In this post, I’m going to show you my innovative version of genetic algorithm called adaptive re-start hybrid genetic algorithm for constrained optimization problems. This genetic algorithm is much more powerful than the traditional genetic algorithm because of the re-start mechanism and the local search. I have developed a general template code in Matlab, so that new users can quickly and easily customize and update this Matlab code to solve new optimization problems in their fields. No need to waste your precious time building or typing the genetic algorithm from scratch – you can build up a powerful genetic algorithm from this general template code in Matlab. I’m going to demonstrate how to use this general template code to solve a box volume optimization problem.