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The performance of multiobjective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) varies across problems, making it hard to develop new algorithms or apply existing ones to new problems. To simplify the development and application of new multiobjective…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-08-08 Yuri Lavinas , Marcelo Ladeira , Gabriela Ochoa , Claus Aranha

In the evolutionary computation research community, the performance of most evolutionary algorithms (EAs) depends strongly on their implemented coordinate system. However, the commonly used coordinate system is fixed and not well suited for…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-03-21 Zhi-Zhong Liu , Yong Wang , Shengxiang Yang , Ke Tang

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…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Junhao Qiu , Xin Chen , Liang Ge , Liyong Lin , Zhichao Lu , Qingfu Zhang

This paper discusses various types of constraints, difficulties and solutions to overcome the challenges regarding university course allocation problem. A hybrid evolutionary algorithm has been defined combining Local Repair Algorithm and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-07-25 Dibyo Fabian Dofadar , Riyo Hayat Khan , Shafqat Hasan , Towshik Anam Taj , Arif Shakil , Mahbub Majumdar

Solving constrained multi-objective optimization problems with evolutionary algorithms has attracted considerable attention. Various constrained multi-objective optimization evolutionary algorithms (CMOEAs) have been developed with the use…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-02-21 Fei Ming , Wenyin Gong , Ling Wang , Yaochu Jin

A large number of engineering, science and computational problems have yet to be solved in a computationally efficient way. One of the emerging challenges is how evolving technologies grow towards autonomy and intelligent decision making.…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-08-22 Farid Ghareh Mohammadi , M. Hadi Amini , Hamid R. Arabnia

As an effective algorithm for solving complex optimization problems, artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm has shown to be competitive, but the same as other population-based algorithms, it is poor at balancing the abilities of global…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-12-03 Haiquan Wang , Hans-DietrichHaasis , Panpan Du , Xiaobin Xu , Menghao Su , Shengjun Wen , Wenxuan Yue , Shanshan Zhang

In the evolutionary multi-objective optimization (EMO) community, it is usually assumed that the final population is presented to the decision maker as the result of the execution of an EMO algorithm. Recently, an unbounded external archive…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-07-28 Lie Meng Pang , Hisao Ishibuchi , Ke Shang

Hybrid optimization algorithms have gained popularity as it has become apparent there cannot be a universal optimization strategy which is globally more beneficial than any other. Despite their popularity, hybridization frameworks require…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2013-03-15 Hassan A. Bashir , Richard S. Neville

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

Real-world optimization problems often involve stochastic and dynamic components. Evolutionary algorithms are particularly effective in these scenarios, as they can easily adapt to uncertain and changing environments but often uncertainty…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-04-10 Ishara Hewa Pathiranage , Frank Neumann , Denis Antipov , Aneta Neumann

Surrogate assisted evolutionary algorithms (EA) are rapidly gaining popularity where applications of EA in complex real world problem domains are concerned. Although EAs are powerful global optimizers, finding optimal solution to complex…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2013-03-13 Maumita Bhattacharya

It has been widely recognized that the performance of a multi-agent system is highly affected by its organization. A large scale system may have billions of possible ways of organization, which makes it impractical to find an optimal choice…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2014-11-25 Zhiqi Shen , Ling Yu , Han Yu

The search ability of an Evolutionary Algorithm (EA) depends on the variation among the individuals in the population. Maintaining an optimal level of diversity in the EA population is imperative to ensure that progress of the EA search is…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2014-11-18 Maumita Bhattacharya

In recent decades, cold atom experiments have become increasingly complex. While computers control most parameters, optimization is mostly done manually. This is a time-consuming task for a high-dimensional parameter space with unknown…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-09-03 I. Geisel , K. Cordes , J. Mahnke , S. Jöllenbeck , J. Ostermann , J. Arlt , W. Ertmer , C. Klempt

The unit commitment (UC) problem is a nonlinear, high-dimensional, highly constrained, mixed-integer power system optimization problem and is generally solved in the literature considering minimizing the system operation cost as the only…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2014-10-24 Anupam Trivedi , Kunal Pal , Chiranjib Saha , Dipti Srinivasan

In general Evolutionary Computation (EC) includes a number of optimization methods inspired by biological mechanisms of evolution. The methods catalogued in this area use the Darwinian principles of life evolution to produce algorithms that…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-04-11 José A. García Gutiérrez , Carlos Cotta , Antonio J. Fernández-Leiva

This paper presents Automatic Algorithm Discoverer (AAD), an evolutionary framework for synthesizing programs of high complexity. To guide evolution, prior evolutionary algorithms have depended on fitness (objective) functions, which are…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-04-08 Ruchira Sasanka , Konstantinos Krommydas

We discuss a new optimization strategy, which considerably improves the effectivity of evolutionary algorithms applied to a certain class of optimization problems. The basic principle is to solve first a simpler related problem, which is…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 Volkhard Buchholtz , Thorsten Poeschel

A key challenge to make effective use of evolutionary algorithms is to choose appropriate settings for their parameters. However, the appropriate parameter setting generally depends on the structure of the optimisation problem, which is…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-04-02 Brendan Case , Per Kristian Lehre