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license: GPL-3.0-only
title: 'UMDA: Univariate Marginal Distribution Algorithm'
version: 0.1.0
abstract: Implements the Univariate Marginal Distribution Algorithm (UMDA), an Estimation
  of Distribution Algorithm (EDA) for continuous optimization problems. The method
  iteratively selects the best individuals from a population, estimates an independent
  marginal probability distribution for each decision variable, and generates new
  candidate solutions by sampling from the estimated distributions. This process allows
  the probability model to adapt toward promising regions of the search space. The
  implementation supports normal, triangular, histogram-based, and uniform probability
  distributions, together with an optional explicit exploration strategy for the initialization
  of the population. The implemented explicit exploration strategy in this package
  is described in Salinas Gutierrez and Muñoz Zavala (2023) <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2023.110230>.
authors:
- family-names: Salinas Gutiérrez
  given-names: Rogelio
  email: rogelio.salinas@edu.uaa.mx
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1669-4460
- family-names: Alto
  given-names: Juan Alberto
  name-particle: Dávila del
  email: al281477@edu.uaa.mx
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2798-6251
- family-names: Aguilar Payares
  given-names: Jhon Daniel
  email: al604586@edu.uaa.mx
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6509-4486
- family-names: Jauregui Carranza
  given-names: Jonathan Michell
  email: al226846@edu.uaa.mx
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2688-8065
- family-names: Macias Ruelas
  given-names: Hiram Efraim
  email: al315982@edu.uaa.mx
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3847-159X
- family-names: Morales Gutiérrez
  given-names: Byron Axel
  email: al347107@edu.uaa.mx
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3446-3830
- family-names: Nieto Guerrero
  given-names: María Fernanda
  email: al243497@edu.uaa.mx
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1738-1733
- family-names: Segoviano Baltazar
  given-names: Manuel Alonso
  email: al350803@edu.uaa.mx
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1494-7472
- family-names: Montoya Calzada
  given-names: Pedro Abraham
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3497-210X
repository: https://cran.r-universe.dev
commit: 193d55027b4f683295e940eeefd0396c523a7559
date-released: '2026-10-10'
contact:
- family-names: Salinas Gutiérrez
  given-names: Rogelio
  email: rogelio.salinas@edu.uaa.mx
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1669-4460