Title
Convergence of Hypervolume-Based Archiving Algorithms
Abstract
Multiobjective evolutionary algorithms typically maintain a set of solutions. A crucial part of these algorithms is the archiving, which decides what solutions to keep. A (μ + λ)archiving algorithm defines how to choose in each generation μ children from μ parents and λ offspring together. We study mathematically the convergence behavior of hypervolume-based archiving algorithms. We distinguish two cases for the offspring generation. A best-case view leads to a study of the effectiveness of archiving algorithms. It was known that all (μ + 1)-archiving algorithms are ineffective, which means that a set with maximum hypervolume is not necessarily reached. We prove that for λ <; μ, all archiving algorithms are ineffective. We also present upper and lower bounds for the achievable hypervolume for different classes of archiving algorithms. On the other hand, a worstcase view on the offspring generation leads to a study of the competitive ratio of archiving algorithms. This measures how much smaller hypervolumes are achieved due to not knowing the future offspring in advance. We present upper and lower bounds on the competitive ratio of different archiving algorithms and present an archiving algorithm, which is the first known computationally efficient archiving algorithm with constant competitive ratio.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/TEVC.2014.2341711
Evolutionary Computation, IEEE Transactions  
Keywords
Field
DocType
convergence,evolutionary computation,competitive ratio,convergence behavior,hypervolume-based archiving algorithms,multiobjective evolutionary algorithm,offspring generation,Hypervolume indicator,multiobjective optimization,optimization methods,performance measures,selection
Convergence (routing),Mathematical optimization,Computer science,Theoretical computer science,Artificial intelligence,Machine learning
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
18
5
1089-778X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.41
21
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Karl Bringmann142730.13
Tobias Friedrich245723.56