基于免疫应答原理的多目标优化免疫算法及其应用

基于免疫应答原理，合理地构建免疫算子及引入一种新的小生境技术, 提出一种 解决多目标优化问题的免疫算法. 在此算法中，将优化问题的可行解对应抗体及Pareto最优个体对应抗原，这种抗原存于抗原群中,并应用新的聚类算法不断更新抗原群中的抗原, 进而获大量的Pareto最优解, 这些解能很好地分布在Pareto面（此指由Pareto最优解构成）上. 理论证明了该算法能获Pareto最优解. 最后，将该文的算法与文献\[3\]的算法SPEA进行仿真比较, 获该算法的有效性, 此表明免疫算法解决多目标优化问题具有广阔的前景.     

基于人工免疫算法的多目标函数优化

提出了一种新型的人工免疫算法用来解决多目标函数优化问题。基于自然免疫系统固有的优良特性对算法进行了设计和分析。最后,算法对3个较复杂的多目标问题进行了优化,优化结果能很好地覆盖问题的Paret。最优面,并且把算法与某些混合遗传算法进行了对比实验,表明人工免疫算法在解决多目标优化问题上具有可观的研究前景。     

动态多目标优化的预测遗传算法

为了在动态环境中很好地跟踪最优解,考虑动态优化问题的特点,提出一种新的多目标预测遗传算法.首先对 Pareto 前沿面进行聚类以求得解集的质心;其次应用该质心与参考点描述 Pareto 前沿面;再次通过预测方法给出预测点集,使得算法在环境变化后能够有指导地增加种群多样性,以便快速跟踪最优解;最后应用标准动态测试问题进行算法测试,仿真分析结果表明所提出算法能适应动态环境,快速跟踪 Pareto 前沿面.     

A problem space genetic algorithm in multiobjective optimization

In this study, a problem space genetic algorithm (PSGA) is used to solve bicriteria tool management and scheduling problems simultaneously in flexible manufacturing systems. The PSGA is used to generate approximately efficient solutions minimizing both the manufacturing cost and total weighted tardiness. This is the first implementation of PSGA to solve a multiobjective optimization problem (MOP). In multiobjective search, the key issues are guiding the search towards the global Pareto-optimal set and maintaining diversity. A new fitness assignment method, which is used in PSGA, is proposed to find a well-diversified, uniformly distributed set of solutions that are close to the global Pareto set. The proposed fitness assignment method is a combination of a nondominated sorting based method which is most commonly used in multiobjective optimization literature and aggregation of objectives method which is popular in the operations research literature. The quality of the Pareto-optimal set is evaluated by using the performance measures developed for multiobjective optimization problems.     

A multiobjective optimization solver using rank-niche evolution strategy

A rank-niche evolution strategy (RNES) algorithm has been developed in this paper to solve unconstrained multiobjective optimization problems. A required number of Pareto-optimal solutions can be generated by the algorithm in a single run. In addition to the operations of recombination, mutation and selection used in original evolution strategy (ES), an external elite set which contains a given number of non-dominated elites is updated and trimmed by a clustering technique to maintain a uniformly distributed Pareto front. The fitness function for each individual contains the information of rank and crowding status. The selection operation using this fitness function considers the superiority and distribution simultaneously. Eight test problems illustrated in other papers are used to test RNES. For some test problems the Pareto-optimal solutions obtained by RNES are better than those obtained by GA-based algorithms.     

Interactive multiobjective decision making in environmental systems using sequential proxy optimization techniques (SPOT)

In this paper, a new interactive multiobjective decision-making technique for solving multiobjective optimization problems: the sequential proxy optimization technique (SPOT), is presented. Using this technique, the preferred solution for the decision maker can be derived efficiently from among a pareto optimal solution set by assessing his marginal rates of substitution and maximizing the local proxy preference functions sequentially. Based on the algorithm of SPOT, a time-sharing computer program is also written to implement man-machine interactive procedures. The industrial pollution control problem in Osaka City in Japan is formulated and the interaction processes are demonstrated together with the computer outputs.     

基于精英选择和个体迁移的多目标遗传算法

提出基于遗传算法求解多目标优化问题的方法,将多目标问题分解成多个单目标优化问题,用遗传算法分别在每个单目标种群中并行搜索.在进化过程中的每一代,采用精英选择和个体迁移策略加快多个目标的并行搜索,提出了控制Pareto最优解数量并保持个体多样性的有限精度法,同时还提出了多目标遗传算法的终止条件.数值实验说明所提出的算法能较快地找到一组分布广泛且均匀的Pareto最优解.     

Multiobjective optimization using population-based extremal optimization

In recent years, a general-purpose local-search heuristic method called Extremal Optimization (EO) has been successfully applied in some NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems. In this paper, we present a novel Pareto-based algorithm, which can be regarded as an extension of EO, to solve multiobjective optimization problems. The proposed method, called Multiobjective Population-based Extremal Optimization (MOPEO), is validated by using five benchmark functions and metrics taken from the standard literature on multiobjective evolutionary optimization. The experimental results demonstrate that MOPEO is competitive with the state-of-the-art multiobjective evolutionary algorithms. Thus MOPEO can be considered as a viable alternative to solve multiobjective optimization problems.     

Simultaneous topology and sizing optimization of a water distribution network using a hybrid multiobjective evolutionary algorithm

This paper proposes a new direction for design optimization of a water distribution network (WDN). The new approach introduces an optimization process to the conceptual design stage of a WDN. The use of multiobjective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) for simultaneous topology and sizing design of piping networks is presented. The design problem includes both topological and sizing design variables while the objective functions are network cost and total head loss in pipes. The numerical technique, called a network repairing technique (NRT), is proposed to overcome difficulties in operating MOEAs for network topological design. The problem is then solved by using a number of established and newly developed MOEAs. Also, two new MOEAs namely multiobjective real code population-based incremental learning (RPBIL) and a hybrid algorithm of RPBIL with differential evolution (termed RPBIL–DE) are proposed to tackle the design problems. The optimum results obtained are illustrated and compared. It is shown that the proposed network repairing technique is an efficient and effective tool for topological design of WDNs. Based on the hypervolume indicator, the proposed RPBIL–DE is among the best MOEA performers.     

基于分解和多策略变异的多目标差分进化算法*

差分进化是一种有效的优化技术,已成功用于多目标优化问题。但也存在Pareto最优集合的收敛慢和多样性差等问题。针对上述不足,本文提出了一种基于分解和多策略变异的多目标差分进化算法(MODE/DMSM)。该算法利用基于分解的方法将多目标优化问题分解为多个单目标优化问题;通过高效的非支配排序方法选择具有良好收敛性和多样性的解来指导差分进化过程;采用了多策略变异方法来平衡进化过程中收敛性和多样性。在ZDT和DTLZ的10个测试函数上的仿真结果表明,本文算法在Parato最优集合的收敛性和多样性优于其他六种代表性多目标优化算法。     

MRCD: a genetic algorithm for multiobjective robust control design

A genetic algorithm (GA) for the class of multiobjective optimization problems that appears in the design of robust controllers is presented in this paper. The design of a robust controller is a trade-off problem among competitive objectives such as disturbance rejection, reference tracking, stability against unmodeled dynamics, moderate control effort and so on. However, general methodologies for solving this class of design problems are not easily encountered in the literature because of the complexity of the resultant multiobjective problems. In this paper, a recently developed class of GAs, multiobjective GAs, are used to solve robust control design problems. Here, a new algorithm, called multiobjective robust control design, has been proposed. The structure and operators of this algorithm have been specifically developed for control design problems. The performace of the algorithm is evaluated by solving several test cases and is also compared to the standard algorithms used for the multiobjective design of robust controllers.     

Multiobjective optimization using variable complexity modelling for control system design

A multi-stage design approach that uses a multiobjective genetic algorithm as the framework for optimization and multiobjective preference articulation, and an H_infty loop-shaping technique are used to design controllers for a gas turbine engine. A non-linear model is used to assess performance of the controller. Because the computational load of applying multiobjective genetic algorithm to this control strategy is very high, a neural network and response surface models are used in order to speed up the design process within the framework of a multiobjective genetic algorithm. The final designs are checked using the original non-linear model.     

An efficient multiobjective differential evolution algorithm for engineering design

Solving engineering design and resources optimization via multiobjective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) has attracted much attention in the last few years. In this paper, an efficient multiobjective differential evolution algorithm is presented for engineering design. Our proposed approach adopts the orthogonal design method with quantization technique to generate the initial archive and evolutionary population. An archive (or secondary population) is employed to keep the nondominated solutions found and it is updated by a new relaxed form of Pareto dominance, called Pareto-adaptive ϵ-dominance (paϵ-dominance), at each generation. In addition, in order to guarantee to be the best performance produced, we propose a new hybrid selection mechanism to allow the archive solutions to take part in the generating process. To handle the constraints, a new constraint-handling method is employed, which does not need any parameters to be tuned for constraint handling. The proposed approach is tested on seven benchmark constrained problems to illustrate the capabilities of the algorithm in handling mathematically complex problems. Furthermore, four well-studied engineering design optimization problems are solved to illustrate the efficiency and applicability of the algorithm for multiobjective design optimization. Compared with Nondominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II, one of the best MOEAs available at present, the results demonstrate that our approach is found to be statistically competitive. Moreover, the proposed approach is very efficient and is capable of yielding a wide spread of solutions with good coverage and convergence to true Pareto-optimal fronts.     

A symmetry based multiobjective clustering technique for automatic evolution of clusters

In this paper the problem of automatic clustering a data set is posed as solving a multiobjective optimization (MOO) problem, optimizing a set of cluster validity indices simultaneously. The proposed multiobjective clustering technique utilizes a recently developed simulated annealing based multiobjective optimization method as the underlying optimization strategy. Here variable number of cluster centers is encoded in the string. The number of clusters present in different strings varies over a range. The points are assigned to different clusters based on the newly developed point symmetry based distance rather than the existing Euclidean distance. Two cluster validity indices, one based on the Euclidean distance, XB-index, and another recently developed point symmetry distance based cluster validity index, Sym-index, are optimized simultaneously in order to determine the appropriate number of clusters present in a data set. Thus the proposed clustering technique is able to detect both the proper number of clusters and the appropriate partitioning from data sets either having hyperspherical clusters or having point symmetric clusters. A new semi-supervised method is also proposed in the present paper to select a single solution from the final Pareto optimal front of the proposed multiobjective clustering technique. The efficacy of the proposed algorithm is shown for seven artificial data sets and six real-life data sets of varying complexities. Results are also compared with those obtained by another multiobjective clustering technique, MOCK, two single objective genetic algorithm based automatic clustering techniques, VGAPS clustering and GCUK clustering.     

An advanced multiobjective genetic algorithm design for the time and space assembly line balancing problem

Time and space assembly line balancing considers realistic multiobjective versions of the classical assembly line balancing industrial problems involving the joint optimization of conflicting criteria such as the cycle time, the number of stations, and/or the area of these stations. In addition to their multi-criteria nature, the different problems included in this field inherit the precedence constraints and the cycle time limitations from assembly line balancing problems, which altogether make them very hard to solve. Therefore, time and space assembly line balancing problems have been mainly tackled using multiobjective constructive metaheuristics. Global search algorithms in general - and multiobjective genetic algorithms in particular - have shown to be ineffective to solve them up to now because the existing approaches lack of a proper design taking into account the specific characteristics of this family of problems. The aim of this contribution is to demonstrate the latter assumption by proposing an advanced multiobjective genetic algorithm design for the 1/3 variant of the time and space assembly line balancing problem which involves the joint minimization of the number and the area of the stations given a fixed cycle time limit. This novel design takes the well known NSGA-II algorithm as a base and considers the use of a new coding scheme and sophisticated problem specific operators to properly deal with the said problematic questions. A detailed experimental study considering 10 different problem instances (including a real-world instance from the Nissan plant in Barcelona, Spain) will show the good yield of the new proposal in comparison with the state-of-the-art methods.     

A Simulated Annealing Algorithm for Prioritized Multiobjective Optimization—Implementation in an Adaptive Model Predictive Control Configuration

This paper presents a new stochastic algorithm for solving hierarchical multiobjective optimization problems. The algorithm is based on the simulated annealing concept and returns a single solution that corresponds to the lexicographic ordering approach. The algorithm optimizes simultaneously the multiple objectives by assigning a different initial temperature to each one, according to its position in the hierarchy. A major advantage of the proposed method is its low computational cost. This is very critical, particularly, for online applications, where the time that is available for decision making is limited. The method is tested in a number of benchmark problems, which illustrate its ability to find near-optimal solutions even in nonconvex multiobjective optimization problems. The results are comparable with those that are produced by state-of-the-art multiobjective evolutionary algorithms, such as the nondominated sorting genetic algorithm II. The algorithm is further applied to the solution of a large-scale problem that is formulated online, when a multiobjective adaptive model predictive control (MPC) configuration is adopted. This particular control scheme involves an adaptive discrete-time model of the system, which is developed using the radial-basis-function neural-network architecture. A key issue in the success of the adaptation strategy is the introduction of a persistent excitation constraint, which is transformed to a top-priority objective. The overall methodology is applied to the control problem of a pH reactor and proves to be superior to conventional MPC configurations.     

Multiple- and single-objective approaches to laminate optimization with genetic algorithms

In this paper an application of a genetic algorithm to a material- and sizing-optimization problem of a plate is described. This approach has obvious advantages: it does not require any derivative information and it does not impose any restriction, in terms of convexity, on the solution space. The plate optimization problem is firstly formulated as a constrained mixed-integer programming problem with a single objective function. An alternative multiobjective formulation of the problem in which some constraints are included as additional objectives is also presented. Some numerical results are included that show the appropriateness of the algorithm and of the mathematical model for the solution of this optimization problem, as well as the superiority of the multiobjective approach.     

Multiobjective structural optimization using a microgenetic algorithm

In this paper, we present a genetic algorithm with a very small population and a reinitialization process (a microgenetic algorithm) for solving multiobjective optimization problems. Our approach uses three forms of elitism, including an external memory (or secondary population) to keep the nondominated solutions found along the evolutionary process. We validate our proposal using several engineering optimization problems taken from the specialized literature and compare our results with respect to two other algorithms (NSGA-II and PAES) using three different metrics. Our results indicate that our approach is very efficient (computationally speaking) and performs very well in problems with different degrees of complexity.     

经费分配中基于多目标优化的遗传规划模型

在传统遗传规划中引入多目标优化原理,探索新的经费分配方法和管理模式,建立了一种多目标优化的非线性遗传规划模型,提出了一种先进的基于正交试验的新型混合遗传算法来求解该问题.对求解过程中的选择算子、交叉算子和变异算子等进行正交试验,得到的种群个体明显优于基本遗传算法的个体.这种基于多目标优化的遗传规划模型能产生精度更高的最优解,通过对经费分配问题的实验验证,得到了较好的结果.     

一种新的求解约束多目标优化问题的遗传算法

由于采用罚函数法将有约束多目标优化问题转化为无约束多目标优化问题会使求解不合理,因此,文章首先在无约束Pareto排序遗传算法的基础上,提出了一个简单、实用的能分别考虑目标函数和约束函数,而又可以避免采用罚函数的全新排序方法。接着,针对小生境技术在遗传后期依旧会出现遗传漂移现象和共享半径不易确定等缺陷,提出了一种易于实现的超量惩罚策略来替代小生境技术,用以改进种群的多样性。此外,还采用了Pareto解集过滤器、邻域变异和群体重组等策略对算法的寻优能力进行改进,并最终形成了一种求解有约束多目标优化问题的Pareto遗传算法(CMOPGA),还给出了具体的算法流程图。最后采用两个数值算例对算法的求解性能进行了测试。数值试验表明,采用CMOPGA可方便地求得问题的Pareto前沿,并能使求得的Pareto最优解集具有可靠、均布、多样等特点。