diff --git a/src/components/archive.rs b/src/components/archive.rs
index 198efa7..0f91e97 100644
--- a/src/components/archive.rs
+++ b/src/components/archive.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 //! Archive for specified parts of population.
 
+use better_any::{Tid, TidAble};
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::cell::Ref;
+
 use crate::{
     component::ExecResult, components::Component, problems::SingleObjectiveProblem,
     state::StateReq, CustomState, Individual, Problem, State,
 };
-use better_any::{Tid, TidAble};
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use std::cell::Ref;
 
 /// An archive for storing elitist individuals.
 #[derive(Default, Tid)]
diff --git a/src/components/measures/convergence.rs b/src/components/measures/convergence.rs
index e8a9e97..df693dc 100644
--- a/src/components/measures/convergence.rs
+++ b/src/components/measures/convergence.rs
@@ -7,17 +7,21 @@
 //! Artif Intell Rev 54, 2323–2409 (2021).
 //! DOI: <https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-020-09906-6>
 
-use crate::component::AnyComponent;
-use crate::components::archive;
-use crate::lens::{AnyLens, Lens, LensMap};
-use crate::logging::extractor::{EntryExtractor, EntryName};
-use crate::problems::{KnownOptimumProblem, VectorProblem};
-use crate::utils::SerializablePhantom;
-use crate::{Component, CustomState, ExecResult, Problem, SingleObjectiveProblem, State};
+use std::{any::type_name, marker::PhantomData};
+
 use better_any::{Tid, TidAble};
 use derivative::Derivative;
 use serde::Serialize;
-use std::{any::type_name, marker::PhantomData};
+
+use crate::{
+    component::AnyComponent,
+    components::archive,
+    lens::{AnyLens, Lens, LensMap},
+    logging::extractor::{EntryExtractor, EntryName},
+    problems::{KnownOptimumProblem, VectorProblem},
+    utils::SerializablePhantom,
+    Component, CustomState, ExecResult, Problem, SingleObjectiveProblem, State,
+};
 
 /// Trait for representing a component that measures the convergence rate.
 pub trait ConvergenceRateMeasure<P: Problem>: AnyComponent {
diff --git a/src/components/measures/improvement.rs b/src/components/measures/improvement.rs
index b137398..bc6fb08 100644
--- a/src/components/measures/improvement.rs
+++ b/src/components/measures/improvement.rs
@@ -6,20 +6,21 @@
 //! On the analysis, classification and prediction of metaheuristic algorithm behavior for combinatorial optimization problems.
 //! 24th European Modeling and Simulation Symposium, EMSS 1, (2012), 368-372
 
-use crate::component::AnyComponent;
-use crate::components::archive;
-use crate::lens::{AnyLens, Lens, LensMap};
-use crate::logging::extractor::{EntryExtractor, EntryName};
-use crate::problems::{LimitedVectorProblem, VectorProblem};
-use crate::utils::SerializablePhantom;
-use crate::{
-    Component, CustomState, ExecResult, Individual, Problem, SingleObjectiveProblem, State,
-};
+use std::{any::type_name, marker::PhantomData};
+
 use better_any::{Tid, TidAble};
 use derivative::Derivative;
 use serde::Serialize;
-use std::any::type_name;
-use std::marker::PhantomData;
+
+use crate::{
+    component::AnyComponent,
+    components::archive,
+    lens::{AnyLens, Lens, LensMap},
+    logging::extractor::{EntryExtractor, EntryName},
+    problems::{LimitedVectorProblem, VectorProblem},
+    utils::SerializablePhantom,
+    Component, CustomState, ExecResult, Individual, Problem, SingleObjectiveProblem, State,
+};
 
 /// Trait for representing a component that measures the improvement of the solutions an operator caused.
 pub trait ImprovementMeasure<P: Problem>: AnyComponent {
@@ -82,8 +83,8 @@ impl<I: AnyComponent> Improvement<I> {
     /// Updates the improvement using the total and the percentage vectors.
     pub fn update(&mut self, improvement: (Vec<f64>, Vec<f64>)) {
         let (a, b) = improvement;
-        self.percent_improvement = a.clone();
-        self.total_improvement = b.clone();
+        self.percent_improvement.clone_from(&a);
+        self.total_improvement.clone_from(&b);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/measures/stepsize.rs b/src/components/measures/stepsize.rs
index 911deb3..5b2342c 100644
--- a/src/components/measures/stepsize.rs
+++ b/src/components/measures/stepsize.rs
@@ -6,20 +6,23 @@
 //! On the analysis, classification and prediction of metaheuristic algorithm behavior for combinatorial optimization problems.
 //! 24th European Modeling and Simulation Symposium, EMSS 1, (2012), 368-372
 
-use crate::component::AnyComponent;
-use crate::components::archive;
-use crate::lens::{AnyLens, Lens, LensMap};
-use crate::logging::extractor::{EntryExtractor, EntryName};
-use crate::population::AsSolutions;
-use crate::problems::VectorProblem;
-use crate::utils::{squared_euclidean, SerializablePhantom};
-use crate::{Component, CustomState, ExecResult, Problem, State};
+use std::{any::type_name, marker::PhantomData};
+
 use better_any::{Tid, TidAble};
 use derivative::Derivative;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use statrs::statistics::Statistics;
-use std::any::type_name;
-use std::marker::PhantomData;
+
+use crate::{
+    component::AnyComponent,
+    components::archive,
+    lens::{AnyLens, Lens, LensMap},
+    logging::extractor::{EntryExtractor, EntryName},
+    population::AsSolutions,
+    problems::VectorProblem,
+    utils::{squared_euclidean, SerializablePhantom},
+    Component, CustomState, ExecResult, Problem, State,
+};
 
 /// Trait for representing a component that measures the step size of the change caused by an operator.
 pub trait StepSizeMeasure<P: Problem>: AnyComponent {
@@ -86,8 +89,8 @@ impl<I: AnyComponent> StepSize<I> {
     /// Updates the step size using the step size vector.
     pub fn update(&mut self, all_steps: (Vec<f64>, Vec<f64>)) {
         let (a, b) = all_steps;
-        self.all_steps = a.clone();
-        self.all_var = b.clone();
+        self.all_steps.clone_from(&a);
+        self.all_var.clone_from(&b);
         self.variance = a.clone().variance();
         self.step_size = a.mean();
     }