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We typically construct optimal designs based on a single objective function. To better capture the breadth of an experiment's goals, we could instead construct a multiple objective optimal design based on multiple objective functions. While…

Methodology · Statistics 2023-03-09 Lucy L. Gao , Jane J. Ye , Shangzhi Zeng , Julie Zhou

In this paper, we are dealing with constrained vector optimisation problems where the objective function acts between real linear-topological spaces. Our aim is to study the relationships between the sets of properly efficient solutions to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-29 Paul Schmölling , Christian Günther , Christiane Tammer , Elisabeth Köbis

This article presents a discussion of optimization problems where the objective function f(x) has parameters that are constrained by some scaling, so that q(x) = constant, where this function q() involves a sum of the parameters, their…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-07 John C. Nash , Ravi Varadhan

The difficulty of solving a multi-objective optimization problem is impacted by the number of objectives to be optimized. The presence of many objectives typically introduces a number of challenges that affect the choice/design of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-06-08 Richard Allmendinger , Andrzej Jaszkiewicz , Arnaud Liefooghe , Christiane Tammer

The area of scientific research that deals with the simultaneous optimization of several (possibly conflicting) criteria is named multi-objective optimization. The ability to efficiently filter and extract interesting data out of large…

Databases · Computer Science 2022-02-22 Giovanni Lupi

In this paper we develop an algorithm to optimise a nonlinear utility function of multiple objectives over the integer efficient set. Our approach is based on identifying and updating bounds on the individual objectives as well as the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-04-08 Melih Ozlen , Meral Azizoğlu , Benjamin A. Burton

In this work, we deal with the problem of computing a comprehensive front of efficient solutions in multi-objective portfolio optimization problems in presence of sparsity constraints. We start the discussion pointing out some weaknesses of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-23 Arturo Annunziata , Matteo Lapucci , Pieluigi Mansueto , Davide Pucci

Performing multi-objective Bayesian optimisation by scalarising the objectives avoids the computation of expensive multi-dimensional integral-based acquisition functions, instead of allowing one-dimensional standard acquisition…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-13 Clym Stock-Williams , Tinkle Chugh , Alma Rahat , Wei Yu

It is well-known that proper scaling can increase the efficiency of computational problems. In this paper we define and show that a balancing technique can substantially improve the computational efficiency of optimal control algorithms. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-29 I. M. Ross , Q. Gong , M. Karpenko , R. J. Proulx

This paper considers the problem of maximizing multiple linear functions over the probability simplex. A classification of feasible points is indicated. A necessary and sufficient condition for a member of each class to be an efficient…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-30 Anas Mifrani

Solving integer optimization problems with large or widely ranged objective coefficients can lead to numerical instability and increased runtimes. When the problem also involves multiple objectives, the impact of the objective coefficients…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-02 Stephanie Riedmüller , Thorsten Koch

We present a multi-agent algorithm for multi-objective optimization problems, which extends the class of consensus-based optimization methods and relies on a scalarization strategy. The optimization is achieved by a set of interacting…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-31 Giacomo Borghi , Michael Herty , Lorenzo Pareschi

We consider the problem of directly optimizing a non-linear function of an outcome, where this outcome itself is the sum of many small contributions. The non-linearity of the function means that the problem is not equivalent to the…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-09-04 Benjamin Heymann , Otmane Sakhi

Global optimization of decision trees has shown to be promising in terms of accuracy, size, and consequently human comprehensibility. However, many of the methods used rely on general-purpose solvers for which scalability remains an issue.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-31 Jacobus G. M. van der Linden , Mathijs M. de Weerdt , Emir Demirović

We extend Robust Optimization to fractional programming, where both the objective and the constraints contain uncertain parameters. Earlier work did not consider uncertainty in both the objective and the constraints, or did not use Robust…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-08-21 Bram L. Gorissen

Multicriteria adjustable robust optimization (MARO) problems arise in a wide variety of practical settings, for example, in the design of a building's energy supply. However, no general approaches, neither for the characterization of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-13 Elisabeth Halser , Elisabeth Finhold , Neele Leithäuser , Jan Schwientek , Katrin Teichert , Karl-Heinz Küfer

This paper connects discrete optimal transport to a certain class of multi-objective optimization problems. In both settings, the decision variables can be organized into a matrix. In the multi-objective problem, the notion of Pareto…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-12-04 Johannes M. Schumacher

In multiobjective optimization, the result of an optimization algorithm is a set of efficient solutions from which the decision maker selects one. It is common that not all the efficient solutions can be computed in a short time and the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-03-20 Miguel Ángel Domínguez-Ríos , Francisco Chicano , Enrique Alba

Many real-world applications require decision-makers to assess the quality of solutions while considering multiple conflicting objectives. Obtaining good approximation sets for highly constrained many-objective problems is often a difficult…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-08-13 Rodrigo Lankaites Pinheiro , Dario Landa-Silva , Wasakorn Laesanklang , Ademir Aparecido Constantino

We consider a class of optimization problems that involve determining the maximum value that a function in a particular class can attain subject to a collection of difference constraints. We show that a particular linear programming…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-16 Sungjin Im , Benjamin Moseley , Hung Q. Ngo , Kirk Pruhs , Alireza Samadian