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Real-world problems often involve the optimization of several objectives under multiple constraints. An example is the hyper-parameter tuning problem of machine learning algorithms. In particular, the minimization of the estimation of the…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-07-02 Eduardo C. Garrido-Merchán , Daniel Hernández-Lobato

We consider the problem of constrained multi-objective blackbox optimization using expensive function evaluations, where the goal is to approximate the true Pareto set of solutions satisfying a set of constraints while minimizing the number…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-24 Syrine Belakaria , Aryan Deshwal , Janardhan Rao Doppa

Multi-objective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) have progressed significantly in recent decades, but most of them are designed to solve unconstrained multi-objective optimization problems. In fact, many real-world multi-objective problems…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-05-29 Zhun Fan , Wenji Li , Xinye Cai , Hui Li , Caimin Wei , Qingfu Zhang , Kalyanmoy Deb , Erik D. Goodman

The global optimization of a high-dimensional black-box function under black-box constraints is a pervasive task in machine learning, control, and engineering. These problems are challenging since the feasible set is typically non-convex…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-03-02 David Eriksson , Matthias Poloczek

This paper addresses the development of a covariance matrix self-adaptation evolution strategy (CMSA-ES) for solving optimization problems with linear constraints. The proposed algorithm is referred to as Linear Constraint CMSA-ES…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-09-24 Patrick Spettel , Hans-Georg Beyer , Michael Hellwig

We present two first-order, sequential optimization algorithms to solve constrained optimization problems. We consider a black-box setting with a priori unknown, non-convex objective and constraint functions that have Lipschitz continuous…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-19 Abraham P. Vinod , Arie Israel , Ufuk Topcu

In this paper, we formulate the new multi-objective coverage (MOC) problem where our goal is to identify a small set of representative samples whose predicted outcomes broadly cover the feasible multi-objective space. This problem is of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-18 Zakaria Shams Siam , Xuefeng Liu , Chong Liu

This paper presents an algorithm for multiobjective optimization that blends together a number of heuristics. A population of agents combines heuristics that aim at exploring the search space both globally and in a neighborhood of each…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2012-06-07 Massimiliano Vasile , Federico Zuiani

For solving constrained multicriteria problems, we introduce the multiobjective barrier method (MBM), which extends the scalar-valued internal penalty method. This multiobjective version of the classical method also requires a penalty…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-02 Ellen H. Fukuda , L. M. Grana Drummond , Fernanda M. P. Raupp

Branch and bound methods which are based on the principle "divide and conquer" are a well established solution approach in single-objective integer programming. In multi-objective optimization branch and bound algorithms are increasingly…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-08 Julius Bauß , Sophie N. Parragh , Michael Stiglmayr

Multi-objective Bayesian optimization (MOBO) provides a principled framework for optimizing expensive black-box functions with multiple objectives. However, existing MOBO methods often struggle with coverage, scalability with respect to the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-20 Yaohong Yang , Sammie Katt , Samuel Kaski

The performance of evolutionary algorithms can be heavily undermined when constraints limit the feasible areas of the search space. For instance, while Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Strategy is one of the most efficient algorithms…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-10-08 A. Maesani , G. Iacca , D. Floreano

Black-box optimization is ubiquitous in machine learning, operations research and engineering simulation. Black-box optimization algorithms typically do not assume structural information about the objective function and thus must make use…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-19 Rohan Rele , Zelda Zabinsky , Giulia Pedrielli , Aleksandr Aravkin

We introduce a class of first-order methods for smooth constrained optimization that are based on an analogy to non-smooth dynamical systems. Two distinctive features of our approach are that (i) projections or optimizations over the entire…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-15 Michael Muehlebach , Michael I. Jordan

When solving constrained multi-objective optimization problems, an important issue is how to balance convergence, diversity and feasibility simultaneously. To address this issue, this paper proposes a parameter-free constraint handling…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-11-22 Ke Li , Renzhi Chen , Guangtao Fu , Xin Yao

Pareto optimization via evolutionary multi-objective algorithms has been shown to efficiently solve constrained monotone submodular functions. Traditionally when solving multiple problems, the algorithm is run for each problem separately.…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Liam Wigney , Frank Neumann

This work presents a new method for online selection of multiple penalty parameters for the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) algorithm applied to optimization problems with multiple constraints or functionals with block…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-21 Luke Lozenski , Michael T. McCann , Brendt Wohlberg

Combinatorial problems stated as Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSP) are examined. It is shown by example that any algorithm designed for the original CSP, and involving the AllDifferent constraint, has at least the same level of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-12-15 Geoff Harris

In this article, a novel barrier function is introduced to convert the box-constrained convex optimization problem to an unconstrained problem. For each double-sided bounded variable, a single monomial function is added as a barrier…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-31 Hatem Fayed

Feasibility problem aims to find a common point of two or more closed (convex) sets whose intersection is nonempty. In the literature, projection based algorithms are widely adopted to solve the problem, such as the method of alternating…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-16 Yuting Shen , Jingwei Liang