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Model merging has emerged as an effective approach to combine multiple single-task models into a multitask model. This process typically involves computing a weighted average of the model parameters without any additional training. Existing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-28 Lu Li , Tianyu Zhang , Zhiqi Bu , Suyuchen Wang , Huan He , Jie Fu , Yonghui Wu , Jiang Bian , Yong Chen , Yoshua Bengio

We study a multi-objective scheduling problem on two dedicated processors. The aim is to minimize simultaneously the makespan, the total tardiness and the total completion time. This NP-hard problem requires the use of well-adapted methods.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-01-05 Adel Kacem , Abdelaziz Dammak

The design of mobile autonomous robots is challenging due to the limited on-board resources such as processing power and energy. A promising approach is to generate intelligent schedules that reduce the resource consumption while…

Text-to-image generation models have achieved remarkable progress in preference optimization, yet achieving robust alignment across diverse reward models remains a significant challenge. Existing multi-reward fusion approaches rely on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Ying Ba , Tianyu Zhang , Mohan Zhou , Yalong Bai , Wenyi Mo , Guiwei Zhang , Bing Su , Ji-Rong Wen

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

We present a new inverse optimization methodology for multi-objective convex optimization that accommodates an input solution that may not be Pareto optimal and determines a weight vector that produces a Pareto optimal solution that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-06-22 Timothy C. Y. Chan , Taewoo Lee

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 consider problems with multiple linear objectives and linear constraints and use Adjustable Robust Optimization and Polynomial Optimization as tools to approximate the Pareto set with polynomials of arbitrarily large degree. The main…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-01-13 Bram L. Gorissen , Dick den Hertog

Pareto Front Learning (PFL) was recently introduced as an effective approach to obtain a mapping function from a given trade-off vector to a solution on the Pareto front, which solves the multi-objective optimization (MOO) problem. Due to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-02 Long P. Hoang , Dung D. Le , Tran Anh Tuan , Tran Ngoc Thang

Gradient descent and its variants are widely used in machine learning. However, oracle access of gradient may not be available in many applications, limiting the direct use of gradient descent. This paper proposes a method of estimating…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-07 Qinbo Bai , Mridul Agarwal , Vaneet Aggarwal

Pareto optimization using evolutionary multi-objective algorithms has been widely applied to solve constrained submodular optimization problems. A crucial factor determining the runtime of the used evolutionary algorithms to obtain good…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-05-15 Frank Neumann , Carsten Witt

Many systems require optimisation over multiple objectives, where objectives are characteristics of the system such as energy consumed or increase in time to perform the work. Optimisation is performed by selecting the `best' set of input…

Performance · Computer Science 2019-10-08 Alexander J. M. Kell , Matthew Forshaw , A. Stephen McGough

Bayesian optimization (BO) is a popular method to optimize expensive black-box functions. It efficiently tunes machine learning algorithms under the implicit assumption that hyperparameter evaluations cost approximately the same. In…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-25 Gauthier Guinet , Valerio Perrone , Cédric Archambeau

Pareto front profiling in multi-objective optimization (MOO), i.e., finding a diverse set of Pareto optimal solutions, is challenging, especially with expensive objectives that require training a neural network. Typically, in MOO for neural…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-06 Rhea Sanjay Sukthanker , Arber Zela , Benedikt Staffler , Samuel Dooley , Josif Grabocka , Frank Hutter

In offline multi-objective optimization (MOO), we leverage an offline dataset of designs and their associated labels to simultaneously minimize multiple objectives. This setting more closely mirrors complex real-world problems compared to…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-02-21 Ye Yuan , Can Chen , Christopher Pal , Xue Liu

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

Multiobjective combinatorial optimization (MOCO) problems can be found in many real-world applications. However, exactly solving these problems would be very challenging, particularly when they are NP-hard. Many handcrafted heuristic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-10 Xi Lin , Zhiyuan Yang , Qingfu Zhang

This paper introduces a new algorithm for trajectory optimization, Decoupled Reduced-space and Adaptive Feasibility-repair Trajectory Optimization (DRAFTO). It first constructs a constrained objective that accounts for smoothness, safety,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Yichang Feng , Xiao Liang , Minghui Zheng

Optimization is a critical tool for addressing a broad range of human and technical problems. However, the paradox of advanced optimization techniques is that they have maximum utility for problems in which the relationship between the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-03-04 Hazhir Aliahmadi , Ruben Perez , Greg van Anders

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