<s>
ParadisEO	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
white-box	B-General_Concept
object-oriented	B-Language
framework	B-Architecture
dedicated	O
to	O
the	O
flexible	O
design	O
of	O
metaheuristics	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
EO	O
,	O
a	O
template-based	B-Language
,	O
ANSI-C	O
++	O
compliant	O
computation	B-Library
library	I-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
ParadisEO	B-Operating_System
is	O
portable	O
across	O
both	O
Windows	B-Application
system	O
and	O
sequential	O
platforms	O
(	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ParadisEO	B-Operating_System
is	O
distributed	B-Architecture
under	O
the	O
CeCill	B-License
license	I-License
and	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
under	O
several	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ParadisEO	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
white-box	B-General_Concept
object-oriented	B-Language
framework	B-Architecture
dedicated	O
to	O
the	O
reusable	O
design	O
of	O
metaheuristics	B-Algorithm
,	O
hybrid	O
metaheuristics	B-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
and	O
distributed	B-Architecture
metaheuristics	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
ParadisEO	B-Operating_System
provides	O
a	O
broad	O
range	O
of	O
features	O
including	O
evolutionary	B-Algorithm
algorithms	I-Algorithm
,	O
local	B-Algorithm
searches	I-Algorithm
,	O
Particle	B-Algorithm
swarm	I-Algorithm
optimization	I-Algorithm
,	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
and	O
distributed	B-Architecture
models	O
and	O
hybridization	O
mechanisms	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ParadisEO	B-Operating_System
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
clear	O
conceptual	O
separation	O
of	O
the	O
solution	O
methods	O
from	O
the	O
problems	O
they	O
are	O
intended	O
to	O
solve	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
the	O
fine-grained	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
classes	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
framework	B-Architecture
allow	O
a	O
higher	O
flexibility	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
frameworks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ParadisEO	B-Operating_System
is	O
of	O
the	O
rare	O
frameworks	O
that	O
provide	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
and	O
distributed	B-Architecture
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
implementation	O
is	O
portable	O
on	O
distributed-memory	O
machines	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
on	O
shared-memory	O
multiprocessors	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
uses	O
standard	O
libraries	O
such	O
as	O
MPI	B-Application
,	O
PVM	B-Operating_System
and	O
PThreads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paradiseo-EO	O
deals	O
with	O
population	O
based	O
metaheuristics	B-Algorithm
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
templates-based	O
,	O
ANSI-C	O
++	O
compliant	O
evolutionary	O
computation	B-Library
library	I-Library
(	O
evolutionary	B-Algorithm
algorithms	I-Algorithm
,	O
particle	B-Algorithm
swarm	I-Algorithm
optimization	I-Algorithm
...	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
component-based	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
if	O
you	O
do	O
n't	O
find	O
the	O
class	O
you	O
need	O
in	O
it	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
very	O
easy	O
to	O
subclass	O
existing	O
abstract	B-Application
or	I-Application
concrete	I-Application
classes	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paradiseo-MOEO	O
provides	O
a	O
broad	O
range	O
of	O
tools	O
for	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
multiobjective	O
optimization	O
metaheuristics	B-Algorithm
:	O
fitness	O
assignment	O
schemes	O
(	O
achievement	O
functions	O
,	O
ranking	O
,	O
based	O
...	O
)	O
,	O
diversity	O
preservation	O
mechanisms	O
(	O
sharing	O
,	O
crowding	O
)	O
,	O
elitism	O
,	O
performance	O
metrics	O
(	O
contribution	O
,	O
entropy	O
...	O
)	O
,	O
statistical	O
tools	O
and	O
some	O
easy-to-use	O
state-of-the-art	O
multi-objective	O
evolutionary	B-Algorithm
algorithms	I-Algorithm
(	O
NSGA	O
,	O
NSGA-II	O
,	O
IBEA	O
...	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paradiseo-MO	O
deals	O
with	O
single-solution	O
based	O
metaheuristics	B-Algorithm
,	O
it	O
provides	O
tools	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
single	O
solution-based	O
metaheuristics	B-Algorithm
:	O
Hill	B-Algorithm
climbing	I-Algorithm
,	O
Tabu	B-Algorithm
search	I-Algorithm
,	O
Iterative	O
Local	B-Algorithm
Search	I-Algorithm
(	O
ILS	O
)	O
,	O
Simulated	B-Algorithm
annealing	I-Algorithm
,	O
incremental	O
evaluation	O
,	O
partial	O
neighbourhood	O
...	O
</s>
<s>
Paradiseo-PEO	O
provides	O
tools	O
for	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
and	O
distributed	B-Architecture
metaheuristics	B-Algorithm
:	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
evaluation	O
,	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
evaluation	O
function	O
,	O
island	O
model	O
,	O
cellular	O
model	O
...	O
Paradiseo-PEO	O
also	O
introduces	O
tools	O
for	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
distributed	B-Architecture
,	O
hybrid	O
and	O
cooperative	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
