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The complexity of Pareto fronts imposes a great challenge on the convergence analysis of multi-objective optimization methods. While most theoretical convergence studies have addressed finite-set and/or discrete problems, others have…

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During the past two decades, multi-agent optimization problems have drawn increased attention from the research community. When multiple objective functions are present among agents, many works optimize the sum of these objective functions.…

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Many real world applications can be framed as multi-objective optimization problems, where we wish to simultaneously optimize for multiple criteria. Bayesian optimization techniques for the multi-objective setting are pertinent when the…

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Many real-world decision-making problems involve optimizing multiple objectives simultaneously, rendering the selection of the most preferred solution a non-trivial problem: All Pareto optimal solutions are viable candidates, and it is…

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We present novel mathematical models for inventory management within a reverse logistics system. Technological advancements, sustainability initiatives, and evolving customer behaviours have significantly increased the demand for repaired…

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Multi-objective optimization (MOO) problems require balancing competing objectives, often under constraints. The Pareto optimal solution set defines all possible optimal trade-offs over such objectives. In this work, we present a novel…

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Performance optimization of deep learning models is conducted either manually or through automatic architecture search, or a combination of both. On the other hand, their performance strongly depends on the target hardware and how…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-09-23 Vahid Partovi Nia , Alireza Ghaffari , Mahdi Zolnouri , Yvon Savaria

Many optimization problems arising in applications have to consider several objective functions at the same time. Evolutionary algorithms seem to be a very natural choice for dealing with multi-objective problems as the population of such…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2013-09-17 Tobias Friedrich , Frank Neumann , Christian Thyssen

We study the problem of optimal multi-robot path planning on graphs (MPP) over four distinct minimization objectives: the total arrival time, the makespan (last arrival time), the total distance, and the maximum (single-robot traveled)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2015-07-14 Jingjin Yu , Steven M. LaValle

Autonomous navigation often requires the simultaneous optimization of multiple objectives. The most common approach scalarizes these into a single cost function using a weighted sum, but this method is unable to find all possible trade-offs…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Krishna Kalavadia , Shamak Dutta , Yash Vardhan Pant , Stephen L. Smith

In multi-task learning, multiple tasks are solved jointly, sharing inductive bias between them. Multi-task learning is inherently a multi-objective problem because different tasks may conflict, necessitating a trade-off. A common compromise…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-01-14 Ozan Sener , Vladlen Koltun

This work considers a multiobjective version of the unit commitment problem that deals with finding the optimal generation schedule of a firm, over a period of time and a given electrical network. With growing importance of environmental…

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In decision-making systems, algorithmic recourse aims to identify minimal-cost actions to alter an individual features, thereby obtaining a desired outcome. This empowers individuals to understand, question, or alter decisions that…

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In many fundamental combinatorial optimization problems, a feasible solution induces some real cost vectors as an intermediate result, and the optimization objective is a certain function of the vectors. For example, in the problem of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-02-23 Shichuan Deng

In the context of the optimization of rotating electric machines, many different objective functions are of interest and considering this during the optimization is of crucial importance. While evolutionary algorithms can provide a Pareto…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-19 Alessio Cesarano , Peter Gangl

Error bounds, which refer to inequalities that bound the distance of vectors in a test set to a given set by a residual function, have proven to be extremely useful in analyzing the convergence rates of a host of iterative methods for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-12-14 Zirui Zhou , Anthony Man-Cho So

Multi-task learning, which optimizes performance across multiple tasks, is inherently a multi-objective optimization problem. Various algorithms are developed to provide discrete trade-off solutions on the Pareto front. Recently, continuous…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-31 Weiyu Chen , James T. Kwok

In Multi-Task Learning (MTL), tasks may compete and limit the performance achieved on each other, rather than guiding the optimization to a solution, superior to all its single-task trained counterparts. Since there is often not a unique…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-16 Nikolaos Dimitriadis , Pascal Frossard , François Fleuret

Selecting the optimal material for a part designed through topology optimization is a complex problem. The shape and properties of the Pareto front plays an important role in this selection. In this paper we show that the compliance-volume…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-29 Edouard Duriez , Miguel Charlotte , Catherine Azzaro-Pantel , Joseph Morlier

Multi-objective optimisation problems involve finding solutions with varying trade-offs between multiple and often conflicting objectives. Ising machines are physical devices that aim to find the absolute or approximate ground states of an…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-05-22 Mayowa Ayodele , Richard Allmendinger , Manuel López-Ibáñez , Arnaud Liefooghe , Matthieu Parizy