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The article presents an approach to interactively solve multi-objective optimization problems. While the identification of efficient solutions is supported by computational intelligence techniques on the basis of local search, the search is…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2008-09-05 Martin Josef Geiger

Many real world applications can be framed as multi-objective optimization problems, where we wish to simultaneously optimize for multiple criteria. Bayesian optimization techniques for the multi-objective setting are pertinent when the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-06-24 Biswajit Paria , Kirthevasan Kandasamy , Barnabás Póczos

The properties of local optimal solutions in multi-objective combinatorial optimization problems are crucial for the effectiveness of local search algorithms, particularly when these algorithms are based on Pareto dominance. Such local…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-09-22 Manuel López-Ibáñez , Arnaud Liefooghe , Sébastien Verel

In evolutionary multi-objective optimization, the indicator-based subset selection problem involves finding a subset of points that maximizes a given quality indicator. Local search is an effective approach for obtaining a high-quality…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-03-07 Keisuke Korogi , Ryoji Tanabe

Sequential decision-making problems with multiple objectives arise naturally in practice and pose unique challenges for research in decision-theoretic planning and learning, which has largely focused on single-objective settings. This…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-02-05 Diederik Marijn Roijers , Peter Vamplew , Shimon Whiteson , Richard Dazeley

In this paper a variable neighborhood search approach as a method for solving combinatoric optimization problems is presented. A variable neighborhood search based algorithm for solving the problem concerning the university course timetable…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-06-14 Velin Kralev , Radoslava Kraleva

Multi-objective optimization is a widely studied problem in diverse fields, such as engineering and finance, that seeks to identify a set of non-dominated solutions that provide optimal trade-offs among competing objectives. However, the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-01-15 Arash Heidari , Sebastian Rojas Gonzalez , Tom Dhaene , Ivo Couckuyt

In this paper, we conduct a fitness landscape analysis for multiobjective combinatorial optimization, based on the local optima of multiobjective NK-landscapes with objective correlation. In single-objective optimization, it has become…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2012-07-19 Sébastien Verel , Arnaud Liefooghe , Laetitia Jourdan , Clarisse Dhaenens

We introduce Pareto-NRPA, a new Monte-Carlo algorithm designed for multi-objective optimization problems over discrete search spaces. Extending the Nested Rollout Policy Adaptation (NRPA) algorithm originally formulated for single-objective…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Noé Lallouet , Tristan Cazenave , Cyrille Enderli

Local search is a fundamental method in operations research and combinatorial optimisation. It has been widely applied to a variety of challenging problems, including multi-objective optimisation where multiple, often conflicting,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Zimin Liang , Miqing Li

Efficiently solving multi-objective optimization problems for simulation optimization of important scientific and engineering applications such as materials design is becoming an increasingly important research topic. This is due largely to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-06-27 Eric Hans Lee , Bolong Cheng , Michael McCourt

Pareto front profiling in multi-objective optimization (MOO), i.e., finding a diverse set of Pareto optimal solutions, is challenging, especially with expensive objectives that require training a neural network. Typically, in MOO for neural…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-06 Rhea Sanjay Sukthanker , Arber Zela , Benedikt Staffler , Samuel Dooley , Josif Grabocka , Frank Hutter

In an observational study, matching aims to create many small sets of similar treated and control units from initial samples that may differ substantially in order to permit more credible causal inferences. The problem of constructing…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-06-28 Shichao Han , Samuel D. Pimentel

Multi-task learning is a powerful method for solving multiple correlated tasks simultaneously. However, it is often impossible to find one single solution to optimize all the tasks, since different tasks might conflict with each other.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-01-01 Xi Lin , Hui-Ling Zhen , Zhenhua Li , Qingfu Zhang , Sam Kwong

Creating meaningful interpretations for black-box machine learning models involves balancing two often conflicting objectives: accuracy and explainability. Exploring the trade-off between these objectives is essential for developing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-22 Aniruddha Joshi , Supratik Chakraborty , S Akshay , Shetal Shah , Hazem Torfah , Sanjit Seshia

Solutions to multi-objective optimization problems can generally not be compared or ordered, due to the lack of orderability of the single objectives. Furthermore, decision-makers are often made to believe that scaled objectives can be…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-31 Sebastian Hönel , Welf Löwe

A challenging category of robotics problems arises when sensing incurs substantial costs. This paper examines settings in which a robot wishes to limit its observations of state, for instance, motivated by specific considerations of energy…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-26 Patrick Zhong , Federico Rossi , Dylan A. Shell

Many real-world decision-making problems involve optimizing multiple objectives simultaneously, rendering the selection of the most preferred solution a non-trivial problem: All Pareto optimal solutions are viable candidates, and it is…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-17 Niclas Boehmer , Maximilian T. Wittmann

Benchmark problems are an important tool for gaining understanding of optimization algorithms. Since algorithms often aim to perform well on benchmarks, biases in benchmark design provide misleading insights. In single-objective…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Diederick Vermetten , Jeroen Rook

In future energy systems characterized by significant shares of fluctuating renewable energy sources, there is a need for a fundamental change in electricity consumption. The energy system requires the ability to adapt to the intermittent…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-17 Thomas Dengiz , Andrea Raith , Max Kleinebrahm , Jonathan Vogl , Wolf Fichtner