A modified indicator-based evolutionary algorithm (mIBEA)

Multi-objective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) based on the concept of Pareto-dominance have been successfully applied to many real-world optimisation problems. Recently, research interest has shifted towards indicator-based methods to guide the search process towards a good set of trade-off soluti...

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Main Authors: Li, Wenwen, Özcan, Ender, John, Robert, Drake, John H., Neumann, Aneta, Wagner, Markus
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Published: 2017
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author Li, Wenwen
Özcan, Ender
John, Robert
Drake, John H.
Neumann, Aneta
Wagner, Markus
author_facet Li, Wenwen
Özcan, Ender
John, Robert
Drake, John H.
Neumann, Aneta
Wagner, Markus
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description Multi-objective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) based on the concept of Pareto-dominance have been successfully applied to many real-world optimisation problems. Recently, research interest has shifted towards indicator-based methods to guide the search process towards a good set of trade-off solutions. One commonly used approach of this nature is the indicator-based evolutionary algorithm (IBEA). In this study, we highlight the solution distribution issues within IBEA and propose a modification of the original approach by embedding an additional Pareto-dominance based component for selection. The improved performance of the proposed modified IBEA (mIBEA) is empirically demonstrated on the well-known DTLZ set of benchmark functions. Our results show that mIBEA achieves comparable or better hypervolume indicator values and epsilon approximation values in the vast majority of our cases (13 out of 14 under the same default settings) on DTLZ1-7. The modification also results in an over 8-fold speed-up for larger populations.
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spelling nottingham-414202020-05-04T18:48:53Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41420/ A modified indicator-based evolutionary algorithm (mIBEA) Li, Wenwen Özcan, Ender John, Robert Drake, John H. Neumann, Aneta Wagner, Markus Multi-objective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) based on the concept of Pareto-dominance have been successfully applied to many real-world optimisation problems. Recently, research interest has shifted towards indicator-based methods to guide the search process towards a good set of trade-off solutions. One commonly used approach of this nature is the indicator-based evolutionary algorithm (IBEA). In this study, we highlight the solution distribution issues within IBEA and propose a modification of the original approach by embedding an additional Pareto-dominance based component for selection. The improved performance of the proposed modified IBEA (mIBEA) is empirically demonstrated on the well-known DTLZ set of benchmark functions. Our results show that mIBEA achieves comparable or better hypervolume indicator values and epsilon approximation values in the vast majority of our cases (13 out of 14 under the same default settings) on DTLZ1-7. The modification also results in an over 8-fold speed-up for larger populations. 2017-06-05 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Li, Wenwen, Özcan, Ender, John, Robert, Drake, John H., Neumann, Aneta and Wagner, Markus (2017) A modified indicator-based evolutionary algorithm (mIBEA). In: IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation 2017, 5-9 June 2017, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain. Sociology Statistics Evolutionary computation Electronic mail Optimization Benchmark testing Computer science http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/7969423/
spellingShingle Sociology
Statistics
Evolutionary computation
Electronic mail
Optimization
Benchmark testing
Computer science
Li, Wenwen
Özcan, Ender
John, Robert
Drake, John H.
Neumann, Aneta
Wagner, Markus
A modified indicator-based evolutionary algorithm (mIBEA)
title A modified indicator-based evolutionary algorithm (mIBEA)
title_full A modified indicator-based evolutionary algorithm (mIBEA)
title_fullStr A modified indicator-based evolutionary algorithm (mIBEA)
title_full_unstemmed A modified indicator-based evolutionary algorithm (mIBEA)
title_short A modified indicator-based evolutionary algorithm (mIBEA)
title_sort modified indicator-based evolutionary algorithm (mibea)
topic Sociology
Statistics
Evolutionary computation
Electronic mail
Optimization
Benchmark testing
Computer science
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41420/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41420/