A classification and Pareto domination based multiobjective evolutionary algorithm

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Abstract

In multiobjective evolutionary algorithms, most selection operators are based on the objective values or the approximated objective values. It is arguable that the selection in evolutionary algorithms is a classification problem in nature, i.e., selection equals to classifying the selected solutions into one class and the unselected ones into another class. Following this idea, we propose a classification based preselection for multiobjective evolutionary algorithms. This approach maintains two external populations: one is a positive data set which contains a set of 'good' solutions, and the other is a negative data set contains a set of 'bad' solutions. In each generation, the two external populations are used to train a classifier firstly, then the classifier is applied to filter the newly generated candidate solutions and only the ones labeled as positive are kept as the offspring solutions. The proposed preselection is integrated into the Pareto domination based algorithm framework in this paper. A systematic empirical study on the influence of different classifiers and different reproduction operators has been done. The experimental results indicate that the classification based preselection can improve the performance of Pareto domination based multiobjective evolutionary algorithms.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2015 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages2883-2890
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781479974924
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Sep 2015
EventIEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2015 - Sendai, Japan
Duration: 25 May 201528 May 2015

Publication series

Name2015 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2015 - Proceedings

Conference

ConferenceIEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2015
Country/TerritoryJapan
CitySendai
Period25/05/1528/05/15

Keywords

  • Evolutionary algorithm
  • classification
  • multiobjective optimization
  • preselection

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