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Classifiers are often utilized in time-constrained settings where labels must be assigned to inputs quickly. To address these scenarios, budgeted multi-stage classifiers (MSC) process inputs through a sequence of partial feature acquisition…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-12-06 Nolan H. Hamilton , Errin W. Fulp

Neural Combinatorial Optimization (NCO) has mostly focused on learning policies, typically neural networks, that operate on a single candidate solution at a time, either by constructing one from scratch or iteratively improving it. In…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Andoni Irazusta Garmendia , Josu Ceberio , Alexander Mendiburu

One of the major distinguishing features of the dynamic multiobjective optimization problems (DMOPs) is the optimization objectives will change over time, thus tracking the varying Pareto-optimal front becomes a challenge. One of the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-11-21 Min Jiang , Zhongqiang Huang , Liming Qiu , Wenzhen Huang , Gary G. Yen

Different from most other dynamic multi-objective optimization problems (DMOPs), DMOPs with a changing number of objectives usually result in expansion or contraction of the Pareto front or Pareto set manifold. Knowledge transfer has been…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Gan Ruan , Leandro L. Minku , Stefan Menzel , Bernhard Sendhoff , Xin Yao

Multi-Objective Optimization (MOO) techniques have become increasingly popular in recent years due to their potential for solving real-world problems in various fields, such as logistics, finance, environmental management, and engineering.…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-15 Noor A. Rashed , Yossra H. Ali , Tarik A. Rashid , A. Salih

Combinatorial optimization problems involving multiple agents are notoriously challenging due to their NP-hard nature and the necessity for effective agent coordination. Despite advancements in learning-based methods, existing approaches…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Federico Berto , Chuanbo Hua , Laurin Luttmann , Jiwoo Son , Junyoung Park , Kyuree Ahn , Changhyun Kwon , Lin Xie , Jinkyoo Park

Multi-objective optimization is a common problem in practical applications, and multi-objective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA) is considered as one of the effective methods to solve these problems. However, their randomness sometimes…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-10-04 Wanyi Liu , Long Chen , Zhenzhou Tang

The performance of evolutionary algorithms can be heavily undermined when constraints limit the feasible areas of the search space. For instance, while Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Strategy is one of the most efficient algorithms…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-10-08 A. Maesani , G. Iacca , D. Floreano

When solving constrained multi-objective optimization problems, an important issue is how to balance convergence, diversity and feasibility simultaneously. To address this issue, this paper proposes a parameter-free constraint handling…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-11-22 Ke Li , Renzhi Chen , Guangtao Fu , Xin Yao

We propose a multi-swarm approach to approximate the Pareto front of general multi-objective optimization problems that is based on the Consensus-based Optimization method (CBO). The algorithm is motivated step by step beginning with a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-30 Kathrin Klamroth , Michael Stiglmayr , Claudia Totzeck

Over the last three decades, a large number of evolutionary algorithms have been developed for solving multiobjective optimization problems. However, there lacks an up-to-date and comprehensive software platform for researchers to properly…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-10-19 Ye Tian , Ran Cheng , Xingyi Zhang , Yaochu Jin

Finding a good classifier is a multiobjective optimization problem with different error rates and the costs to be minimized. The receiver operating characteristic is widely used in the machine learning community to analyze the performance…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2014-12-19 Jiaqi Zhao , Vitor Basto Fernandes , Licheng Jiao , Iryna Yevseyeva , Asep Maulana , Rui Li , Thomas Bäck , Michael T. M. Emmerich

Recent deep reinforcement learning methods have achieved remarkable success in solving multi-objective combinatorial optimization problems (MOCOPs) by decomposing them into multiple subproblems, each associated with a specific weight…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-23 Mingfeng Fan , Jianan Zhou , Yifeng Zhang , Yaoxin Wu , Jinbiao Chen , Guillaume Adrien Sartoretti

The main feature of the Dynamic Multi-objective Optimization Problems (DMOPs) is that optimization objective functions will change with times or environments. One of the promising approaches for solving the DMOPs is reusing the obtained…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-10-22 Weizhen Hu , Min Jiang , Xing Gao , Kay Chen Tan , Yiu-ming Cheung

We present a novel adaptive optimization algorithm for black-box multi-objective optimization problems with binary constraints on the foundation of Bayes optimization. Our method is based on probabilistic regression and classification…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-03-01 Raoul Heese , Michael Bortz

Classification systems are often deployed in resource-constrained settings where labels must be assigned to inputs on a budget of time, memory, etc. Budgeted, sequential classifiers (BSCs) address these scenarios by processing inputs…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-09-08 Nolan H. Hamilton , Errin Fulp

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

Choices in scientific research and management require balancing multiple, often competing objectives.Multiple-objective optimization (MOO) provides a unifying framework for solving multiple objective problems. Model selection is a critical…

Applications · Statistics 2018-10-26 Perry Williams , William Kendall , Mevin Hooten

Automated machine learning has gained a lot of attention recently. Building and selecting the right machine learning models is often a multi-objective optimization problem. General purpose machine learning software that simultaneously…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-08-15 Steven Gardner , Oleg Golovidov , Joshua Griffin , Patrick Koch , Wayne Thompson , Brett Wujek , Yan Xu

Neural combinatorial optimization (NCO) aims at designing problem-independent and efficient neural network-based strategies for solving combinatorial problems. The field recently experienced growth by successfully adapting architectures…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-13 Michal Lisicki , Arash Afkanpour , Graham W. Taylor