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Multiobjective combinatorial optimization (MOCO) problems can be found in many real-world applications. However, exactly solving these problems would be very challenging, particularly when they are NP-hard. Many handcrafted heuristic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-10 Xi Lin , Zhiyuan Yang , Qingfu Zhang

Most multimodal multi-objective evolutionary algorithms (MMEAs) aim to find all global Pareto optimal sets (PSs) for a multimodal multi-objective optimization problem (MMOP). However, in real-world problems, decision makers (DMs) may be…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-06-13 Wenhua Li , Xingyi Yao , Kaiwen Li , Rui Wang , Tao Zhang , Ling Wang

Constrained multi-objective optimization problems (CMOPs) are of great significance in the context of practical applications, ranging from scientific to engineering domains. Most existing constrained multi-objective evolutionary algorithms…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Shuai Shao , Ye Tian , Shangshang Yang , Xingyi Zhang

Existing studies have shown that the conventional multi-objective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) based on decomposition may lose the population diversity when solving some many-objective optimization problems. In this paper, a simple…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-06-29 Yingyu Zhang , Bing Zeng

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

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

Semantic diversity in Genetic Programming has proved to be highly beneficial in evolutionary search. We have witnessed a surge in the number of scientific works in the area, starting first in discrete spaces and moving then to continuous…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-04-15 Fergal Stapleton , Edgar Galván

Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) are general-purpose optimization algorithms, inspired by natural evolution. Recent theoretical studies have shown that EAs can achieve good approximation guarantees for solving the problem classes of submodular…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-12-19 Chao Qian , Dan-Xuan Liu , Chao Feng , Ke Tang

Filter pruning is a common method to achieve model compression and acceleration in deep neural networks (DNNs).Some research regarded filter pruning as a combinatorial optimization problem and thus used evolutionary algorithms (EA) to prune…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-11-04 Xuhua Li , Weize Sun , Lei Huang , Shaowu Chen

Multi-modal optimization involves identifying multiple global and local optima of a function, offering valuable insights into diverse optimal solutions within the search space. Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) excel at finding multiple…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Dikshit Chauhan , Shivani , Donghwi Jung , Anupam Yadav

In this paper, we propose a parallel multiobjective evolutionary algorithm called Parallel Criterion-based Partitioning MOEA (PCPMOEA), with an application to the Mutliobjective Knapsack Problem (MOKP). The suggested search strategy is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-11-07 Kantour Nedjmeddine , Bouroubi Sadek , Chaabane Djamel

In practical multi-criterion decision-making, it is cumbersome if a decision maker (DM) is asked to choose among a set of trade-off alternatives covering the whole Pareto-optimal front. This is a paradox in conventional evolutionary…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-04-07 Ke Li , Guiyu Lai , Xin Yao

This paper addresses the problem of constrained multi-objective optimization over black-box objective functions with practitioner-specified preferences over the objectives when a large fraction of the input space is infeasible (i.e.,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-24 Alaleh Ahmadianshalchi , Syrine Belakaria , Janardhan Rao Doppa

3D Mixed Reality interfaces have nearly unlimited space for layout placement, making automatic UI adaptation crucial for enhancing the user experience. Such adaptation is often formulated as a multi-objective optimization (MOO) problem,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-09-24 Yao Song , Christoph Gebhardt , Yi-Chi Liao , Christian Holz

The decomposition-based multi-objective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA/D) does not directly optimize a given multi-objective function $f$, but instead optimizes $N + 1$ single-objective subproblems of $f$ in a co-evolutionary manner. It…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-10-07 Benjamin Doerr , Martin S. Krejca , Noé Weeks

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been widely used in urban missions, and proper planning of UAV paths can improve mission efficiency while reducing the risk of potential third-party impact. Existing work has considered all efficiency…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Kesheng Chen , Wenjian Luo , Xin Lin , Zhen Song , Yatong Chang

We consider a multi-objective optimization problem with objective functions that are expensive to evaluate. The decision maker (DM) has unknown preferences, and so the standard approach is to generate an approximation of the Pareto front…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-05-28 Juan Ungredda , Mariapia Marchi , Teresa Montrone , Juergen Branke

Multiobjective optimization (MOO) is prevalent in numerous applications, in which a Pareto front (PF) is constructed to display optima under various preferences. Previous methods commonly utilize the set of Pareto objectives (particles on…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-16 Xiaoyuan Zhang , Xi Lin , Yichi Zhang , Yifan Chen , Qingfu Zhang

The ultimate goal of multi-objective optimisation is to help a decision maker (DM) identify solution(s) of interest (SOI) achieving satisfactory trade-offs among multiple conflicting criteria. This can be realised by leveraging DM's…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-10-01 Ke Li , Minhui Liao , Kalyanmoy Deb , Geyong Min , Xin Yao

We present a multi-objective Bayesian optimisation algorithm that allows the user to express preference-order constraints on the objectives of the type "objective A is more important than objective B". These preferences are defined based on…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-11-14 Majid Abdolshah , Alistair Shilton , Santu Rana , Sunil Gupta , Svetha Venkatesh