diff --git a/src/tests/test_des.cpp b/src/tests/test_des.cpp
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+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include "algorithms/algo_factory.h"
+#include "algorithms/nar/des/des.h"
+#include "all_csv_configs.h"
+#include "config/names.h"
+
+namespace tests {
+
+class DESTest : public ::testing::Test {
+protected:
+    static algos::StdParamsMap GetParamMap(CSVConfig const& csv_config, double minsup,
+                                           double minconf, unsigned int popSize,
+                                           unsigned int evalNum, double crossProb, double diffScale,
+                                           algos::des::DifferentialStrategy diffStrategy) {
+        using namespace config::names;
+        return {{kCsvConfig, csv_config},          {kMinimumSupport, minsup},
+                {kMinimumConfidence, minconf},     {kPopulationSize, popSize},
+                {kMaxFitnessEvaluations, evalNum}, {kCrossoverProbability, crossProb},
+                {kDifferentialScale, diffScale},   {kDifferentialStrategy, diffStrategy}};
+    }
+
+    template <typename... Args>
+    static std::unique_ptr<algos::des::DES> CreateAlgorithmInstance(Args&&... args) {
+        return algos::CreateAndLoadAlgorithm<algos::des::DES>(
+                GetParamMap(std::forward<Args>(args)...));
+    }
+
+    static std::vector<std::string> ExtractFitnessValues(
+            std::vector<algos::des::NAR> const& nar_vector) {
+        std::vector<std::string> fitness_values;
+        fitness_values.reserve(nar_vector.size());
+        for (auto const& nar : nar_vector) {
+            fitness_values.push_back(std::to_string(nar.GetQualities().fitness));
+        }
+        return fitness_values;
+    }
+};
+
+TEST_F(DESTest, LaunchTest1) {
+    auto algorithm = CreateAlgorithmInstance(kAbalone, 0.0, 0.0, 100u, 100u, 0.9, 0.5,
+                                             algos::des::DifferentialStrategy::rand1Bin);
+    algorithm->Execute();
+    auto result = ExtractFitnessValues(algorithm->GetNARVector());
+    std::vector<std::string> expected = {"0.634851", "0.566887", "0.549872", "0.520035",
+                                         "0.518598", "0.481561", "0.460124", "0.407567",
+                                         "0.333972", "0.313191", "0.274753", "0.190558",
+                                         "0.187335", "0.161869", "0.113770", "0.111297"};
+    ASSERT_EQ(result, expected);
+}
+
+TEST_F(DESTest, LaunchTest2) {
+    auto algorithm = CreateAlgorithmInstance(kAbalone, 0.2, 0.6, 200u, 300u, 0.9, 0.5,
+                                             algos::des::DifferentialStrategy::rand1Bin);
+    algorithm->Execute();
+    auto result = ExtractFitnessValues(algorithm->GetNARVector());
+    std::vector<std::string> expected = {"0.735697", "0.622020", "0.606939", "0.564184"};
+    ASSERT_EQ(result, expected);
+}
+
+}  // namespace tests