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A semi-supervised learning technique assisted multi-objective evolutionary algorithm for computationally expensive problems

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Zijian Jiang
孙超利 (Chaoli Sun) *
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Xiaotong Liu
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Hui Shi
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Sisi Wang
DOI:10.1007/s40747-024-01715-6delete
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Existing multi-objective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) have demonstrated excellent efficiency when tackling multi-objective tasks. However, its use in computationally expensive multi-objective issues is hindered by the large number of reliable evaluations needed to find Pareto-optimal solutions. This paper employs the semi-supervised learning technique in model training to aid in evolutionary algorithms for addressing expensive multi-objective issues, resulting in the semi-supervised learning technique assisted multi-objective evolutionary algorithm (SLTA-MOEA). In SLTA-MOEA, the value of every objective function is determined as a weighted mean of values approximated by all surrogate models for that objective function, with the weights optimized through a convex combination problem. Furthermore, the number of unlabelled solutions participating in model training is adaptively determined based on the objective evaluations conducted. A group of tests on DTLZ test problems with 3, 5, and 10 objective functions, combined with a practical application, are conducted to assess the effectiveness of our proposed method. Comparative experimental results versus six state-of-the-art evolutionary algorithms for expensive problems show high efficiency of SLTA-MOEA, particularly for problems with irregular Pareto fronts.
Keywords:
Expensive multi-objective evolutionary algorithm
Semi-supervised learning
Gaussian process model

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Complex and Intelligent Systems cover
Complex and Intelligent Systems
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taiyuan university of science & technology
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