diff --git a/edo/CMakeLists.txt b/edo/CMakeLists.txt
index 9a07cd619..3cb182b3d 100644
--- a/edo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/edo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ SET(SAMPLE_SRCS)
 
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(src)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(application)
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(test)
+#ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(test)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(doc)
 
 ######################################################################################
diff --git a/edo/application/eda/main.cpp b/edo/application/eda/main.cpp
index 075057186..6e024545b 100644
--- a/edo/application/eda/main.cpp
+++ b/edo/application/eda/main.cpp
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ int main(int ac, char** av)
     eoPopLoopEval<EOT> popEval( eval );
 
     // EDA algorithm configuration
-    edoAlgo< Distrib >* algo = new edoEDA< Distrib >
+    edoAlgo< Distrib >* algo = new edoAlgoStateless< Distrib >
         (popEval, *selector, *estimator, *sampler, *replacor,
          pop_continue, *distribution_continue );
 
diff --git a/edo/build_gcc_linux_release b/edo/build_gcc_linux_release
index fb220d044..389d9b745 100755
--- a/edo/build_gcc_linux_release
+++ b/edo/build_gcc_linux_release
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 mkdir -p release
 cd release
-cmake ..
+cmake -DWITH_EIGEN=1 ..
+#cmake -DWITH_BOOST=1 ..
 make
 cd ..
diff --git a/edo/src/edo b/edo/src/edo
index 0f7a06377..0da9ed9d4 100644
--- a/edo/src/edo
+++ b/edo/src/edo
@@ -30,17 +30,21 @@ Authors:
 
 #include "edoAlgo.h"
 //#include "edoEDASA.h"
-#include "edoEDA.h"
+#include "edoAlgoAdaptive.h"
+#include "edoAlgoStateless.h"
 
 #include "edoDistrib.h"
 #include "edoUniform.h"
 #include "edoNormalMono.h"
 #include "edoNormalMulti.h"
+#include "edoNormalAdaptive.h"
 
 #include "edoEstimator.h"
 #include "edoEstimatorUniform.h"
 #include "edoEstimatorNormalMono.h"
 #include "edoEstimatorNormalMulti.h"
+#include "edoEstimatorAdaptive.h"
+#include "edoEstimatorNormalAdaptive.h"
 
 #include "edoModifier.h"
 #include "edoModifierDispersion.h"
@@ -53,6 +57,7 @@ Authors:
 #include "edoSamplerUniform.h"
 #include "edoSamplerNormalMono.h"
 #include "edoSamplerNormalMulti.h"
+#include "edoSamplerNormalAdaptive.h"
 
 #include "edoVectorBounds.h"
 
diff --git a/edo/src/edoAlgo.h b/edo/src/edoAlgo.h
index b91a5c2ab..88ed3d63a 100644
--- a/edo/src/edoAlgo.h
+++ b/edo/src/edoAlgo.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ template < typename D >
 class edoAlgo : public eoAlgo< typename D::EOType >
 {
     //! Alias for the type
-    typedef typename D::EOType EOT;
+    typedef typename D::EOType EOType;
 
     // virtual R operator()(A1) = 0; (defined in eoUF)
 
diff --git a/edo/src/edoEDA.h b/edo/src/edoEDA.h
deleted file mode 100644
index f94e828f5..000000000
--- a/edo/src/edoEDA.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,195 +0,0 @@
-/*
-The Evolving Distribution Objects framework (EDO) is a template-based,
-ANSI-C++ evolutionary computation library which helps you to write your
-own estimation of distribution algorithms.
-
-This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
-Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
-
-Copyright (C) 2010 Thales group
-*/
-/*
-Authors:
-    Johann Dréo <johann.dreo@thalesgroup.com>
-    Caner Candan <caner.candan@thalesgroup.com>
-*/
-
-#ifndef _edoEDA_h
-#define _edoEDA_h
-
-#include <eo>
-#include <mo>
-
-#include <utils/eoRNG.h>
-
-#include "edoAlgo.h"
-#include "edoEstimator.h"
-#include "edoModifierMass.h"
-#include "edoSampler.h"
-#include "edoContinue.h"
-
-//! edoEDA< D >
-
-template < typename D >
-class edoEDA : public edoAlgo< D >
-{
-public:
-    //! Alias for the type EOT
-    typedef typename D::EOType EOT;
-
-    //! Alias for the atom type
-    typedef typename EOT::AtomType AtomType;
-
-    //! Alias for the fitness
-    typedef typename EOT::Fitness Fitness;
-
-public:
-
-    //! edoEDA constructor
-    /*!
-      Takes algo operators, all are mandatory
-
-      \param evaluation Evaluate a population
-      \param selector Selection of the best candidate solutions in the population
-      \param estimator Estimation of the distribution parameters
-      \param sampler Generate feasible solutions using the distribution
-      \param replacor Replace old solutions by new ones
-      \param pop_continuator Stopping criterion based on the population features
-      \param distribution_continuator Stopping criterion based on the distribution features
-    */
-    edoEDA (
-        eoPopEvalFunc < EOT > & evaluator,
-        eoSelect< EOT > & selector,
-        edoEstimator< D > & estimator,
-        edoSampler< D > & sampler,
-        eoReplacement< EOT > & replacor,
-        eoContinue< EOT > & pop_continuator,
-        edoContinue< D > & distribution_continuator
-    ) :
-        _evaluator(evaluator),
-        _selector(selector),
-        _estimator(estimator),
-        _sampler(sampler),
-        _replacor(replacor),
-        _pop_continuator(pop_continuator),
-        _dummy_continue(),
-        _distribution_continuator(distribution_continuator)
-    {}
-
-    //! edoEDA constructor without an edoContinue
-    /*!
-      Takes algo operators, all are mandatory
-
-      \param evaluation Evaluate a population
-      \param selector Selection of the best candidate solutions in the population
-      \param estimator Estimation of the distribution parameters
-      \param sampler Generate feasible solutions using the distribution
-      \param replacor Replace old solutions by new ones
-      \param pop_continuator Stopping criterion based on the population features
-    */
-    edoEDA (
-        eoPopEvalFunc < EOT > & evaluator,
-        eoSelect< EOT > & selector,
-        edoEstimator< D > & estimator,
-        edoSampler< D > & sampler,
-        eoReplacement< EOT > & replacor,
-        eoContinue< EOT > & pop_continuator
-    ) :
-        _evaluator(evaluator),
-        _selector(selector),
-        _estimator(estimator),
-        _sampler(sampler),
-        _replacor(replacor),
-        _pop_continuator(pop_continuator),
-        _dummy_continue(),
-        _distribution_continuator( _dummy_continue )
-    {}
-
-
-    /** A basic EDA algorithm that iterates over:
-     * selection, estimation, sampling, bounding, evaluation, replacement
-     *
-     * \param pop the population of candidate solutions
-     * \return void
-    */
-    void operator ()(eoPop< EOT > & pop)
-    {
-        assert(pop.size() > 0);
-
-        eoPop< EOT > current_pop;
-        eoPop< EOT > selected_pop;
-
-        // FIXME one must instanciate a first distrib here because there is no empty constructor, see if it is possible to instanciate Distributions without parameters
-        D distrib = _estimator(pop);
-
-        // Evaluating a first time the candidate solutions
-        // The first pop is not supposed to be evaluated (@see eoPopLoopEval).
-        _evaluator( current_pop, pop );
-
-        do {
-            // (1) Selection of the best points in the population
-            //selected_pop.clear(); // FIXME is it necessary to clear?
-            _selector(pop, selected_pop);
-            assert( selected_pop.size() > 0 );
-            // TODO: utiliser selected_pop ou pop ???
-
-            // (2) Estimation of the distribution parameters
-            distrib = _estimator(selected_pop);
-
-            // (3) sampling
-            // The sampler produces feasible solutions (@see edoSampler that
-            // encapsulate an edoBounder)
-            current_pop.clear();
-            for( unsigned int i = 0; i < pop.size(); ++i ) {
-                current_pop.push_back( _sampler(distrib) );
-            }
-
-            // (4) Evaluate new solutions
-            _evaluator( pop, current_pop );
-
-            // (5) Replace old solutions by new ones
-            _replacor(pop, current_pop); // e.g. copy current_pop in pop
-
-        } while( _distribution_continuator( distrib ) && _pop_continuator( pop ) );
-    } // operator()
-
-private:
-
-    //! A full evaluation function.
-    eoPopEvalFunc < EOT > & _evaluator;
-
-    //! A EOT selector
-    eoSelect < EOT > & _selector;
-
-    //! A EOT estimator. It is going to estimate distribution parameters.
-    edoEstimator< D > & _estimator;
-
-    //! A D sampler
-    edoSampler< D > & _sampler;
-
-    //! A EOT replacor
-    eoReplacement < EOT > & _replacor;
-
-    //! A EOT population continuator
-    eoContinue < EOT > & _pop_continuator;
-
-    //! A D continuator that always return true
-    edoDummyContinue<D> _dummy_continue;
-
-    //! A D continuator
-    edoContinue < D > & _distribution_continuator;
-
-};
-
-#endif // !_edoEDA_h
diff --git a/edo/src/edoEDASA.h b/edo/src/edoEDASA.h
index b2f0fe708..1966d54db 100644
--- a/edo/src/edoEDASA.h
+++ b/edo/src/edoEDASA.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Authors:
 #define _edoEDASA_h
 
 #include <eo>
-#include <mo>
+//#include <mo>
 
 #include <utils/eoRNG.h>
 
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ class edoEDASA : public edoAlgo< D >
 {
 public:
     //! Alias for the type EOT
-    typedef typename D::EOType EOT;
+    typedef typename D::EOType EOType;
 
     //! Alias for the atom type
-    typedef typename EOT::AtomType AtomType;
+    typedef typename EOType::AtomType AtomType;
 
     //! Alias for the fitness
-    typedef typename EOT::Fitness Fitness;
+    typedef typename EOType::Fitness Fitness;
 
 public:
 
@@ -73,18 +73,18 @@ public:
       \param initial_temperature The initial temperature.
       \param replacor Population replacor
     */
-    edoEDASA (eoSelect< EOT > & selector,
+    edoEDASA (eoSelect< EOType > & selector,
 	      edoEstimator< D > & estimator,
-	      eoSelectOne< EOT > & selectone,
+	      eoSelectOne< EOType > & selectone,
 	      edoModifierMass< D > & modifier,
 	      edoSampler< D > & sampler,
-	      eoContinue< EOT > & pop_continue,
+	      eoContinue< EOType > & pop_continue,
 	      edoContinue< D > & distribution_continue,
-	      eoEvalFunc < EOT > & evaluation,
-	      moContinuator< moDummyNeighbor<EOT> > & sa_continue,
-	      moCoolingSchedule<EOT> & cooling_schedule,
+	      eoEvalFunc < EOType > & evaluation,
+	      moContinuator< moDummyNeighbor<EOType> > & sa_continue,
+	      moCoolingSchedule<EOType> & cooling_schedule,
 	      double initial_temperature,
-	      eoReplacement< EOT > & replacor
+	      eoReplacement< EOType > & replacor
 	      )
 	: _selector(selector),
 	  _estimator(estimator),
@@ -108,15 +108,15 @@ public:
       \param pop A population to improve.
       \return TRUE.
     */
-    void operator ()(eoPop< EOT > & pop)
+    void operator ()(eoPop< EOType > & pop)
     {
 	assert(pop.size() > 0);
 
 	double temperature = _initial_temperature;
 
-	eoPop< EOT > current_pop;
+	eoPop< EOType > current_pop;
 
-	eoPop< EOT > selected_pop;
+	eoPop< EOType > selected_pop;
 
 
 	//-------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public:
 		// Init of a variable contening a point with the bestest fitnesses
 		//-------------------------------------------------------------
 
-		EOT current_solution = _selectone(selected_pop);
+		EOType current_solution = _selectone(selected_pop);
 
 		//-------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public:
 
 		do
 		    {
-			EOT candidate_solution = _sampler(distrib);
+			EOType candidate_solution = _sampler(distrib);
 			_evaluation( candidate_solution );
 
 			// TODO: verifier le critere d'acceptation
@@ -232,14 +232,14 @@ public:
 
 private:
 
-    //! A EOT selector
-    eoSelect < EOT > & _selector;
+    //! A EOType selector
+    eoSelect < EOType > & _selector;
 
-    //! A EOT estimator. It is going to estimate distribution parameters.
+    //! A EOType estimator. It is going to estimate distribution parameters.
     edoEstimator< D > & _estimator;
 
     //! SelectOne
-    eoSelectOne< EOT > & _selectone;
+    eoSelectOne< EOType > & _selectone;
 
     //! A D modifier
     edoModifierMass< D > & _modifier;
@@ -247,26 +247,26 @@ private:
     //! A D sampler
     edoSampler< D > & _sampler;
 
-    //! A EOT population continuator
-    eoContinue < EOT > & _pop_continue;
+    //! A EOType population continuator
+    eoContinue < EOType > & _pop_continue;
 
     //! A D continuator
     edoContinue < D > & _distribution_continue;
 
     //! A full evaluation function.
-    eoEvalFunc < EOT > & _evaluation;
+    eoEvalFunc < EOType > & _evaluation;
 
     //! Stopping criterion before temperature update
-    moContinuator< moDummyNeighbor<EOT> > & _sa_continue;
+    moContinuator< moDummyNeighbor<EOType> > & _sa_continue;
 
     //! The cooling schedule
-    moCoolingSchedule<EOT> & _cooling_schedule;
+    moCoolingSchedule<EOType> & _cooling_schedule;
 
     //! Initial temperature
     double  _initial_temperature;
 
-    //! A EOT replacor
-    eoReplacement < EOT > & _replacor;
+    //! A EOType replacor
+    eoReplacement < EOType > & _replacor;
 };
 
 #endif // !_edoEDASA_h
diff --git a/edo/src/edoNormalMono.h b/edo/src/edoNormalMono.h
index 4b015d120..4d21e0ca2 100644
--- a/edo/src/edoNormalMono.h
+++ b/edo/src/edoNormalMono.h
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ Authors:
 template < typename EOT >
 class edoNormalMono : public edoDistrib< EOT >
 {
-public:
+public:    
+    edoNormalMono()
+      : _mean(EOT(1,0)), _variance(EOT(1,1))
+    {}
+
     edoNormalMono( const EOT& mean, const EOT& variance )
 	: _mean(mean), _variance(variance)
     {
diff --git a/edo/src/edoNormalMulti.h b/edo/src/edoNormalMulti.h
index db36810a0..0c32fad7e 100644
--- a/edo/src/edoNormalMulti.h
+++ b/edo/src/edoNormalMulti.h
@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ class edoNormalMulti : public edoDistrib< EOT >
 public:
     typedef typename EOT::AtomType AtomType;
 
+    edoNormalMulti( unsigned int dim = 1 ) :
+            _mean( const ublas::vector<AtomType>(0,dim)        ),
+        _varcovar( const ublas::identity_matrix<AtomType>(dim) )
+    {
+        assert(_mean.size() > 0);
+        assert(_mean.size() == _varcovar.size1());
+        assert(_mean.size() == _varcovar.size2());
+    }
+
     edoNormalMulti
     (
      const ublas::vector< AtomType >& mean,
@@ -86,6 +95,15 @@ public:
     typedef Eigen::Matrix< AtomType, Eigen::Dynamic, 1> Vector;
     typedef Eigen::Matrix< AtomType, Eigen::Dynamic, Eigen::Dynamic> Matrix;
 
+    edoNormalMulti( unsigned int dim = 1 ) :
+            _mean( Vector::Zero(dim) ),
+        _varcovar( Matrix::Identity(dim,dim) )
+    {
+        assert(_mean.size() > 0);
+        assert(_mean.innerSize() == _varcovar.innerSize());
+        assert(_mean.innerSize() == _varcovar.outerSize());
+    }
+
     edoNormalMulti(
         const Vector & mean,
         const Matrix & varcovar
diff --git a/edo/src/edoSamplerNormalMulti.h b/edo/src/edoSamplerNormalMulti.h
index 6420f0408..1f9fe990d 100644
--- a/edo/src/edoSamplerNormalMulti.h
+++ b/edo/src/edoSamplerNormalMulti.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Authors:
 #include <boost/numeric/ublas/lu.hpp>
 #include <boost/numeric/ublas/symmetric.hpp>
 
-template< class EOT, typename EOD = edoNormalMulti< EOT > >
+template< typename EOT, typename EOD = edoNormalMulti< EOT > >
 class edoSamplerNormalMulti : public edoSampler< EOD >
 {
 public:
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ protected:
 #else
 #ifdef WITH_EIGEN
 
-template< class EOT, typename EOD = edoNormalMulti< EOT > >
+template< typename EOT, typename EOD = edoNormalMulti< EOT > >
 class edoSamplerNormalMulti : public edoSampler< EOD >
 {
 public:
diff --git a/edo/src/utils/edoStatNormalMulti.h b/edo/src/utils/edoStatNormalMulti.h
index bc5066ac7..961fd7cba 100644
--- a/edo/src/utils/edoStatNormalMulti.h
+++ b/edo/src/utils/edoStatNormalMulti.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Authors:
 #include<sstream>
 
 #include "edoStat.h"
-#include "edoNormalMulti.h"
+#include "../edoNormalMulti.h"
 
 #ifdef WITH_BOOST
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ template < typename EOT >
 class edoStatNormalMulti : public edoDistribStat< edoNormalMulti< EOT > >
 {
 public:
-    typedef typename EOT::AtomType AtomType;
+  //    typedef typename EOT::AtomType AtomType;
 
     using edoDistribStat< edoNormalMulti< EOT > >::value;
 
diff --git a/edo/test/t-edoEstimatorNormalMulti.cpp b/edo/test/t-edoEstimatorNormalMulti.cpp
index 114f8fa17..5c47f5cf5 100644
--- a/edo/test/t-edoEstimatorNormalMulti.cpp
+++ b/edo/test/t-edoEstimatorNormalMulti.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Authors:
 #include <iomanip>
 
 #include <eo>
-#include <mo>
+//#include <mo>
 
 #include <edo>
 
diff --git a/edo/test/t-mean-distance.cpp b/edo/test/t-mean-distance.cpp
index ae6de0eb3..4e184f5a8 100644
--- a/edo/test/t-mean-distance.cpp
+++ b/edo/test/t-mean-distance.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Authors:
 #include <fstream>
 
 #include <eo>
-#include <mo>
+//#include <mo>
 
 #include <edo>
 
diff --git a/eo/NEWS b/eo/NEWS
index f4625d6c3..369682af6 100644
--- a/eo/NEWS
+++ b/eo/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
 * current version
+    - features:
+        - delete the deprecated code parts (was marked as deprecated in the release 1.1)
+        - eoSignal: a class to handle signal with eoCheckpoint instances
+        - eoDetSingleBitFlip: bit flip mutation that changes exactly k bits while checking for duplicate
+        - eoFunctorStat: a wrapper to turn any stand-alone function and into an eoStat
+        - generilazed the output of an eoState: now you can change the format, comes with defaults formatting (latex and json)
+        - eoWrongParamTypeException: a new exception to handle cases where a wrong template is given to eoParser::valueOf
+        - added a getParam method to the eoParser, that raise an exception if the parameter has not been declared
+        - eoParserLogger features are now included in the default eoParser
+    - build system:
+        - improvements of the build architecture
+        - create PKGBUILD file for archlinux package manager
+        - a FindEO module for CMake
+    - bugfixes:
+        - fixed regression with gcc 4.7
+        - fixed compilation issues in Microsoft Visual C++, related to time measurement
+        - added several asserts accross the framework (note: asserts are included only in debug mode)
+        - lot of small bugfixes :-)
 
 * release 1.2  (16. May. 2011)
   - fixed the incremental allocation issue in variation operators which were
@@ -20,11 +38,11 @@
   - GCC 4.3 compatibility
   - new versatile log system with several nested verbose levels
   - classes using intern verbose parameters marked as deprecated, please update your code accordingly if you use one of the following files:
-	eo/src/eoCombinedInit.h
-	eo/src/eoGenContinue.h
-	eo/src/eoProportionalCombinedOp.h
-	eo/src/utils/eoData.h
-	eo/src/utils/eoStdoutMonitor.h
+        eo/src/eoCombinedInit.h
+        eo/src/eoGenContinue.h
+        eo/src/eoProportionalCombinedOp.h
+        eo/src/utils/eoData.h
+        eo/src/utils/eoStdoutMonitor.h
   - an evaluator that throw an exception if a maximum eval numbers has been reached, independently of the number of generations
   - new monitor that can write on any ostream
   - new continuator that can catch POSIX system user signals
diff --git a/eo/src/apply.h b/eo/src/apply.h
index 01256e059..bbd30aa3a 100644
--- a/eo/src/apply.h
+++ b/eo/src/apply.h
@@ -58,14 +58,26 @@ void apply(eoUF<EOT&, void>& _proc, std::vector<EOT>& _pop)
     if (!eo::parallel.isDynamic())
 	{
 #pragma omp parallel for if(eo::parallel.isEnabled()) //default(none) shared(_proc, _pop, size)
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+            //Visual Studio supports only OpenMP version 2.0 in which
+            //an index variable must be of a signed integral type
+	    for (long long i = 0; i < size; ++i) { _proc(_pop[i]); }
+#else // _MSC_VER
 	    for (size_t i = 0; i < size; ++i) { _proc(_pop[i]); }
+#endif
 	}
     else
 	{
 #pragma omp parallel for schedule(dynamic) if(eo::parallel.isEnabled())
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+            //Visual Studio supports only OpenMP version 2.0 in which
+            //an index variable must be of a signed integral type
+	    for (long long i = 0; i < size; ++i) { _proc(_pop[i]); }
+#else // _MSC_VER
 	    //doesnot work with gcc 4.1.2
 	    //default(none) shared(_proc, _pop, size)
 	    for (size_t i = 0; i < size; ++i) { _proc(_pop[i]); }
+#endif
 	}
 
     if ( eo::parallel.enableResults() )
diff --git a/eo/src/eo b/eo/src/eo
index 8cebd23a0..3a31daea4 100644
--- a/eo/src/eo
+++ b/eo/src/eo
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
 #include <eoSharingSelect.h>
 // Embedding truncation selection
 #include <eoTruncatedSelectOne.h>
+#include <eoRankMuSelect.h>
 
 // the batch selection - from an eoSelectOne
 #include <eoSelectPerc.h>
diff --git a/eo/src/eoDetSelect.h b/eo/src/eoDetSelect.h
index 4a0858b6a..c89f41f69 100644
--- a/eo/src/eoDetSelect.h
+++ b/eo/src/eoDetSelect.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #include <math.h>
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/** eoDetSelect selects many individuals determinisctically
+/** eoDetSelect selects many individuals deterministically
  *
  * @ingroup Selectors
 */
diff --git a/eo/src/eoEvalUserTimeThrowException.h b/eo/src/eoEvalUserTimeThrowException.h
index 87e47ac54..2d9ccadd6 100644
--- a/eo/src/eoEvalUserTimeThrowException.h
+++ b/eo/src/eoEvalUserTimeThrowException.h
@@ -21,27 +21,30 @@ Authors:
 Johann Dréo <johann.dreo@thalesgroup.com>
 */
 
-#ifndef __unix__
-#warning "Warning: class 'eoEvalUserTimeThrowException' is only available under UNIX systems (defining 'rusage' in 'sys/resource.h'), contributions for other systems are welcomed."
-#else
+#if !defined(__unix__) && !defined(_WINDOWS)
+#warning "Warning: class 'eoEvalUserTimeThrowException' is only available under UNIX (defining 'rusage' in 'sys/resource.h') or Win32 (defining 'GetProcessTimes' in 'WinBase.h') systems, contributions for other systems are welcomed."
+#else //!defined(__unix__) && !defined(_WINDOWS)
 
 #ifndef __EOEVALUSERTIMETHROWEXCEPTION_H__
 #define __EOEVALUSERTIMETHROWEXCEPTION_H__
 
-#include <sys/time.h>
-#include <sys/resource.h>
-
-#include <eoExceptions.h>
-
 /** Check at each evaluation if a given CPU user time contract has been reached.
  *
  * Throw an eoMaxTimeException if the given max time has been reached.
  * Usefull if you want to end the search independently of generations.
- * This class uses (almost-)POSIX headers.
+ * This class uses (almost-)POSIX or Win32 headers, depending on the platform.
  * It uses a computation of the user time used on the CPU. For a wallclock time measure, see eoEvalTimeThrowException
  *
  * @ingroup Evaluation
  */
+
+#include <eoExceptions.h>
+
+#ifdef __unix__
+
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+
 template< class EOT >
 class eoEvalUserTimeThrowException : public eoEvalFuncCounter< EOT >
 {
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ public:
             if( current >= _max ) {
                 throw eoMaxTimeException( current );
             } else {
-                func(eo);
+                this->func(eo);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -68,5 +71,41 @@ protected:
     struct rusage _usage;
 };
 
+#else
+#ifdef _WINDOWS
+//here _WINDOWS is defined
+
+#include <WinBase.h>
+
+template< class EOT >
+class eoEvalUserTimeThrowException : public eoEvalFuncCounter< EOT >
+{
+public:
+    eoEvalUserTimeThrowException( eoEvalFunc<EOT> & func, const long max ) : eoEvalFuncCounter<EOT>( func, "CPU-user"), _max(max) {}
+
+    virtual void operator() ( EOT & eo )
+    {
+        if( eo.invalid() ) {
+            FILETIME dummy;
+            GetProcessTimes(GetCurrentProcess(), &dummy, &dummy, &dummy, &_usage);
+
+            ULARGE_INTEGER current;
+            current.LowPart = _usage.dwLowDateTime;
+            current.HighPart = _usage.dwHighDateTime;
+            if( current.QuadPart >= _max ) {
+                throw eoMaxTimeException( current.QuadPart );
+            } else {
+                func(eo);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+protected:
+    const long _max;
+    FILETIME _usage;
+};
+
+#endif // _WINDOWS
+#endif //__unix__
 #endif // __EOEVALUSERTIMETHROWEXCEPTION_H__
-#endif // __UNIX__
+#endif //!defined(__unix__) && !defined(_WINDOWS)