MATLAB: How to find all or most of the multiple (at least locally optimal) solutions of a problem, as opposed to a single best solution using GA.? Multi-modal optimization.

Question

In a typical GA run, I get only the the best solution in the entire design space. But, is there any option in matlab using GA (or any other optimization algorithm) to get all or most of the optimum values.

Answer 1

You can use MultiStart

https://www.mathworks.com/help/gads/example-finding-global-or-multiple-local-minima.html#bsds4eg