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Real world problems always have different multiple solutions. For instance, optical engineers need to tune the recording parameters to get as many optimal solutions as possible for multiple trials in the varied-line-spacing holographic…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2015-08-04 Ka-Chun Wong

Evolutionary computing (EC) is widely used in dealing with combinatorial optimization problems (COP). Traditional EC methods can only solve a single task in a single run, while real-life scenarios often need to solve multiple COPs…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-08-25 Haoyuan Lv , Ruochen Liu

Applying the concepts and formalisms from Evolutionary Game Theory to the data regime, the fundamental paradigms of Evolutionary Data Theory are introduced. Interpreting data in matrix form as evolutionary entities, input data is mapped to…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-05-27 Philipp Wissgott

Transfer Optimization is an incipient research area dedicated to solving multiple optimization tasks simultaneously. Among the different approaches that can address this problem effectively, Evolutionary Multitasking resorts to concepts…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-05-04 Eneko Osaba , Javier Del Ser , Aritz D. Martinez , Jesus L. Lobo , Francisco Herrera

Transfer optimization enables data-efficient optimization of a target task by leveraging experiential priors from related source tasks. This is especially useful in multiobjective optimization settings where a set of trade-off solutions is…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-11 Jiao Liu , Abhishek Gupta , Yew-Soon Ong

Multitasking optimization is a recently introduced paradigm, focused on the simultaneous solving of multiple optimization problem instances (tasks). The goal of multitasking environments is to dynamically exploit existing complementarities…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-05-19 Eneko Osaba , Aritz D. Martinez , Jesus L. Lobo , Ibai Laña , Javier Del Ser

Many real-world problems are usually computationally costly and the objective functions evolve over time. Data-driven, a.k.a. surrogate-assisted, evolutionary optimization has been recognized as an effective approach for tackling expensive…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-11-08 Ke Li , Renzhi Chen , Xin Yao

Evolutionary multitasking (EMT) algorithms typically require tailored designs for knowledge transfer, in order to assure convergence and optimality in multitask optimization. In this paper, we explore designing a systematic and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Jiajun Zhan , Zeyuan Ma , Yue-Jiao Gong , Kay Chen Tan

Evolutionary multitasking (EMT) is an emerging approach for solving multitask optimization problems (MTOPs) and has garnered considerable research interest. The implicit EMT is a significant research branch that utilizes evolution operators…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Sheng-Hao Wu , Yuxiao Huang , Xingyu Wu , Liang Feng , Zhi-Hui Zhan , Kay Chen Tan

This presented study provides a novel analysis of scholarly literature on constraint handling techniques for single-objective and multi-objective population-based algorithms according to the most relevant journals, keywords, authors, and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-29 Iman Rahimi , Amir H. Gandomi , Fang Chen , Efren Mezura-Montes

In evolutionary multiobjective optimization, effectiveness refers to how an evolutionary algorithm performs in terms of converging its solutions into the Pareto front and also diversifying them over the front. This is not an easy job,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-10-26 Yani Xue , Miqing Li , Xiaohui Liu

Multi-task learning uses auxiliary data or knowledge from relevant tasks to facilitate the learning in a new task. Multi-task optimization applies multi-task learning to optimization to study how to effectively and efficiently tackle…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-09-17 Dongrui Wu , Xianfeng Tan

This paper presents an evolutionary algorithm with a new goal-sequence domination scheme for better decision support in multi-objective optimization. The approach allows the inclusion of advanced hard/soft priority and constraint…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2011-06-02 E. F. Khor , T. H. Lee , R. Sathikannan , K. C. Tan

Multi-task optimization (MTO) studies how to simultaneously solve multiple optimization problems for the purpose of obtaining better performance on each problem. Over the past few years, evolutionary MTO (EMTO) was proposed to handle MTO…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-10-12 Xiaolong Zheng , Deyun Zhou , Na Li , Yu Lei , Tao Wu , Maoguo Gong

This paper reviews various Evolutionary Approaches applied to the domain of Evolutionary Robotics with the intention of resolving difficult problems in the areas of robotic design and control. Evolutionary Robotics is a fast-growing field…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-24 Hari Mohan Pandey

Evolutionary algorithm research and applications began over 50 years ago. Like other artificial intelligence techniques, evolutionary algorithms will likely see increased use and development due to the increased availability of computation,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-06-24 Andrew N. Sloss , Steven Gustafson

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

The dispatch optimization of coal mine integrated energy system is challenging due to high dimensionality, strong coupling constraints, and multiobjective. Existing constrained multiobjective evolutionary algorithms struggle with locating…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Canyun Dai , Xiaoyan Sun , Hejuan Hu , Wei Song , Yong Zhang , Dunwei Gong

Bio-inspired algorithms utilize natural processes such as evolution, swarm behavior, foraging, and plant growth to solve complex, nonlinear, high-dimensional optimization problems. However, a plethora of these algorithms require a more…

The emerging research paradigm coined as multitasking optimization aims to solve multiple optimization tasks concurrently by means of a single search process. For this purpose, the exploitation of complementarities among the tasks to be…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-05-14 Eneko Osaba , Aritz D. Martinez , Akemi Galvez , Andres Iglesias , Javier Del Ser