Abstract: The present paper gives an overview of different versions of Evolution Strategies, namely the (1+1) Evolution Strategy, the Higher Order (µ/ρ, λ) Evolution Strategy and the Niching [κ(µ/ρ, λ)] Evolution Strategy, and how these methods can be applied to problems in Electrical Engineering. Significant features of the algorithms implemented by the authors are presented. Finally, results are discussed on three electromagnetic optimization problems.
Keywords: Multi-Objective Optimization, Multi-Modal Optimization, Stochastic Optimization, Evolution Strategy.