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In real life, mostly problems are dynamic. Many algorithms have been proposed to handle the static problems, but these algorithms do not handle or poorly handle the dynamic environment problems. Although, many algorithms have been proposed…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Zahid Iqbal , Waseem Shahzad

Dynamic multi-objective optimization with a changing number of objectives has recently attracted increasing attention due to its relevance to real-world problems whose evaluation criteria may evolve over time. However, existing benchmark…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Ke Shang , Zhiyun Xiao , Yuxuan Liu , Jianguo Li , Shaojiang Wang , Wei Sun

We are interested in supporting software evolution caused by changing requirements and/or environmental settings. For example, users of a system may require new functionality (changing requirements), or performance enhancements to cope with…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2016-07-05 Chi Mai Nguyen , Roberto Sebastiani , Paolo Giorgini , John Mylopoulos

Dynamic multi-objective optimization problems (DMOPs) remain a challenge to be settled, because of conflicting objective functions change over time. In recent years, transfer learning has been proven to be a kind of effective approach in…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-10-23 Zhenzhong Wang , Min Jiang , Xing Gao , Liang Feng , Weizhen Hu , Kay Chen Tan

Solving constrained optimization problems by multi-objective evolutionary algorithms has scored tremendous achievements in the last decade. Standard multi-objective schemes usually aim at minimizing the objective function and also the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2015-10-02 Tao Xu , Jun He

The Distributed Constraint Optimization Problem (DCOP) formulation is a powerful tool to model multi-agent coordination problems that are distributed by nature. The formulation is suitable for problems where variables are discrete and…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-05-28 Khoi D. Hoang , William Yeoh , Makoto Yokoo , Zinovi Rabinovich

Multi-objective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) are widely used to solve multi-objective optimization problems. The algorithms rely on setting appropriate parameters to find good solutions. However, this parameter tuning could be very…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-11-18 Remco Coppens , Robbert Reijnen , Yingqian Zhang , Laurens Bliek , Berend Steenhuisen

Differential equations (DE) constrained optimization plays a critical role in numerous scientific and engineering fields, including energy systems, aerospace engineering, ecology, and finance, where optimal configurations or control…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-03 Vincenzo Di Vito , Mostafa Mohammadian , Kyri Baker , Ferdinando Fioretto

Goal-conditioned dynamic manipulation is inherently challenging due to complex system dynamics and stringent task constraints, particularly in deformable object scenarios characterized by high degrees of freedom and underactuation. Prior…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-26 Guanzhou Lan , Yuqi Yang , Anup Teejo Mathew , Feiping Nie , Rong Wang , Xuelong Li , Federico Renda , Bin Zhao

The Generalized Moving Peaks Benchmark (GMPB) is a tool for generating continuous dynamic optimization problem instances with controllable dynamic and morphological characteristics. GMPB has been used in recent Competitions on Dynamic…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-12-11 Danial Yazdani , Michalis Mavrovouniotis , Changhe Li , Guoyu Chen , Wenjian Luo , Mohammad Nabi Omidvar , Juergen Branke , Shengxiang Yang , Xin Yao

We argue that results produced by a heuristic optimisation algorithm cannot be considered reproducible unless the algorithm fully specifies what should be done with solutions generated outside the domain, even in the case of simple box…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-05-18 Anna V. Kononova , Diederick Vermetten , Fabio Caraffini , Madalina-A. Mitran , Daniela Zaharie

In this paper, we extend a class of globally convergent evolution strategies to handle general constrained optimization problems. The proposed framework handles relaxable constraints using a merit function approach combined with a specific…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-18 Youssef Diouane

Many real-world optimization problems exhibit dynamic characteristics, posing significant challenges for traditional optimization techniques. Evolutionary Dynamic Optimization Algorithms (EDOAs) are designed to address these challenges…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Mai Peng , Delaram Yazdani , Zeneng She , Danial Yazdani , Wenjian Luo , Changhe Li , Juergen Branke , Trung Thanh Nguyen , Amir H. Gandomi , Shengxiang Yang , Yaochu Jin , Xin Yao

The design space of networked embedded systems is very large, posing challenges to the optimisation of such platforms when it comes to support applications with real-time guarantees. Recent research has shown that a number of inter-related…

Performance · Computer Science 2020-07-21 Leandro Soares Indrusiak , Robert I. Davis , Piotr Dziurzanski

The rapidly changing landscapes of modern optimization problems require algorithms that can be adapted in real-time. This paper introduces an Adaptive Metaheuristic Framework (AMF) designed for dynamic environments. It is capable of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-04-19 Bestoun S. Ahmed

The multiple knapsack problem (MKP) generalizes the classical knapsack problem by assigning items to multiple knapsacks subject to capacity constraints. It is used to model many real-world resource allocation and scheduling problems. In…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Ishara Hewa Pathiranage , Aneta Neumann

This paper contributes to the treatment of extensive constraints in evolutionary many-constraint optimization through consideration of the relationships between pair-wise constraints. In a conflicting relationship, the functional value of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-10-12 Mengjun Ming , Rui Wang , Tao Zhang

Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (EMOAs) are widely employed to tackle problems with multiple conflicting objectives. Recent research indicates that not all objectives are equally important to the decision-maker (DM). In…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-11-08 Seyed Mahdi Shavarani , Mahmoud Golabi , Richard Allmendinger , Lhassane Idoumghar

One of the most challenging problems in evolutionary computation is to select from its family of diverse solvers one that performs well on a given problem. This algorithm selection problem is complicated by the fact that different phases of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-06-12 Diederick Vermetten , Hao Wang , Carola Doerr , Thomas Bäck

This paper analyses a $(1,\lambda)$-Evolution Strategy, a randomised comparison-based adaptive search algorithm, on a simple constraint optimisation problem. The algorithm uses resampling to handle the constraint and optimizes a linear…

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