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Constrained multi-objective optimization problems (CMOPs) frequently arise in real-world applications where multiple conflicting objectives must be optimized under complex constraints. Existing dual-population two-stage algorithms have…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-10-27 Zhen-Song Chen , Hong-Wei Ding , Xian-Jia Wang , Witold Pedrycz

Evolutionary algorithms face significant challenges when dealing with dynamic multi-objective optimization because Pareto optimal solutions and/or Pareto optimal fronts change. This paper proposes a unified paradigm, which combines the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Zhanglu Hou , Juan Zou , Gan Ruan , Yuan Liu , Yizhang Xia

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

Differential evolution (DE) has competitive performance on constrained optimization problems (COPs), which targets at searching for global optimal solution without violating the constraints. Generally, researchers pay more attention on…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-05-14 Yuan Fu , Hu Wang , Meng-Zhu Yang

This paper proposes RCMAES, a novel variant of the Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Strategy (CMA-ES) for CEC benchmark optimization. RCMAES integrates a dimension-dependent nonlinear population-size reduction strategy with an…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Khoirul Faiq Muzakka , Sören Möller , Martin Finsterbusch

In the field of evolutionary computation, one of the most challenging topics is algorithm selection. Knowing which heuristics to use for which optimization problem is key to obtaining high-quality solutions. We aim to extend this research…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-04-17 Diederick Vermetten , Sander van Rijn , Thomas Bäck , Carola Doerr

Dynamic multiobjective optimization problems (DMOPs) feature time-varying objectives, which cause the Pareto optimal solution (POS) set to drift over time and make it difficult to maintain both convergence and diversity under limited…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Jian Guan , Huolong Wu , Zhenzhong Wang , Gary G. Yen , Min Jiang

The Distributed Constraint Optimization Problem (DCOP) formulation is a powerful tool to model cooperative multi-agent problems that need to be solved distributively. A core assumption of existing approaches is that DCOP solutions can be…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-02-21 Ben Rachmut , Stylianos Loukas Vasileiou , Nimrod Meir Weinstein , Roie Zivan , William Yeoh

Optimizing conflicting molecular properties while strictly adhering to complex 3D structural constraints constitutes a challenging Constrained Multi-Objective Optimization Problem (CMOP). Traditional Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) destroy…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Ruiqing Sun , Dawei Feng , Sen Yang , Ronghang Wang , Huaiyuan Song , Bo Ding , Yijie Wang , Huaimin Wang

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

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

The Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm based on Decomposition (MOEA/D) is a popular algorithm for solving Multi-Objective Problems (MOPs). The main component of MOEA/D is to decompose a MOP into easier sub-problems using a set of weight…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-09-14 Yuri Lavinas , Abe Mitsu Teru , Yuta Kobayashi , Claus Aranha

In this paper, we propose a parallel multiobjective evolutionary algorithm called Parallel Criterion-based Partitioning MOEA (PCPMOEA), with an application to the Mutliobjective Knapsack Problem (MOKP). The suggested search strategy is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-11-07 Kantour Nedjmeddine , Bouroubi Sadek , Chaabane Djamel

A decomposition-based multi-objective evolutionary algorithm with a differential evolution variation operator (MOEA/D-DE) shows high performance on challenging multi-objective problems (MOPs). The DE mutation consists of three key…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-10-02 Ryoji Tanabe , Hisao Ishibuchi

Regrasp planning is often required when one pick-and-place cannot transfer an object from an initial pose to a goal pose while maintaining grasp feasibility. The main challenge is to reason about shared-grasp connectivity across…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Liang Qin , Weiwei Wan , Kensuke Harada

Scalability of evolutionary algorithms refers to assessing how their performance changes as problem size increases. In the area of multi-objective optimisation, research on the scalability of multi-objective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs)…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Menghao Tang , Zimin Liang , Miqing Li

Multi-objective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) have become essential tools for solving multi-objective optimization problems (MOPs), making their running time analysis crucial for assessing algorithmic efficiency and guiding practical…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-07-04 Han Huang , Tianyu Wang , Chaoda Peng , Tongli He , Zhifeng Hao

The goal of constrained multiobjective evolutionary optimization is to obtain a set of well-converged and welldistributed feasible solutions. To complete this goal, there should be a tradeoff among feasibility, diversity, and convergence.…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-01-10 Bing-Chuan Wang , Yunchuan Qin , Xian-Bing Meng , Zhi-Zhong Liu

Dynamic multi-objective optimization problems (DMOPs) remain a challenge to be settled, because of conflicting objective functions change over time. In recent years, transfer learning has been proven to be a kind of effective approach in…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-10-23 Zhenzhong Wang , Min Jiang , Xing Gao , Liang Feng , Weizhen Hu , Kay Chen Tan

This study modifies the Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Strategy (CMA-ES) algorithm for multi-modal optimization problems. The enhancements focus on addressing the challenges of multiple global minima, improving the algorithm's…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Wathsala Karunarathne , Indu Bala , Dikshit Chauhan , Matthew Roughan , Lewis Mitchell