diff --git a/trunk/paradiseo-moeo/src/core/MOEO.h b/trunk/paradiseo-moeo/src/core/MOEO.h
index 077e7a09f..785cd6bf5 100644
--- a/trunk/paradiseo-moeo/src/core/MOEO.h
+++ b/trunk/paradiseo-moeo/src/core/MOEO.h
@@ -151,6 +151,16 @@ class MOEO : public EO < MOEOObjectiveVector >
     }
 
 
+    /**
+     * Gets one dimension of the objective vector 
+     * @param _dim dimension of the objective vector to set
+     */
+  typename ObjectiveVector::Type objectiveVector(unsigned int _dim)
+    {
+      return objectiveVectorValue[_dim];
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Sets the objective vector of the current solution
      * @param _objectiveVectorValue the new objective vector