一个基于人口分布的自适应式多任务优化算法
Xiaoyu Li1,2, Lei Wang1,3, Qiaoyong Jiang1
1School of Computer Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China.
Mathematical biosciences and engineering : MBE
|March 8, 2024
概括
本研究介绍了一种自适应进化多任务优化 (EMTO) 算法. 它使用人口分布和最大平均差异来改善知识转移,减少任务之间的负转移,提高优化性能.
科学领域:
- 人工智能的人工智能
- 计算智能是一种计算智能.
- 优化算法 优化算法
背景情况:
- 进化型多任务优化 (EMTO) 通过在任务之间转移知识来提高性能.
- 识别有效的知识转移和减轻负面转移是EMTO的关键挑战.
- 现有的方法往往依赖于精英解决方案,当任务最佳值显著分歧时,这些解决方案可能不足.
研究的目的:
- 开发一个自适应的EMTO算法,利用人口分布信息来改善知识传输.
- 在多任务优化场景中识别有价值的知识并减少负面转移.
- 提高EMTO的有效性,特别是当任务的全球最佳值距离很远时.
主要方法:
- 拟议的算法将任务人群分为K个子人群,根据健康状况.
- 最大平均差异 (MMD) 用于量化子群体之间的分布差异.
- 选择的MMD最小的子群体被用于知识转移,与适应性相互作用概率一起.
主要成果:
- 适应式EMTO算法在测试的多任务问题中表现出高的解决准确性.
- 该方法实现了快速趋同,特别是在任务相关性较低的问题上.
- 实验结果验证了使用人口分布来转移知识的有效性.
结论:
- 拟议的自适应EMTO算法有效地识别和转移相关知识,同时最大限度地减少负面转移.
- 人口分布分析和MMD为选择转移知识提供了一个强大的机制.
- 该算法为提高EMTO性能提供了一个有希望的解决方案,特别是在复杂的,不太相关的多任务环境中.
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