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The present work provides a new approach to evolve ligand structures which represent possible drug to be docked to the active site of the target protein. The structure is represented as a tree where each non-empty node represents a…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Avishek Ghosh , Arnab Ghosh , Arkabandhu Chowdhury , Jubin Hazra

The concurrent optimization of language models and instructional prompts presents a significant challenge for deploying efficient and effective AI systems, particularly when balancing performance against computational costs like token…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-02-26 Cláudio Lúcio do Val Lopes , Lucca Machado

Algorithms developed for scheduling applications on heterogeneous multiprocessor system focus on asingle objective such as execution time, cost or total data transmission time. However, if more than oneobjective (e.g. execution cost and…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2014-04-11 M. Rathna Devi , A. Anju

Most multimodal multi-objective evolutionary algorithms (MMEAs) aim to find all global Pareto optimal sets (PSs) for a multimodal multi-objective optimization problem (MMOP). However, in real-world problems, decision makers (DMs) may be…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-06-13 Wenhua Li , Xingyi Yao , Kaiwen Li , Rui Wang , Tao Zhang , Ling Wang

The discovery of therapeutic molecules is fundamentally a multi-objective optimization problem. One formulation of the problem is to identify molecules that simultaneously exhibit strong binding affinity for a target protein, minimal…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2023-10-17 Jenna C. Fromer , David E. Graff , Connor W. Coley

In this paper we consider multi-objective optimization problems over a box. The problem is very relevant and several computational approaches have been proposed in the literature. They broadly fall into two main classes: evolutionary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-12-08 Matteo Lapucci , Pierluigi Mansueto , Fabio Schoen

We propose a two-stage multi-objective optimization framework for full scheme solar cell structure design and characterization, cost minimization and quantum efficiency maximization. We evaluated structures of 15 different cell designs…

Photonic inverse design has emerged as an indispensable engineering tool for complex optical systems. In many instances it is important to optimize for both material and geometry configurations, which results in complex non-smooth search…

Optics · Physics 2021-06-17 Jagrit Digani , Phillip Hon , Artur R. Davoyan

Self-driving labs are transforming drug discovery by enabling automated, AI-guided experimentation, but they face challenges in orchestrating complex workflows, integrating diverse instruments and AI models, and managing data efficiently.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-04-02 Yao Fehlis , Paul Mandel , Charles Crain , Betty Liu , David Fuller

Lead optimization is a pivotal task in the drug design phase within the drug discovery lifecycle. The primary objective is to refine the lead compound to meet specific molecular properties for progression to the subsequent phase of…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2024-07-22 Siddartha Reddy N , Sai Prakash MV , Varun V , Vishal Vaddina , Saisubramaniam Gopalakrishnan

In the past few decades, many multiobjective evolutionary optimization algorithms (MOEAs) have been proposed to find a finite set of approximate Pareto solutions for a given problem in a single run, each with its own structure. However, in…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-04-30 Xi Lin , Xiaoyuan Zhang , Zhiyuan Yang , Qingfu Zhang

Automatic Chemical Design is a framework for generating novel molecules with optimized properties. The original scheme, featuring Bayesian optimization over the latent space of a variational autoencoder, suffers from the pathology that it…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-08-13 Ryan-Rhys Griffiths , José Miguel Hernández-Lobato

The use of evolutionary methods in design and art is increasing in diversity and popularity. Approaches to using these methods for creative production typically focus either on optimisation or exploration. In this paper we introduce an…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-02-12 Camilo Cruz Gambardella , Jon McCormack

Genetic algorithms have played an important role in engineering optimization. Traditional GAs treat each gene separately. However, biophysical studies of gene regulatory networks revealed direct associations between different genes. It…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-05-01 Zhaoning Shi , Meng Xiang , Zhaoyang Hai , Xiabi Liu , Yan Pei

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

There has been unprecedented interest in developing agents that expand the boundary of scientific discovery, primarily by optimizing quantitative objective functions specified by scientists. However, for grand challenges in science, these…

Multi-objective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) are essential for solving complex optimization problems, such as the diet problem, where balancing conflicting objectives, like cost and nutritional content, is crucial. However, most MOEAs…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-01-05 Gustavo V. Nascimento , Ivan R. Meneghini , Valéria Santos , Eduardo Luz , Gladston Moreira

The idea of using deep-learning-based molecular generation to accelerate discovery of drug candidates has attracted extraordinary attention, and many deep generative models have been developed for automated drug design, termed molecular…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2024-05-01 Odin Zhang , Haitao Lin , Hui Zhang , Huifeng Zhao , Yufei Huang , Yuansheng Huang , Dejun Jiang , Chang-yu Hsieh , Peichen Pan , Tingjun Hou

We study the problem of performing automated experiment design for drug screening through Bayesian inference and optimisation. In particular, we compare and contrast the behaviour of linear-Gaussian models and Gaussian processes, when used…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-05-11 Hannes Eriksson , Christos Dimitrakakis , Lars Carlsson

Combinatorial optimization algorithm is essential in computer-aided drug design by progressively exploring chemical space to design lead compounds with high affinity to target protein. However current methods face inherent challenges in…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2025-07-23 Hao Tuo , Yan Li , Xuanning Hu , Haishi Zhao , Xueyan Liu , Bo Yang