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The properties of local optimal solutions in multi-objective combinatorial optimization problems are crucial for the effectiveness of local search algorithms, particularly when these algorithms are based on Pareto dominance. Such local…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-09-22 Manuel López-Ibáñez , Arnaud Liefooghe , Sébastien Verel

The set-based concept approach has been suggested as a means to simultaneously explore different design concepts, which are meaningful sub-sets of the entire set of solutions. Previous efforts concerning the suggested approach focused on…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-07-05 Eliran Farhi , Amiram Moshaiov

Population-based evolutionary algorithms have great potential to handle multiobjective optimisation problems. However, these algorithms depends largely on problem characteristics, and there is a need to improve their performance for a wider…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-10-17 Shouyong Jiang , Hongru Li , Jinglei Guo , Mingjun Zhong , Shengxiang Yang , Marcus Kaiser , Natalio Krasnogor

We consider black-box global optimization of time-consuming-to-evaluate functions on behalf of a decision-maker (DM) whose preferences must be learned. Each feasible design is associated with a time-consuming-to-evaluate vector of…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-03-05 Raul Astudillo , Peter I. Frazier

Automatically tuning software configuration for optimizing a single performance attribute (e.g., minimizing latency) is not trivial, due to the nature of the configuration systems (e.g., complex landscape and expensive measurement). To deal…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-06-03 Tao Chen , Miqing Li

Multi-objective re-ranking has become a critical component of modern multi-stage recommender systems, as it tasked to balance multiple conflicting objectives such as accuracy, diversity, and fairness. Existing multi-objective re-ranking…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Wei Zhou , Wuyang Li , Junkai Ji , Xueliang Li , Wenjing Hong , Zexuan Zhu , Xing Tang , Xiuqiang He

Managing biodiversity extinction crisis requires wise decision-making processes able to account for the limited of resources available. In most decision problems in conservation biology, several conflicting objectives have to be taken into…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-24 Yann Dujardin , Iadine Chades

The balance between convergence and diversity is a key issue of evolutionary multi-objective optimization. The recently proposed stable matching-based selection provides a new perspective to handle this balance under the framework of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-01-26 Mengyuan Wu , Ke Li , Sam Kwong , Yu Zhou , Qingfu Zhang

The evaluation of heuristic optimizers on test problems, better known as \emph{benchmarking}, is a cornerstone of research in multi-objective optimization. However, most test problems used in benchmarking numerical multi-objective black-box…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-26 Lennart Schäpermeier , Pascal Kerschke

Offline multi-objective optimization aims to identify Pareto-optimal solutions given a dataset of designs and their objective values. In this work, we propose a preference-guided diffusion model that generates Pareto-optimal designs by…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Yashas Annadani , Syrine Belakaria , Stefano Ermon , Stefan Bauer , Barbara E Engelhardt

Assigning virtual network resources to physical network components, called Virtual Network Embedding, is a major challenge in cloud computing platforms. In this paper, we propose a memetic elitist pareto evolutionary algorithm for virtual…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-04-30 Ashraf A. Shahin

For the purpose of addressing the multi-objective optimal reactive power dispatch (MORPD) problem, a two-step approach is proposed in this paper. First of all, to ensure the economy and security of the power system, the MORPD model aiming…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-06 Meng Zhang , Yang Li

Optimizing multiple, non-preferential objectives for mixed-variable, expensive black-box problems is important in many areas of engineering and science. The expensive, noisy, black-box nature of these problems makes them ideal candidates…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-11-15 Haris Moazam Sheikh , Philip S. Marcus

Many real-world optimization problems such as engineering design can be eventually modeled as the corresponding multiobjective optimization problems (MOPs) which must be solved to obtain approximate Pareto optimal fronts. Multiobjective…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-11-12 Wang Chen , Jian Chen , Weitian Wu , Xinmin Yang , Hui Li

In multidisciplinary optimization the designer needs to find solution to optimization problems which include a number of usually contradicting criteria. Such a problem is mathematically related to the field of nonlinear vector optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 S. V. Utyuzhnikov , P. Fantini , M. D. Guenov

We present an application focused on the design of resilient long-reach passive optical networks. We specifically consider dual-parented networks whereby each customer must be connected to two metro sites via local exchange sites. An…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2011-09-07 Hadrien Cambazard , Deepak Mehta , Barry O'Sullivan , Luis Quesada , Marco Ruffini , David Payne , Linda Doyle

Many machine learning tasks aim to find models that work well not for a single, but for a group of criteria, often opposing ones. One such example is imbalanced data classification, where, on the one hand, we want to achieve the best…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Szymon Wojciechowski , Michał Woźniak

In a multiobjective optimization problem a solution is called Pareto-optimal if no criterion can be improved without deteriorating at least one of the other criteria. Computing the set of all Pareto-optimal solutions is a common task in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-10-22 Heiko Röglin

In today's global business market place, individual firms no longer compete as independent entities with unique brand names but as integral part of supply chain links. Key to success of any business is satisfying customer's demands on time…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-08-05 Nelson Christopher Dzupire , Yaw Nkansah-Gyekye

Aligning Large Language Models (LLMs) with human feedback is crucial for their development. Existing preference optimization methods such as DPO and KTO, while improved based on Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF), are…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-12-23 Shuo Xie , Fangzhi Zhu , Jiahui Wang , Lulu Wen , Wei Dai , Xiaowei Chen , Junxiong Zhu , Kai Zhou , Bo Zheng