impact of sequential selection in the (1,4)-CMA-ES on the noiseless BBOB-2010 testbed (2010) (8)
- Tutorial CMA-ES: evolution strategies and covariance matrix adaptation (2013) (8)
- Mirrored variants of the (1,2)-CMA-ES compared on the noisy BBOB-2010 testbed (2010) (7)
- Cumulative Step-size Adaptation on Linear Functions: Technical Report (2012) (7)
- Benchmarking MATLAB's gamultiobj (NSGA-II) on the Bi-objective BBOB-2016 Test Suite (2016) (7)
- On Bi-Objective convex-quadratic problems (2018) (7)
- Mirrored variants of the (1,4)-CMA-ES compared on the noiseless BBOB-2010 testbed (2010) (7)
- Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2008 : GECCO 2008 (2008) (7)
- COCO - COmparing Continuous Optimizers : The Documentation (2011) (7)
- Anytime Performance Assessment in Blackbox Optimization Benchmarking (2022) (7)
- Markov chain analysis of evolution strategies on a linear constraint optimization problem (2014) (7)
- CMA-ES: A Function Value Free Second Order Optimization Method (2014) (6)
- Black-box optimization benchmarking of NEWUOA compared to BIPOP-CMA-ES: on the BBOB noiseless testbed (2010) (6)
- Benchmarking a weighted negative covariance matrix update on the BBOB-2010 noisy testbed (2010) (5)
- Adaptive Encoding for Optimization (2008) (5)
- On the impact of active covariance matrix adaptation in the CMA-ES with mirrored mutations and small initial population size on the noiseless BBOB testbed (2012) (5)
- Permuted Orthogonal Block-Diagonal Transformation Matrices for Large Scale Optimization Benchmarking (2016) (5)
- Comparison Tables: BBOB 2009 Noisy Testbed (2010) (5)
- Anytime Benchmarking of Budget-Dependent Algorithms with the COCO Platform (2017) (4)
- An ODE method to prove the geometric convergence of adaptive stochastic algorithms (2018) (4)
- FAST QUADRATIC LOCAL META-MODELS FOR EVOLUTIONARY OPTIMIZATION OF ANGUILLIFORM SWIMMERS (2004) (4)
- The Impact of Search Volume on the Performance of RANDOMSEARCH on the Bi-objective BBOB-2016 Test Suite (2016) (4)
- Mirrored variants of the (1,4)-CMA-ES compared on the noisy BBOB-2010 testbed (2010) (4)
- Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Strategy for Multidisciplinary Optimization of Expendable Launcher Family (2010) (4)
- The impact of sample volume in random search on the bbob test suite (2019) (4)
- On the impact of a small initial population size in the IPOP active CMA-ES with mirrored mutations on the noiseless BBOB testbed (2012) (4)
- Comparing the (1+1)-CMA-ES with a mirrored (1+2)-CMA-ES with sequential selection on the noiseless BBOB-2010 testbed (2010) (4)
- Investigating the impact of sequential selection in the (1,2)-CMA-ES on the noisy BBOB-2010 testbed (2010) (4)
- Analysis of Linear Convergence of a (1 + 1)-ES with Augmented Lagrangian Constraint Handling (2016) (4)
- Augmented lagrangian, penalty techniques and surrogate modeling for constrained optimization with CMA-ES (2021) (4)
- CMA-ES and Advanced Adaptation Mechanisms (2016) (3)
- Theory of Evolutionary Algorithms (Dagstuhl Seminar 15211) (2015) (3)
- On invariance and linear convergence of evolution strategies with augmented Lagrangian constraint handling (2020) (3)
- Scaling-invariant Functions versus Positively Homogeneous Functions (2021) (2)
- Experimental Comparisons of Derivative Free Optimization Algorithms 1 (2010) (2)
- Benchmarking the Pure Random Search on the Bi-objective BBOB-2016 Testbed (2016) (2)
- Benchmarking RM-MEDA on the Bi-objective BBOB-2016 Test Suite (2016) (2)
- GECCO'16 Black-Box Optimization Benchmarking Workshop (BBOB-2016): Workshop Chairs' Welcome Message (2016) (2)
- Comparing mirrored mutations and active covariance matrix adaptation in the IPOP-CMA-ES on the noiseless BBOB testbed (2012) (2)
- Evolution strategies and related estimation of distribution algorithms (2008) (2)
- DMS and MultiGLODS: black-box optimization benchmarking of two direct search methods on the bbob-biobj test suite (2021) (1)
- CMA-ES and advanced adaptation mechanisms (2018) (1)
- A practical guide to benchmarking and experimentation (2017) (1)
- A practical guide to experimentation (2018) (1)
- Introduction to randomized continuous optimization (2017) (1)
- Phased-Array Antenna Pattern Optimization with Evolution Strategies (2020) (1)
- CMA-ES and advanced adaptation mechanisms (2021) (1)
- Session details: Black box optimization benchmarking 2012 (BBOB 2012) (2012) (1)
- Global linear convergence of evolution strategies with recombination on scaling-invariant functions (2021) (1)
- Learning rate adaptation by line search in evolution strategies with recombination (2022) (1)
- CMA-ES and advanced adaptation mechanisms (2019) (1)
- New Results - Machine Learning for Stochastic Optimisation (2007) (0)
- GECCO Companion ’15: Proceedings of the Companion Publication of the 2015 on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (2015) (0)
- ARestart CMA Evolution Strategy WithIncreasing Population Size (2005) (0)
- Session details: Black box optimization benchmarking 2013 (BBOB 2013) (2013) (0)
- Predicting crystal structures of new high-pressure mineral phases (2005) (0)
- CMA-ES and advanced adaptation mechanisms (2022) (0)
- Acknowledgments to Reviewers (1998) (0)
- A (biased) introduction to benchmarking (2022) (0)
- A SIGEVO impact award for a paper arising from the COCO platform (2021) (0)
- Introduction to Randomized Continuous Optimization (2016) (0)
- Benchmarking (2021) (0)
- BIOINSPIRED FLOW OPTIMIZATION (2007) (0)
- New Results - Applications (2007) (0)
- Session details: BBOB'15 Workshop (2015) (0)
- Acknowledgments to reviewers (2000) (0)
- Sparse Inverse Covariance Learning for CMA-ES with Graphical Lasso (2020) (0)
- Chapter 10 Theory of Evolution Strategies : A New Perspective (2011) (0)
- New Results - Crossing the Chasm (2009) (0)
- Hypervolume in biobjective optimization cannot converge faster than Ω(1/p) (2021) (0)
- Experimental Comparisons of Derivative Free Optimization Algorithms (Invited Paper) (2009) (0)
- Session details: Evolution strategies and evolutionary programming track papers (2011) (0)
- Software - COmparing Continuous Optimizers (2011) (0)
- New Results - Continuous Optimization (2013) (0)
- Benchmarking: state-of-the-art and beyond (2021) (0)
- Session details: Evolution strategies and evolutionary programming track posters (2011) (0)
- A practical guide to experimentation (and benchmarking) (2019) (0)
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