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Rubén Saborido1, Ana B Ruiz2, Mariano Luque3

  • 1Polytechnique Montréal Researchers in Software Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada ruben.saborido-infantes@polymtl.ca.

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A new Global WASF-GA evolutionary algorithm approximates the entire Pareto optimal front for multiobjective optimization. This method shows improved performance over existing algorithms, particularly for complex three- and five-objective problems.

Keywords:
Achievement scalarizing functionEvolutionary algorithm.Multiobjective optimizationPareto optimal solutions

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Area of Science:

  • Computational Intelligence
  • Operations Research
  • Computer Science

Background:

  • Multiobjective optimization problems involve finding a set of optimal solutions.
  • Existing evolutionary algorithms face challenges in approximating the entire Pareto optimal front.
  • Aggregation-based methods are a common approach in evolutionary multiobjective optimization.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce Global WASF-GA, a novel evolutionary algorithm for multiobjective optimization.
  • To approximate the entire Pareto optimal front effectively.
  • To enhance the performance of evolutionary algorithms in complex optimization scenarios.

Main Methods:

  • Developed the Global WASF-GA algorithm, an aggregation-based evolutionary approach.
  • Utilized an achievement scalarizing function (ASF) with Tchebychev distance.
  • Incorporated both utopian and nadir objective vectors as reference points.
  • Employed a well-distributed set of weight vectors for fitness evaluation.
  • Classified individuals into fronts based on ASF values at each iteration.

Main Results:

  • Global WASF-GA demonstrated superior performance in approximating the Pareto optimal front.
  • Evaluated using hypervolume and epsilon indicators across two-, three-, and five-objective problems.
  • Outperformed MOEA/D and NSGA-II in several test cases, especially for higher objective numbers.

Conclusions:

  • Global WASF-GA effectively approximates the whole Pareto optimal front.
  • The algorithm shows significant advantages in performance compared to MOEA/D and NSGA-II.
  • Global WASF-GA is particularly effective for challenging three- and five-objective optimization problems.