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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

Generative models such as diffusion models, excel at capturing high-dimensional distributions with diverse input modalities, e.g. robot trajectories, but are less effective at multi-step constraint reasoning. Task and Motion Planning (TAMP)…

Real-world multiobjective optimization problems usually involve conflicting objectives that change over time, which requires the optimization algorithms to quickly track the Pareto optimal front (POF) when the environment changes. In recent…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-02-25 Dejun Xu , Min Jiang , Weizhen Hu , Shaozi Li , Renhu Pan , Gary G. Yen

Subset selection is an important component in evolutionary multiobjective optimization (EMO) algorithms. Clustering, as a classic method to group similar data points together, has been used for subset selection in some fields. However,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-08-31 Weiyu Chen , Hisao Ishibuchi , Ke Shang

Computational models are of increasing complexity and their behavior may in particular emerge from the interaction of different parts. Studying such models becomes then more and more difficult and there is a need for methods and tools…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2015-07-27 Stéphane Doncieux , Jean Liénard , Benoît Girard , Mohamed Hamdaoui , Joël Chaskalovic

Data-driven evolutionary multi-objective optimization (EMO) has been recognized as an effective approach for multi-objective optimization problems with expensive objective functions. The current research is mainly developed for problems…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-05-31 Renzhi Chen , Ke Li

Inverse design refers to the problem of optimizing the input of an objective function in order to enact a target outcome. For many real-world engineering problems, the objective function takes the form of a simulator that predicts how the…

Parameter control has succeeded in accelerating the convergence process of evolutionary algorithms. While empirical and theoretical studies have shed light on the behavior of algorithms for single-objective optimization, little is known…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-05-09 Furong Ye , Frank Neumann , Jacob de Nobel , Aneta Neumann , Thomas Bäck

Diffusion probabilistic models (DPMs) are a new class of generative models that have achieved state-of-the-art generation quality in various domains. Despite the promise, one major drawback of DPMs is the slow generation speed due to the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-16 Enshu Liu , Xuefei Ning , Zinan Lin , Huazhong Yang , Yu Wang

We propose an adaptive diffusion mechanism to optimize a global cost function in a distributed manner over a network of nodes. The cost function is assumed to consist of a collection of individual components. Diffusion adaptation allows the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-06-03 Jianshu Chen , Ali H. Sayed

Mathematical formulations of real world optimization studies frequently present characteristics such as non-linearity, discontinuity and high complexity. This class of problems may also exhibit a high number of global minimum/maximum…

The performance of multi-objective evolutionary algorithms deteriorates appreciably in solving many-objective optimization problems which encompass more than three objectives. One of the known rationales is the loss of selection pressure…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-02-27 Yanan Sun , Gary G. Yen , Zhang Yi

Large-scale sparse multi-objective optimization problems (LSMOPs) are prevalent in real-world applications, where optimal solutions typically contain only a few nonzero variables, such as in adversarial attacks, critical node detection, and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Shuai Shao , Yuhao Sun , Xing Chen , Ye Tian , Guan Wang , Jin Li

Evolutionary algorithms have been widely applied for solving dynamic constrained optimization problems (DCOPs) as a common area of research in evolutionary optimization. Current benchmarks proposed for testing these problems in the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-07-10 Maryam Hasani-Shoreh , María-Yaneli Ameca-Alducin , Wilson Blaikie , Frank Neumann , Marc Schoenauer

Dynamic Optimization Problems (DOPs) are challenging to address due to their complex nature, i.e., dynamic environment variation. Evolutionary Computation methods are generally advantaged in solving DOPs since they resemble dynamic…

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Instruction-based language modeling has received significant attention in pretrained language models. However, the efficiency of instruction engineering remains low and hinders the development of instruction studies. Recent studies have…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-10-27 Heng Yang , Ke Li

Recent advances in diffusion models show promising potential to accelerate nonconvex problem solving by leveraging their multimodality. However, most existing diffusion-based optimization approaches rely on supervised learning and lack a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-29 Shutong Ding , Yimiao Zhou , Ke Hu , Xi Yao , Junchi Yan , Xiaoying Tang , Ye Shi

Finding a large set of optima in a multimodal optimization landscape is a challenging task. Classical population-based evolutionary algorithms typically converge only to a single solution. While this can be counteracted by applying niching…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Benjamin Doerr , Martin S. Krejca

We create a novel optimisation technique inspired by natural ecosystems, where the optimisation works at two levels: a first optimisation, migration of genes which are distributed in a peer-to-peer network, operating continuously in time;…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2012-11-26 Gerard Briscoe , Philippe De Wilde

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