Improved rank-niche evolution strategy algorithm for constrained multiobjective optimization

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to improve and to extend the use of original rank-niche evolution strategy (RNES) algorithm to solve constrained and unconstrained multiobjective optimization problems.Design methodology approach - A new mutation step size is developed for evolution strategy. A...

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Veröffentlicht in:Engineering computations Jg. 25; H. 4; S. 305 - 341
Hauptverfasser: Chen, Ting-Yu, Chen, Meng-Cheng
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Bradford Emerald Group Publishing Limited 01.01.2008
Schlagworte:
Algorithms
Analysis
Mathematical programming
Mutation
Normal distribution
Objectives
Optimization
Optimization techniques
Pareto optimum
Standard deviation
Studies
Variables
Constraint handling
Optimization techniques
Process analysis
Algorithms
ISSN:0264-4401, 1758-7077
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Zusammenfassung:Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to improve and to extend the use of original rank-niche evolution strategy (RNES) algorithm to solve constrained and unconstrained multiobjective optimization problems.Design methodology approach - A new mutation step size is developed for evolution strategy. A mixed ranking procedure is used to improve the quality of the fitness function. A self-adaptive sharing radius is developed to save computational time. Four constraint-treating methods are developed to solve constrained optimization problems. Two of them do not use penalty function approach.Findings - The improved RNES algorithm finds better quality Pareto-optimal solutions more efficiently than the previous version. For most test problems, the solutions obtained by improved RNES are better than, or at least can be compared with, results from other papers.Research limitations implications - The application of any evolutionary algorithm to real structural optimization problems would face a problem of spending huge computational time. Some approximate analysis method needs to be incorporated with RNES to solve practical problems.Originality value - This paper provides an easier approach to find Pareto-optimal solutions using an evolutionary algorithm. The algorithm can be used to solve both unconstrained and constrained problems.
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ISSN:0264-4401
1758-7077
DOI:10.1108/02644400810874949