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Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-06-24 Shushman Choudhury , Mykel J. Kochenderfer

Multiobjective optimization plays an increasingly important role in modern applications, where several criteria are often of equal importance. The task in multiobjective optimization and multiobjective optimal control is therefore to…

Existing studies on dynamic multi-objective optimization focus on problems with time-dependent objective functions, while the ones with a changing number of objectives have rarely been considered in the literature. Instead of changing the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-02-20 Renzhi Chen , Ke Li , Xin Yao

Cloud computing distributes computing tasks across numerous distributed resources for large-scale calculation. The task scheduling problem is a long-standing problem in cloud-computing services with the purpose of determining the quality,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-05-14 Chia-Ling Huang , Wei-Chang Yeh

Sequential decision-making problems with multiple objectives arise naturally in practice and pose unique challenges for research in decision-theoretic planning and learning, which has largely focused on single-objective settings. This…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-02-05 Diederik Marijn Roijers , Peter Vamplew , Shimon Whiteson , Richard Dazeley

In the current paper, we present an optimization system solving multi objective production scheduling problems (MOOPPS). The identification of Pareto optimal alternatives or at least a close approximation of them is possible by a set of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2008-09-08 Martin Josef Geiger

Residential users in demand response programs must balance electricity costs and user dissatisfaction under real-time pricing. This study proposes a multiobjective model predictive control approach for home energy management systems with…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-14 Guan-Ting Lin , Wei-Yu Chiu , Chien-Feng Wu , Asef Nazari , Dhananjay Thiruvady

In this paper, a discrete state transition algorithm is introduced to solve a multiobjective single machine job shop scheduling problem. In the proposed approach, a non-dominated sort technique is used to select the best from a candidate…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-09-22 Xiaojun Zhou

In this paper we tackle the Team Orienteering Problem with Service Times, Mandatory Nodes and Incompatibilities, introduced in~\cite{Guastalla2024} and arising from two real-world healthcare applications. We propose two heuristic algorithms…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-09 Alberto Guastalla , Roberto Aringhieri , Pierre Hosteins

In this paper, we study the market-oriented online bi-objective service scheduling problem for pleasingly parallel jobs with variable resources in cloud environments, from the perspective of SaaS (Software-as-as-Service) providers who…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-02-18 Bingbing Zheng , Li Pan , Shijun Liu

Simultaneous optimization of multiple objective functions results in a set of trade-off, or Pareto, solutions. Choosing a, in some sense, best solution in this set is in general a challenging task: In the case of three or more objectives…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-01 C. Yalçın Kaya , Helmut Maurer

Performance and energy are the two most important objectives for optimisation on modern parallel platforms. Latest research demonstrated the importance of workload distribution as a decision variable in the bi-objective optimisation for…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-07-10 Hamidreza Khaleghzadeh , Muhammad Fahad , Arsalan Shahid , Ravi Reddy Manumachu , Alexey Lastovetsky

Coordinating time-sensitive deliveries in environments like hospitals poses a complex challenge, particularly when managing multiple online pickup and delivery requests within strict time windows using a team of heterogeneous robots.…

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As machine learning (ML) applications grow increasingly complex in recent years, modern ML frameworks often need to address multiple potentially conflicting objectives with coupled decision variables across different layers. This creates a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-12 Zhiyao Zhang , Zhuqing Liu , Xin Zhang , Wen-Yen Chen , Jiyan Yang , Jia Liu

Efficient workload assignment to the workforce is critical in last-mile package delivery systems. In this context, traditional methods of assigning package deliveries to workers based on geographical proximity can be inefficient and surely…

In recommender systems, it is well-established that both accuracy and diversity are crucial for generating high-quality recommendation lists. However, achieving a balance between these two typically conflicting objectives remains a…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2026-04-10 Elaheh Lotfian , Alireza Kabgani

We consider the uniform parallel machines scheduling problem in the context of optimistic bilevel optimization, where two speed options are considered. In this scenario, the leader aims to minimize the weighted number of tardy jobs, while…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-06 Quentin Schau , Olivier Ploton , Vincent T'kindt , Han Hoogeveen , Federico Della Croce , Jippe Hoogeveen

The paper describes the proposition and application of a local search metaheuristic for multi-objective optimization problems. It is based on two main principles of heuristic search, intensification through variable neighborhoods, and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2008-09-03 Martin Josef Geiger

Constrained multiobjective optimization has gained much interest in the past few years. However, constrained multiobjective optimization problems (CMOPs) are still unsatisfactorily understood. Consequently, the choice of adequate CMOPs for…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-02-07 Aljoša Vodopija , Tea Tušar , Bogdan Filipič

One of the key challenges of nurse scheduling problem (NSP) is the number of constraints placed on preparing the timetable, both from the regulatory requirements as well as the patients' demand for the appropriate nursing care specialists.…

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