v0.8.1

Added

• Ensemble test functions: StackingEnsembleFunction, VotingEnsembleFunction, WeightedAveragingFunction
• BaseTabularEnsemble base class for ensemble methods
• MutualInfoFeatureSelectionFunction for feature selection optimization
• PolynomialFeatureTransformationFunction for polynomial feature engineering
• FeatureScalingPipelineFunction for scaling pipeline optimization
• XGBoostClassifierFunction for tabular ML
• LightGBMRegressorFunction and LightGBMClassifierFunction
• ShekelFunction (algebraic ND)
• Tests for CEC 2013 and CEC 2017 benchmarks
• Interface compliance and template method contract tests
• ML test function discovery for automated test coverage
• Developer guide in documentation
• CONTRIBUTING.md with contribution guidelines

Changed

• Refactored test functions into template method pattern
• Reworked test-function methods into accessor pattern
• Changed check_dependencies to decorator pattern
• Names are now generated automatically at class definition time (removed _name_ attribute)
• Reworked how optional dependencies are handled
• Moved default_bounds to spec
• Refactored multi-objective test functions
• Readded objective parameter to multi-objective functions

Fixed

• Fixed example in README
• Fixed documentation links

What's Changed

• Add LightGBM Regressor and Classifier test function by @ZohaibHassan16 in #14
• Add shekel funcfix by @ZohaibHassan16 in #16
• [Feature] Add XGBoost classifier test-function for tabular ML by @Shruti1128 in #17

New Contributors

• @ZohaibHassan16 made their first contribution in #14
• @Shruti1128 made their first contribution in #17

Full Changelog: v0.7.1...v0.8.1