In this paper, we propose a new multi-objective evolutionary algorithm-based ensemble optimizer coupled with neural network models for undertaking feature selection and classification problems. Specifically, the Modif...
详细信息
In this paper, we propose a new multi-objective evolutionary algorithm-based ensemble optimizer coupled with neural network models for undertaking feature selection and classification problems. Specifically, the Modified micro Genetic algorithm (MmGA) is used to form the ensemble optimizer. The aim of the MmGA-based ensemble optimizer is two-fold, i.e. to select a small number of input features for classification and to improve the classification performances of neural network models. To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed system, a number of benchmark problems are first used, and the results are compared with those from other methods. The applicability of the proposed system to a human motion detection and classification task is then evaluated. The outcome positively demonstrates that the proposed MmGA-based ensemble optimizer is able to improve the classification performances of neural network models with a smaller number of input features. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
The paper demonstrates the application of a modified evolutionary Structural Optimisation (ESO) algorithm for optimal design of topologies for complex structures. A new approach for adaptively controlling the material...
详细信息
The paper demonstrates the application of a modified evolutionary Structural Optimisation (ESO) algorithm for optimal design of topologies for complex structures. A new approach for adaptively controlling the material elimination and a 'gauss point average stress' is used as the ESO criterion in order to reduce the generation of checkerboard patterns in the resultant optimal topologies. Also, a convergence criterion is used to examine the uniformity of strength throughout a structure. The ESO algorithm is validated by comparing the ESO based solution with the result obtained using another numerical optimisation method (SIMP). The capabilities of ESO for producing an optimal design against a specified strength constraint are illustrated using two industrial design problems, viz: a bulkhead used in an aircraft structure and a sideframe used in a railway freight wagon. It has been shown that topology optimisation using ESO can result in a considerable reduction in the weight of a structure and an optimum material utilisation by generating a uniformly stressed structure. The ESO algorithm was also applied to the shape optimisation of a local geometry of the sideframe to (locally) reduce stress levels. The paper evaluates and establishes the ESO method as a practical tool for optimum topology and subsequent shape design problems for complex industrial structures.
The task of marker optimization in clothing production is to eliminate pieces from a work order using an optimal sequence of markers and plies, where the work order is given as a matrix of colors by sizes, markers are...
详细信息
The task of marker optimization in clothing production is to eliminate pieces from a work order using an optimal sequence of markers and plies, where the work order is given as a matrix of colors by sizes, markers are vectors of sizes to be laid-out and cut together, and the number of plies determines how many pieces are eliminated from the work order each time. Although the optimality of a marker sequence can be determined in several ways, we consider minimum preparation cost as a key objective in clothing production. The traditional algorithms and the simple evolutionary algorithms used in marker optimization today have relied on minimizing the number of markers, which only indirectly reduces production costs. In this paper we propose a hybrid self-adaptive evolutionary algorithm (HSA-EA) for marker optimization that improves the results of the previous algorithms and successfully deals with the objective of minimum preparation cost. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
ABSTR A C T Due to the fixed and monotonous search direction, the performance of decomposition-based multiobjective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) highly depends on the Pareto front (PF) shape. Recent studies have hi...
详细信息
ABSTR A C T Due to the fixed and monotonous search direction, the performance of decomposition-based multiobjective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) highly depends on the Pareto front (PF) shape. Recent studies have highlighted the complementary effect of the ideal and nadir points. They roughly employed both as the reference points to diversify the search direction. However, few works investigate whether two points are equally important. This paper thereby proposes a novel decomposition-based MOEA, where the ideal point is consistently considered as the global reference point while the nadir point is condition-ally employed as the local one. We show that the nadir point may aid the ideal point in some cases and be recognized as a redundant one in others. More specifically, an assign-ment strategy is suggested to determine the necessity of using a local reference point for each subproblem, by considering whether the solution found by the nadir point and corre-sponding weight vector can improve the quality of the population. Experimental results finally verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm on 57 benchmark test problems with various PF shapes. In comparison with the state-of-the-art decomposition-based MOEAs, the proposed algorithm is promising to bring a more refined search and prevent redundant search behaviors. (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
作者:
Li, HechengQinghai Normal Univ
Key Lab Tibetan Informat Proc Minist Educ Dept Math Xining 810008 Peoples R China Chinese Acad Sci
Acad Math & Syst Sci Beijing 100190 Peoples R China
Given a linear program, a desired optimal objective value, and a set of feasible cost vectors, one needs to determine a cost vector of the linear program such that the corresponding optimal objective value is closest ...
详细信息
Given a linear program, a desired optimal objective value, and a set of feasible cost vectors, one needs to determine a cost vector of the linear program such that the corresponding optimal objective value is closest to the desired value. The problem is always known as a standard inverse optimal value problem. When multiple criteria are adopted to determine cost vectors, a multi-criteria inverse optimal value problem arises, which is more general than the standard case. This paper focuses on the algorithmic approach for this class of problems, and develops an evolutionary algorithm based on a dynamic weighted aggregation method. First, the original problem is converted into a bilevel program with multiple upper level objectives, in which the lower level problem is a linear program for each fixed cost vector. In addition, the potential bases of the lower level program are encoded as chromosomes, and the weighted sum of the upper level objectives is taken as a new optimization function, by which some potential nondominated solutions can be generated. In the design of the evolutionary algorithm some specified characteristics of the problem are well utilized, such as the optimality conditions. Some preliminary computational experiments are reported, which demonstrates that the proposed algorithm is efficient and robust. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Inspired by the transmission of beans in nature, a novel evolutionary algorithm-Bean Optimization algorithm (BOA) is proposed in this paper. BOA is mainly based on the normal distribution which is an important continu...
详细信息
Inspired by the transmission of beans in nature, a novel evolutionary algorithm-Bean Optimization algorithm (BOA) is proposed in this paper. BOA is mainly based on the normal distribution which is an important continuous probability distribution of quantitative phenomena. Through simulating the self-adaptive phenomena of plant, BOA is designed for solving continuous optimization problems. We also analyze the global convergence of BOA by using the Solis and Wets' research results. The conclusion is that BOA can converge to the global optimization solution with probability one. In order to validate its effectiveness, BOA is tested against benchmark functions. And its performance is also compared with that of particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. The experimental results show that BOA has competitive performance to PSO in terms of accuracy and convergence speed on the explored tests and stands out as a promising alternative to existing optimization methods for engineering designs or applications.
evolutionary algorithms (EAs) are predominantly employed to find solutions for continuous optimization problems. As EAs are initially presented for continuous spaces, research on extending EAs to find solutions for bi...
详细信息
evolutionary algorithms (EAs) are predominantly employed to find solutions for continuous optimization problems. As EAs are initially presented for continuous spaces, research on extending EAs to find solutions for binary spaces is in growing concern. In this paper, a logic gate-based evolutionary algorithm (LGEA) for solving some combinatorial optimization problems (COPs) is introduced. The proposed LGEA has the following features. First, it employs the logic operation to generate the trial population. Thereby, LGEA replaces common space transformation rules and classic recombination and mutation methods. Second, it is based on exploiting a variety of logic gates to search for the best solution. The variety among these logic tools will naturally lead to promote diversity in the population and improve global search abilities. The LGEA presents thus a new technique to combine the logic gates into the procedure of generating offspring in an evolutionary context. To judge the performance of the algorithm, we have solved the NP-hard multidimensional knapsack problem as well as a well-known engineering optimization problem, task allocation for wireless sensor network. Experimental results show that the proposed LGEA is promising.
Vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands (VRPSD) is a famous and challenging optimization problem which is similar to many real world problems. To resemble the real world scenario, total traveling distance, tot...
详细信息
Vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands (VRPSD) is a famous and challenging optimization problem which is similar to many real world problems. To resemble the real world scenario, total traveling distance, total driver remuneration, the number of vehicles used and the difference between driver remuneration are considered and formulated in the multi-objective optimization perspective. This paper aims to solve multi-objective VRPSD under the constraints of available time window and vehicle capacity using decomposition-based multi-objective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA/D) with diversity-loss-based selection method incorporates with local search and multi-mode mutation heuristics. We have also compared the optimization performance of the decomposition-based approach with the domination-based approach to study the difference between these two well-known evolutionary multi-objective algorithm frameworks. The simulation results have showed that the decomposition-based approach with diversity-loss-based selection method is able to maintain diverse output solutions.
Multiobjective optimization evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) have received significant achievements in recent years. However, they encounter many difficulties in dealing with many-objective optimization problems (MaOPs...
详细信息
Multiobjective optimization evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) have received significant achievements in recent years. However, they encounter many difficulties in dealing with many-objective optimization problems (MaOPs) due to the weak selection pressure. One possible way to improve the ability of MOEAs for these MaOPs is to balance the convergence and diversity in the high-dimensional objective space. Based on this consideration, this article proposes a novel generic two-stage (TS) framework for MaOPs. The entire evolutionary search process is divided into two stages: in the first stage, a new subregion dominance and a modified subregion density-based mating selection mainly purse the convergence and in the second stage, a novel level-based Pareto dominance cooperates with the traditional Pareto dominance that mainly promotes diversity. Integrated into NSGA-II, the TS NSGA-II, referred to as TS-NSGA-II, is proposed. To extensively evaluate the performance of our approach, 29 benchmark problems were used as the test suite. The experimental results demonstrate our approach obtained superior or competitive performance compared with eight state-of-the-art many-objective optimization evolutionary algorithms. To study its generality, the proposed TS strategy was also combined with four other advanced methods for MaOPs. The results show that it can also improve the performance of these four methods in terms of convergence and diversity.
DNA computing is conducted through reactions between DNA molecules, the quality of DNA sequences is directly influence on reactions. Following previous works, there are five metrics to estimate quality of DNA sequence...
详细信息
DNA computing is conducted through reactions between DNA molecules, the quality of DNA sequences is directly influence on reactions. Following previous works, there are five metrics to estimate quality of DNA sequences and one constraint to follow. evolutionary algorithms are widely applied in this field, conventional frames are often using multi-objective strategies to solve this problem. However, multi-objective strategies loss its efficiency in solving high dimensional problems especially Pareto Front is irregular. In this article, a many-objective evolutionary algorithm, R2HCAEMOA, is introduced to tackle with increased objective dimension. To increase diversity from beginning, chaotic mapping is applied to initialize decision variables of population. Since purpose of many-objective optimization algorithms is to find evenly distributed solution set on Pareto Front, decision makers are faced difficulty in solution selection. A method for choosing the most interesting solution from solution set is determined. Besides, an incremental scheme to generate a DNA sequence set is applied to enforce stability of evolutionary environment. The average values on each metrics are {0, 0, 56.00, 42.85, 0.15}, which the metrics are {continuity, hairpin, H-measure, similarity, variance of melting temperature}. Running time of our frame is significantly reduced compared with previous works. The results have shown our work is competitive among previous works and incline balanced value on each objective dimension.
暂无评论