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Architecture optimization is the process of automatically generating design options, typically to enhance software's quantifiable quality attributes, such as performance and reliability. Multi-objective optimization approaches have been…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-01-31 Daniele Di Pompeo , Michele Tucci

Multi-objective optimization problems are ubiquitous in real-world science, engineering and design optimization problems. It is not uncommon that the objective functions are as a black box, the evaluation of which usually involve…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-09-14 Ke Li , Renzhi Chen

In this article we show that the boundary of the Pareto critical set of an unconstrained multiobjective optimization problem (MOP) consists of Pareto critical points of subproblems considering subsets of the objective functions. If the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-18 Bennet Gebken , Sebastian Peitz , Michael Dellnitz

Inverse problems occur in a variety of parameter identification tasks in engineering. Such problems are challenging in practice, as they require repeated evaluation of computationally expensive forward models. We introduce a unifying…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-02 Simon Weissmann , Ashia Wilson , Jakob Zech

Automating design minimizes errors, accelerates the design process, and reduces cost. However, automating robot design is challenging due to recursive constraints, multiple design objectives, and cross-domain design complexity possibly…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Andrew Wilhelm , Nils Napp

Metaheuristic algorithms are becoming an important part of modern optimization. A wide range of metaheuristic algorithms have emerged over the last two decades, and many metaheuristics such as particle swarm optimization are becoming…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-12-04 Xin-She Yang

Multi-objective optimization problems can be found in many real-world applications, where the objectives often conflict each other and cannot be optimized by a single solution. In the past few decades, numerous methods have been proposed to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-24 Xi Lin , Xiaoyuan Zhang , Zhiyuan Yang , Fei Liu , Zhenkun Wang , Qingfu Zhang

In alloy design, the search for candidate materials is often framed as an optimization problem, with the goal of identifying Pareto-optimal solutions across multiple objectives. However, Pareto-optimal solutions do not necessarily satisfy…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-10-24 Cayden Maguire , Christofer Hardcastle , Trevor Hastings , Raymundo Arróyave , Brent Vela

Choices in scientific research and management require balancing multiple, often competing objectives.Multiple-objective optimization (MOO) provides a unifying framework for solving multiple objective problems. Model selection is a critical…

Applications · Statistics 2018-10-26 Perry Williams , William Kendall , Mevin Hooten

We present a new algorithm for model predictive control of non-linear systems with respect to multiple, conflicting objectives. The idea is to provide a possibility to change the objective in real-time, e.g.~as a reaction to changes in the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-08-02 Sebastian Peitz , Kai Schäfer , Sina Ober-Blöbaum , Julian Eckstein , Ulrich Köhler , Michael Dellnitz

We consider the problem of optimally designing a system for repeated use under uncertainty. We develop a modeling framework that integrates design and operational phases, which are represented by a mixed-integer program and discounted-cost…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-25 Seth Brown , Saumya Sinha , Andrew J Schaefer

In this paper, we consider multi-objective optimization problems with a sparsity constraint on the vector of variables. For this class of problems, inspired by the homonymous necessary optimality condition for sparse single-objective…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-07 Matteo Lapucci , Pierluigi Mansueto

Many existing branch and bound algorithms for multiobjective optimization problems require a significant computational cost to approximate the entire Pareto optimal solution set. In this paper, we propose a new branch and bound algorithm…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-20 Weitian Wu , Xinmin Yang

Several constrained optimization problems have been adequately solved over the years thanks to advances in the metaheuristics area. In this paper, we evaluate a novel self-adaptive and auto-constructive metaheuristic called Drone Squadron…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-08-07 Vinícius Veloso de Melo

Autonomous robots are increasingly utilized in realistic scenarios with multiple complex tasks. In these scenarios, there may be a preferred way of completing all of the given tasks, but it is often in conflict with optimal execution.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-26 Peter Amorese , Morteza Lahijanian

We consider problems with multiple linear objectives and linear constraints and use Adjustable Robust Optimization and Polynomial Optimization as tools to approximate the Pareto set with polynomials of arbitrarily large degree. The main…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-01-13 Bram L. Gorissen , Dick den Hertog

In this work, we propose integral global optimality conditions for multiobjective problems not necessarily differentiable. The integral characterization, already known for single objective problems, are extended to multiobjective problems…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-16 Everton J. Silva , Elizabeth W. Karas , Lucelina B. Santos

Multi-objective optimization (MOO) aims at finding a set of optimal configurations for a given set of objectives. A recent line of work applies MOO methods to the typical Machine Learning (ML) setting, which becomes multi-objective if a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-15 Michael Ruchte , Josif Grabocka

In this work we present a quantum algorithm for multiobjective combinatorial optimization. We show how to map a convex combination of objective functions onto a Hamiltonian and then use that Hamiltonian to prove that the quantum adiabatic…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-03-25 Benjamin Baran , Marcos Villagra

Real-world optimization problems often do not just involve multiple objectives but also uncertain parameters. In this case, the goal is to find Pareto-optimal solutions that are robust, i.e., reasonably good under all possible realizations…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-06 Fabian Chlumsky-Harttmann , Marie Schmidt , Anita Schöbel