Extending the speed-constrained multi-objective PSO (SMPSO) with reference point based preference articulation

Antonio J. Nebro, Juan J. Durillo, José García-Nieto, Cristóbal Barba-González, Javier Del Ser, Carlos A. Coello Coello, Antonio Benítez-Hidalgo, José F. Aldana-Montes

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Abstract

The Speed-constrained Multi-objective PSO (SMPSO) is an approach featuring an external bounded archive to store non-dominated solutions found during the search and out of which leaders that guide the particles are chosen. Here, we introduce SMPSO/RP, an extension of SMPSO based on the idea of reference point archives. These are external archives with an associated reference point so that only solutions that are dominated by the reference point or that dominate it are considered for their possible addition. SMPSO/RP can manage several reference point archives, so it can effectively be used to focus the search on one or more regions of interest. Furthermore, the algorithm allows interactively changing the reference points during its execution. Additionally, the particles of the swarm can be evaluated in parallel. We compare SMPSO/RP with respect to three other reference point based algorithms. Our results indicate that our proposed approach outperforms the other techniques with respect to which it was compared when solving a variety of problems by selecting both achievable and unachievable reference points. A real-world application related to civil engineering is also included to show up the real applicability of SMPSO/RP.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationParallel Problem Solving from Nature – PPSN XV - 15th International Conference, 2018, Proceedings
EditorsCarlos M. Fonseca, Nuno Lourenco, Penousal Machado, Luis Paquete, Darrell Whitley, Anne Auger
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages298-310
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783319992525
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Event15th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, PPSN 2018 - Coimbra, Portugal
Duration: 8 Sept 201812 Sept 2018

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11101 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference15th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, PPSN 2018
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityCoimbra
Period8/09/1812/09/18

Keywords

  • Decision making
  • Multi-objective optimization
  • Reference point
  • SMPSO

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