Using goal programming on estimated Pareto fronts to solve multiobjective problems

Modern multiobjective algorithms can be computationally inefficient in producing good approximation sets for highly constrained many-objective problems. Such problems are common in real-world applications where decision-makers need to assess multiple conflicting objectives. Also, different instances...

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Main Authors: Pinheiro, Rodrigo Lankaites, Landa-Silva, Dario, Laesanklang, Wasakorn, Constantino, Ademir Aparecido
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2018
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48610/
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author Pinheiro, Rodrigo Lankaites
Landa-Silva, Dario
Laesanklang, Wasakorn
Constantino, Ademir Aparecido
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Landa-Silva, Dario
Laesanklang, Wasakorn
Constantino, Ademir Aparecido
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description Modern multiobjective algorithms can be computationally inefficient in producing good approximation sets for highly constrained many-objective problems. Such problems are common in real-world applications where decision-makers need to assess multiple conflicting objectives. Also, different instances of real-world problems often share similar fitness landscapes because key parts of the data are the same across these instances. We we propose a novel methodology that consists of solving one instance of a given problem scenario using computationally expensive multiobjective algorithms to obtain a good approximation set and then using Goal Programming with efficient single-objective algorithms to solve other instances of the same problem scenario. We propose three goal-based objective functions and show that on a real-world home healthcare planning problem the methodology can produce improved results in a shorter computation time.
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spelling nottingham-486102020-05-04T19:28:16Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48610/ Using goal programming on estimated Pareto fronts to solve multiobjective problems Pinheiro, Rodrigo Lankaites Landa-Silva, Dario Laesanklang, Wasakorn Constantino, Ademir Aparecido Modern multiobjective algorithms can be computationally inefficient in producing good approximation sets for highly constrained many-objective problems. Such problems are common in real-world applications where decision-makers need to assess multiple conflicting objectives. Also, different instances of real-world problems often share similar fitness landscapes because key parts of the data are the same across these instances. We we propose a novel methodology that consists of solving one instance of a given problem scenario using computationally expensive multiobjective algorithms to obtain a good approximation set and then using Goal Programming with efficient single-objective algorithms to solve other instances of the same problem scenario. We propose three goal-based objective functions and show that on a real-world home healthcare planning problem the methodology can produce improved results in a shorter computation time. 2018-01-24 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Pinheiro, Rodrigo Lankaites, Landa-Silva, Dario, Laesanklang, Wasakorn and Constantino, Ademir Aparecido (2018) Using goal programming on estimated Pareto fronts to solve multiobjective problems. In: 7th International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems (ICORES 2018), 24-26 January 2018, Funchal, Portugal.
spellingShingle Pinheiro, Rodrigo Lankaites
Landa-Silva, Dario
Laesanklang, Wasakorn
Constantino, Ademir Aparecido
Using goal programming on estimated Pareto fronts to solve multiobjective problems
title Using goal programming on estimated Pareto fronts to solve multiobjective problems
title_full Using goal programming on estimated Pareto fronts to solve multiobjective problems
title_fullStr Using goal programming on estimated Pareto fronts to solve multiobjective problems
title_full_unstemmed Using goal programming on estimated Pareto fronts to solve multiobjective problems
title_short Using goal programming on estimated Pareto fronts to solve multiobjective problems
title_sort using goal programming on estimated pareto fronts to solve multiobjective problems
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48610/