Efficient Natural Evolution Strategies (eNES) is a novel alternative to conventional evolutionary algorithms, using the natural gradient to adapt the mutation distribution. Unlike...
This work addresses selected aspects of natural evolution, especially of the field of population genetics, that are considered to be meaningful for algorithmic further development...
Michael Affenzeller, Stefan Wagner 0002, Stephan M...
With the emergence of wireless sensor networks and pervasive computing, innovative location-aware technologies and services are being investigated. Several iterative approaches emp...
Mark Terwilliger, Ajay K. Gupta, Ashfaq A. Khokhar...
Abstract. The recently introduced family of natural evolution strategies (NES), a novel stochastic descent method employing the natural gradient, is providing a more principled alt...
— This paper presents Natural Evolution Strategies (NES), a novel algorithm for performing real-valued ‘black box’ function optimization: optimizing an unknown objective func...