Jianxia Li, Ruochen Liu, Xilong Zhang, Ruinan Wang
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Abstract
Many engineering optimization problems require simultaneous optimization of multiple objective functions under certain constraints, which are collectively referred to as constrained multi-objective problems (CMOPs). The crucial issue in solving CMOPs is to balance constraints and objectives. This paper proposes a constrained multi-objective evolutionary algorithm based on the correlation between objectives and constraints, termed CORCMO. CORCMO mainly comprises two stages: the learning stage and the evolving stage. The learning stage focuses on analyzing the correlation between each objective and constraints. In the evolving stage, the CMOP is decomposed into M constraint single-objective problems, which are optimized by M subpopulations cooperatively. For each subproblem, the corresponding fitness function, computed based on the correlation, is adopted to guide the evolution. Subsequently, CORCMO employs archive population update strategy to find the optimal solutions of the given CMOP. Experiments conducted on a series of benchmark problems demonstrate that CORCMO is promising to solve CMOPs.
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Swarm and Evolutionary Computation is a pioneering peer-reviewed journal focused on the latest research and advancements in nature-inspired intelligent computation using swarm and evolutionary algorithms. It covers theoretical, experimental, and practical aspects of these paradigms and their hybrids, promoting interdisciplinary research. The journal prioritizes the publication of high-quality, original articles that push the boundaries of evolutionary computation and swarm intelligence. Additionally, it welcomes survey papers on current topics and novel applications. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: Genetic Algorithms, and Genetic Programming, Evolution Strategies, and Evolutionary Programming, Differential Evolution, Artificial Immune Systems, Particle Swarms, Ant Colony, Bacterial Foraging, Artificial Bees, Fireflies Algorithm, Harmony Search, Artificial Life, Digital Organisms, Estimation of Distribution Algorithms, Stochastic Diffusion Search, Quantum Computing, Nano Computing, Membrane Computing, Human-centric Computing, Hybridization of Algorithms, Memetic Computing, Autonomic Computing, Self-organizing systems, Combinatorial, Discrete, Binary, Constrained, Multi-objective, Multi-modal, Dynamic, and Large-scale Optimization.