# COCO: The Experimental Procedure

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.08776 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1603.08776/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 29 Mar 2016.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Regret-Aware Black-Box Optimization with Natural Gradients, Trust-Regions and Entropy Control](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2206.06090/) (2022)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We present a budget-free experimental setup and procedure for benchmarking numericaloptimization algorithms in a black-box scenario. This procedure can be applied with the COCO benchmarking platform. We describe initialization of and input to the algorithm and touch upon therelevance of termination and restarts.