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Large-scale sparse multi-objective optimization problems (LSMOPs) are prevalent in real-world applications, where optimal solutions typically contain only a few nonzero variables, such as in adversarial attacks, critical node detection, and…

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It has been widely observed that there exists no universal best Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithm (MOEA) dominating all other MOEAs on all possible Multi-objective Optimization Problems (MOPs). In this work, we advocate using the…

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Neighborhood search operators are critical to the performance of Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms (MOEAs) and rely heavily on expert design. Although recent LLM-based Automated Heuristic Design (AHD) methods have made notable…

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There are many combinatorial optimization problems whose solutions are best represented by permutations. The classic traveling salesperson seeks an optimal ordering over a set of cities. Scheduling problems often seek optimal orderings of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-11-27 Vincent A. Cicirello

In evolutionary algorithms, a preselection operator aims to select the promising offspring solutions from a candidate offspring set. It is usually based on the estimated or real objective values of the candidate offspring solutions. In a…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-08-04 Jinyuan Zhang , Aimin Zhou , Ke Tang , Guixu Zhang

In recent years, multimodal multiobjective optimization algorithms (MMOAs) based on evolutionary computation have been widely studied. However, existing MMOAs are mainly tested on benchmark function sets such as the 2019 IEEE Congress on…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-12-05 Zhiqiu Chen , Zong-Gan Chen , Yuncheng Jiang , Zhi-Hui Zhan

Many real-world optimization problems can be stated in terms of submodular functions. Furthermore, these real-world problems often involve uncertainties which may lead to the violation of given constraints. A lot of evolutionary…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-11-04 Aneta Neumann , Frank Neumann

Fabricating neural models for a wide range of mobile devices demands for a specific design of networks due to highly constrained resources. Both evolution algorithms (EA) and reinforced learning methods (RL) have been dedicated to solve…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-01-17 Xiangxiang Chu , Bo Zhang , Ruijun Xu , Hailong Ma

Engineering optimization is typically multiobjective and multidisciplinary with complex constraints, and the solution of such complex problems requires efficient optimization algorithms. Recently, Xin-She Yang proposed a bat-inspired…

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In this work, a new multiobjective optimization algorithm called multiobjective learner performance-based behavior algorithm is proposed. The proposed algorithm is based on the process of transferring students from high school to college.…

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The present work provides a new approach to solve the well-known multi-robot co-operative box pushing problem as a multi objective optimization problem using modified Multi-objective Particle Swarm Optimization. The method proposed here…

Robotics · Computer Science 2012-06-25 Arnab Ghosh , Avishek Ghosh , Arkabandhu Chowdhury , Amit Konar , R. Janarthanan

In this article we propose a descent method for equality and inequality constrained multiobjective optimization problems (MOPs) which generalizes the steepest descent method for unconstrained MOPs by Fliege and Svaiter to constrained…

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

The all-pairs shortest path problem is the first non-artificial problem for which it was shown that adding crossover can significantly speed up a mutation-only evolutionary algorithm. Recently, the analysis of this algorithm was refined and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2015-03-20 Benjamin Doerr , Daniel Johannsen , Timo Kötzing , Frank Neumann , Madeleine Theile

For solving combinatorial optimisation problems with metaheuristics, different search operators are applied for sampling new solutions in the neighbourhood of a given solution. It is important to understand the relationship between…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-05-05 Jiyuan Pei , Hao Tong , Jialin Liu , Yi Mei , Xin Yao

The Distributed Constraint Optimization Problem (DCOP) formulation is a powerful tool to model cooperative multi-agent problems that need to be solved distributively. A core assumption of existing approaches is that DCOP solutions can be…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-02-21 Ben Rachmut , Stylianos Loukas Vasileiou , Nimrod Meir Weinstein , Roie Zivan , William Yeoh

In this paper, we focus on the problem of stochastic optimization where the objective function can be written as an expectation function over a closed convex set. We also consider multiple expectation constraints which restrict the domain…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2019-06-18 Kinjal Basu , Preetam Nandy

For the purpose of addressing the multi-objective optimal reactive power dispatch (MORPD) problem, a two-step approach is proposed in this paper. First of all, to ensure the economy and security of the power system, the MORPD model aiming…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-06 Meng Zhang , Yang Li

We introduce a new paradigm for solving regularized variational problems. These are typically formulated to address ill-posed inverse problems encountered in signal and image processing. The objective function is traditionally defined by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-22 Jean-Christophe Pesquet , Audrey Repetti , Matthieu Terris , Yves Wiaux

Evolutionary algorithms have been frequently applied to constrained continuous optimisation problems. We carry out feature based comparisons of different types of evolutionary algorithms such as evolution strategies, differential evolution…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2015-09-24 Shayan Poursoltan , Frank Neumann