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Despite the increasing interest in constrained multiobjective optimization in recent years, constrained multiobjective optimization problems (CMOPs) are still unsatisfactory understood and characterized. For this reason, the selection of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-06-15 Aljoša Vodopija , Tea Tušar , Bogdan Filipič

Test functions are important to validate and compare the performance of optimization algorithms. There have been many test or benchmark functions reported in the literature; however, there is no standard list or set of benchmark functions.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-08-20 Momin Jamil , Xin-She Yang

Because the choice and tuning of the optimizer affects the speed, and ultimately the performance of deep learning, there is significant past and recent research in this area. Yet, perhaps surprisingly, there is no generally agreed-upon…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-03-14 Frank Schneider , Lukas Balles , Philipp Hennig

We present a novel approach for constructing discrete optimization benchmarks that enables fine-grained control over problem properties, and such benchmarks can facilitate analyzing discrete algorithm behaviors. We build benchmark problems…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Furong Ye , Frank Neumann , Thomas Bäck , Niki van Stein

This paper presents a benchmark self-evolving framework to dynamically evaluate rapidly advancing Large Language Models (LLMs), aiming for a more accurate assessment of their capabilities and limitations. We utilize a multi-agent system to…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Siyuan Wang , Zhuohan Long , Zhihao Fan , Zhongyu Wei , Xuanjing Huang

Testing is the primary approach for detecting software defects. A major challenge faced by testers lies in crafting efficient test suites, able to detect a maximum number of bugs with manageable effort. To do so, they rely on coverage…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-02-07 Michaël Marcozzi , Sébastien Bardin , Nikolai Kosmatov , Mike Papadakis , Virgile Prevosto , Loïc Correnson

Although synthetic test problems are widely used for the performance assessment of evolutionary multi-objective optimization algorithms, they are likely to include unrealistic properties which may lead to overestimation/underestimation. To…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-09-29 Ryoji Tanabe , Hisao Ishibuchi

To date, the multi-objective optimization literature has mainly focused on conflicting objectives, studying the Pareto front, or requiring users to balance tradeoffs. Yet, in machine learning practice, there are many scenarios where such…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-05 Yonathan Efroni , Ben Kretzu , Daniel Jiang , Jalaj Bhandari , Zheqing , Zhu , Karen Ullrich

Targeted marketing policies target different customers with different marketing actions. While most research has focused on training targeting policies without managerial constraints, in practice, many firms face managerial constraints when…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-20 Haihao Lu , Duncan Simester , Yuting Zhu

The difficulty of solving a multi-objective optimization problem is impacted by the number of objectives to be optimized. The presence of many objectives typically introduces a number of challenges that affect the choice/design of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-06-08 Richard Allmendinger , Andrzej Jaszkiewicz , Arnaud Liefooghe , Christiane Tammer

Multi-objective optimization involving Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) problems arises in various domains. A fundamental challenge in this context is the effective balancing of multiple objectives, each potentially…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Loong Kuan Lee , Thore Gerlach , Nico Piatkowski

A benchmark of 25 nonlinear optimization problems with domain-induced discontinuity is proposed to support the performance evaluation of global optimization algorithms under feasibility-scarce and structurally discontinuous landscapes.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-23 Peicong Cheng , Makoto Yamashita

Multi-domain fine-tuning of large language models requires improving performance on target domains while preserving performance on constrained domains, such as general knowledge, instruction following, or safety evaluations. Existing data…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Eleonora Gualdoni , Sonia Laguna , Louis Bethune , Joao Monteiro , Pierre Ablin , Marco Cuturi

Multi-objective optimization (MOO) aims at finding a set of optimal configurations for a given set of objectives. A recent line of work applies MOO methods to the typical Machine Learning (ML) setting, which becomes multi-objective if a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-15 Michael Ruchte , Josif Grabocka

In this short note, we discuss a goal-oriented multiobjective optimization problem for system performance assessment. The objective function for such optimization problem, which is usually a composite of different performance indices…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-12 Getachew K Befekadu

Benchmark experiments are required to test, compare, tune, and understand optimization algorithms. Ideally, benchmark problems closely reflect real-world problem behavior. Yet, real-world problems are not always readily available for…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-08-17 Martin Zaefferer , Frederik Rehbach

Benchmarking has driven scientific progress in Evolutionary Computation, yet current practices fall short of real-world needs. Widely used synthetic suites such as BBOB and CEC isolate algorithmic phenomena but poorly reflect the structure,…

Many real-world applications require decision-makers to assess the quality of solutions while considering multiple conflicting objectives. Obtaining good approximation sets for highly constrained many-objective problems is often a difficult…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-08-13 Rodrigo Lankaites Pinheiro , Dario Landa-Silva , Wasakorn Laesanklang , Ademir Aparecido Constantino

Convex optimization challenges are currently pervasive in many science and engineering domains. In many applications of convex optimization, such as those involving multi-agent systems and resource allocation, the objective function can…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-22 Matina Baradaran , Justin H. Le , Andrew R. Teel

The selection, development, or comparison of machine learning methods in data mining can be a difficult task based on the target problem and goals of a particular study. Numerous publicly available real-world and simulated benchmark…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-03-03 Randal S. Olson , William La Cava , Patryk Orzechowski , Ryan J. Urbanowicz , Jason H. Moore