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Hello, When evaluating the optimum found by an evolutionary algorithm, how close is "close enough" to the "true optimum" in order for this to count as a good result/successful optimization? For instance, if I have simple search space from x: -1000 to +1000 and the optimum is at zero, how close do I have to be for this to be a "valid"/successful optimization? I.e., my result should be within +/- epsilon from the true optimum. How to choose this epsilon value? Clearly it should be different for a search space of -1000 to +1000 vs say -1 to +1. If anyone has any rules/guidance that would imply statistically significant results, or could point me to some articles or references I would be grateful. Thanks, Esmail