[cbennett]

Thanks for this extremely educational comment. I'm excited to read a bit more about DE and CMAES in particular!

>>I could go on all day; this was a chapter in my dissertation

I'd love a link (assuming it is publically available!)

[sevensor]

Glad it was useful! Once I get started writing about GAs I have trouble slowing down. By the time I posted my comment it was three or four pages back, so I'm encouraged that somebody actually read it!

Here's a link to my dissertation:

https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/28690

I forgot to put a disclaimer in my post: Tim Simpson was my advisor, which is how I know about his paper with D'Souza.

For DE, your best bet is probably to start with Rainer Storn's website: http://www1.icsi.berkeley.edu/~storn/code.html

For CMAES, Hansen has a good website: https://www.lri.fr/~hansen/cmaesintro.html