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-
-==========================================================================================
- RELEASE
-==========================================================================================
-
-The current release is paradisEO-2.0
-
-==========================================================================================
- INSTALLATION
-==========================================================================================
-The basic installation procedure must be done in a separatly folder in order to keep
-your file tree clean.
-
-1) mkdir build
-2) cd build
-3) cmake ..
-4) make
-5) Take a cofee.
-6) Congratulation, ParadiseEO is installed !
-
-Please refer to paradisEO website or INSTALL file for further information about
-installation types and options.
-
-==========================================================================================
- DIRECTORY STRUCTURE
-==========================================================================================
-After unpacking the archive file, you should end up with the following
-structure:
-
-.../
- |
- |
- +-- AUTHORS Author list
- |
- |
- +-- cmake/ CMake dir
- |
- |
- +-- CMakeLists.txt For building process
- |
- |
- +-- CTestConfig.cmake For testing process
- |
- |
- +-- INSTALL INSTALL file
- |
- |
- +-- LICENCE Licence contents
- |
- |
- +-- paradiseo-eo paradiseo-eo dir
- |
- |
- +-- paradiseo-mo paradiseo-mo dir
- |
- |
- +-- paradiseo-moeo paradiseo-moeo dir
- |
- |
- +-- problems classical problems evaluation functions
- |
- |
- +-- README README file
-
-==========================================================================================
- NOTES
-==========================================================================================
-
-ParadisEO uses EO, a templates-based, ANSI-C++ compliant evolutionary computation library.
-It contains classes for almost any kind of evolutionary computation you might come up to - at
-least for the ones we could think of.
-EO Website: http://eodev.sourceforge.net/.
-EO is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html
-
-Please read README file of each extracted directory if you have
-problems for the installation.
-
-==========================================================================================
- CONTACT
-==========================================================================================
-For further information about ParadisEO, help or to report any
-problem : paradiseo-help@lists.gforge.inria.fr
-
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+# ParadisEO: A C++ evolutionary computation framework to build parallel stochastic optimization solvers
+
+## Release
+
+The actual release is paradiseo-2.0
+
+## Installation
+
+The basic installation procedure must be done in a separatly folder in order to keep your file tree clean.
+
+Create a directory to build and access it:
+
+```
+$ mkdir build && cd build
+```
+
+Compile the project into the directory with ```cmake```:
+```
+$ cmake ..
+$ make
+```
+
+Take a coffee ;)
+
+**Congratulations!! ParadiseEO is installed!**
+
+Please refer to paradisEO website or INSTALL file for further information about installation types and options.
+
+---
+
+## Directory Structure
+
+* __AUTHORS__: Authors list;
+
+* __cmake__: Directory of cmake files;
+
+* __CMakeLists.txt__: Definitions for building process;
+
+* __CTestConfig.cmake__: Definitions for testing process;
+
+* __INSTALL__: Steps and options of the installation process;
+
+* __LICENSE__: License contents;
+
+* __eo__: Specific directory of the EO (Evolving Objects) module;
+
+* __mo__: Specific directory of the MO (Moving Objects) module;
+
+* __moeo__: Specific directory of the MOEO (Multi-Objective Optimization) module;
+
+* __problems__: classical problems evaluation functions.
+
+---
+## Notes
+
+ParadisEO uses EO, a templates-based, ANSI-C++ compliant evolutionary computation library. It contains classes for almost any kind of evolutionary computation you might come up to - at least for the ones we could think of.
+
+EO Website: http://eodev.sourceforge.net/.
+
+ParadisEO Website: http://paradiseo.gforge.inria.fr/
+
+EO is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html
+
+Please read README file of each extracted directory if you have problems for the installation.
+
+---
+**Contact**
+
+For further information about ParadisEO, help or to report any problem : paradiseo-help@lists.gforge.inria.fr
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