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Concept of directional optimization in CMAES algorithm. Custom image displaying the directional optimization of the CMAES algorithm As the generations progress the algorithm approaches the global optimum while simultaneously directing the search along the path to the global optimum Image based on work by Nikolaus Hansen and others