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Machine learning applications frequently come with multiple diverse objectives and constraints that can change over time. Accordingly, trained models can be tuned with sets of hyper-parameters that affect their predictive behavior (e.g.,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-10-17 Bracha Laufer-Goldshtein , Adam Fisch , Regina Barzilay , Tommi Jaakkola

Like most multiobjective combinatorial optimization problems, biobjective optimization problems on matroids are in general intractable and their corresponding decision problems are in general NP-hard. In this paper, we consider biobjective…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-03-15 Jochen Gorski , Kathrin Klamroth , Julia Sudhoff

In this paper, the monotone submodular maximization problem (SM) is studied. SM is to find a subset of size $\kappa$ from a universe of size $n$ that maximizes a monotone submodular objective function $f$. We show using a novel analysis…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-07-07 Victoria G. Crawford

Multi-objective optimization studies the process of seeking multiple competing desiderata in some operation. Solution techniques highlight marginal tradeoffs associated with weighing one objective over others. In this paper, we consider…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-05 Allahkaram Shafiei , Jakub Marecek

We present a novel approach to help decision-makers efficiently identify preferred solutions from the Pareto set of a multi-objective optimization problem. Our method uses a Bayesian model to estimate the decision-maker's utility function…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-11-13 Felix Huber , Sebastian Rojas Gonzalez , Raul Astudillo

We analyze the complexity of single-loop quadratic penalty and augmented Lagrangian algorithms for solving nonconvex optimization problems with functional equality constraints. We consider three cases, in all of which the objective is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-02 Ahmet Alacaoglu , Stephen J. Wright

When designing a motion planner for autonomous robots there are usually multiple objectives to be considered. However, a cost function that yields the desired trade-off between objectives is not easily obtainable. A common technique across…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-13 Nils Wilde , Stephen L. Smith , Javier Alonso-Mora

A multiple objective simulation optimization algorithm named Multiple Objective Probabilistic Branch and Bound with Single Observation (MOPBnB(so)) is presented for approximating the Pareto optimal set and the associated efficient frontier…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-06 Hao Huang , Zelda B. Zabinsky

Benchmark problems are an important tool for gaining understanding of optimization algorithms. Since algorithms often aim to perform well on benchmarks, biases in benchmark design provide misleading insights. In single-objective…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Diederick Vermetten , Jeroen Rook

We consider chance constrained optimization where it is sought to optimize a function while complying with constraints, both of which are affected by uncertainties. The high computational cost of realistic simulations strongly limits the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-18 Julien Pelamatti , Rodolphe Le Riche , Céline Helbert , Christophette Blanchet-Scalliet

Nonlinear constrained optimization problems are encountered in many scientific fields. To utilize the huge calculation power of current computers, many mathematic models are also rebuilt as optimization problems. Most of them have…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-10-03 Wei Zhang , Xudong Shi , Liwen Wang

Decision-making problems can be modeled as combinatorial optimization problems with Constraint Programming formalisms such as Constrained Optimization Problems. However, few Constraint Programming formalisms can deal with both optimization…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-05-24 Valentin Antuori , Florian Richoux

Tasks in multi-task learning often correlate, conflict, or even compete with each other. As a result, a single solution that is optimal for all tasks rarely exists. Recent papers introduced the concept of Pareto optimality to this field and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-08-28 Pingchuan Ma , Tao Du , Wojciech Matusik

The study of online algorithms with machine-learned predictions has gained considerable prominence in recent years. One of the common objectives in the design and analysis of such algorithms is to attain (Pareto) optimal tradeoffs between…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-08-09 Spyros Angelopoulos , Christoph Dürr , Alex Elenter , Yanni Lefki

Nervous systems, like any organismal structure, have been shaped by evolutionary processes to increase fitness. The resulting neural 'bauplan' has to account for multiple objectives simultaneously, including computational function as well…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2021-05-05 Fabian Pallasdies , Philipp Norton , Jan-Hendrik Schleimer , Susanne Schreiber

When looking for a solution, deterministic methods have the enormous advantage that they do find global optima. Unfortunately, they are very CPU-intensive, and are useless on untractable NP-hard problems that would require thousands of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2011-12-20 Pierre Collet , Jean-Philippe Rennard

Many problems in robotics seek to simultaneously optimize several competing objectives under constraints. A conventional approach to solving such multi-objective optimization problems is to create a single cost function comprised of the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-02 Alexander Botros , Armin Sadeghi , Nils Wilde , Javier Alonso-Mora , Stephen L. Smith

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

Although synthetic test problems are widely used for the performance assessment of evolutionary multi-objective optimization algorithms, they are likely to include unrealistic properties which may lead to overestimation/underestimation. To…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-09-29 Ryoji Tanabe , Hisao Ishibuchi

Flower pollination algorithm is a new nature-inspired algorithm, based on the characteristics of flowering plants. In this paper, we extend this flower algorithm to solve multi-objective optimization problems in engineering. By using the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2014-04-04 Xin-She Yang , M. Karamanoglu , Xingshi He