Part 3 - Optimisation libraries

In this article, we will compare the following optimisation frameworks:

• Platypus
• MOEA
• PyGMO
• PaGMO
• Inspyred
• DEAP
• EMOO
• jMetal
• PYMOO

Features comparison

Features	Platypus	MOEA	PyGMO	PaGMO	Inspyred	DEAP	EMOO	jMetalPy	PYMOO
Language	Python	Java	Python	C++	Python	Python	Python	Python	Python
Open source	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Parallelisation	X	X	X	X
Documentation	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Constrained PB	X	X	X
Unconstrained PB	X	X	X
Multi-objective PB	X	X	X
Single-objective PB			X
Continuous PB			X
Integer PB			X
Stochastic PB			X
Deterministic PB			X

Algorithms comparison

Algorithm	Platypus / MOEA	PyGMO / PaGMO	Inspyred	DEAP	EMOO	jMetalPy / jMetal	PYMOO
NSGA-II	X	X	X	X		X	X
NSGA-III	X			X		X	X
R-NSGA-III							X
U-NSGA-III							X
G-NSGA-II						X
R-NSGA-II							X
MOEA/D	X	X				X	X
MOEA/D-DRA						X
IBEA	X					X
ε-MOEA	X					X
SPEA2	X			X		X
G-SPEA2						X
GDE3	X					X
G-GDE3						X
OMOPSO	X					X
SMPSO	X					X
G-SMPSO						X
ε-NSGA II	X
CMA-ES	X	X		X			X
PESA2	X
SMS-EMOA	X
PAES	X		X
AbySS	X
Borg MOEA	X
CellDE	X
DBEA	X
DE	X	X					X
DENSEA	X
ECEA	X
ES	X		X
FastPGA	X
FEMO	X
GA	X	X	X				X
HypE	X					X
MoCell	X
MOCHC	X
MSOPS	X
Random	X
RSO	X
RVEA	X
SEMO2	X
SHV	X
SIBEA	X
SMPSO	X
VEGA	X
GACO		X
jDE		X
iDE		X
pDE		X
DE				X
GWO		X
IHS		X
PSO		X	X	X			X
GPSO		X
(N+1)ES		X
ABC		X
SA		X	X
xNES		X
MHACO		X
NSPSO		X
DEA			X
EDA			X	X
ACO			X
GP				X
MO-CMA-ES				X
STGP				X
BI-POP CMA-ES				X
Multiswarm PSO				X
Nelder-Mead							X
Pattern search							X
BRK-GA							X
C-TAEA							X