A review on evolutionary multitask optimization: Trends and challenges

T Wei, S Wang, J Zhong, D Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) possess strong problem-solving abilities and have been
applied in a wide range of applications. However, they still suffer from a high computational …

Knowledge transfer in evolutionary multi-task optimization: A survey

Z Tan, L Luo, J Zhong - Applied Soft Computing, 2023 - Elsevier
Evolutionary multi-task optimization (EMTO) is an optimization algorithm designed to
optimize multiple tasks simultaneously. In real life, different tasks often correlate to each …

An evolutionary multitasking optimization framework for constrained multiobjective optimization problems

K Qiao, K Yu, B Qu, J Liang, H Song… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
When addressing constrained multiobjective optimization problems (CMOPs) via
evolutionary algorithms, various constraints and multiple objectives need to be satisfied and …

Evolutionary transfer optimization-a new frontier in evolutionary computation research

KC Tan, L Feng, M Jiang - IEEE Computational Intelligence …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The evolutionary algorithm (EA) is a nature-inspired population-based search method that
works on Darwinian principles of natural selection. Due to its strong search capability and …

A meta-knowledge transfer-based differential evolution for multitask optimization

JY Li, ZH Zhan, KC Tan, J Zhang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Knowledge transfer plays a vastly important role in solving multitask optimization problems
(MTOPs). Many existing methods transfer task-specific knowledge, such as the high-quality …

Evolutionary multitasking for feature selection in high-dimensional classification via particle swarm optimization

K Chen, B Xue, M Zhang, F Zhou - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Feature selection (FS) is an important preprocessing technique for improving the quality of
feature sets in many practical applications. Particle swarm optimization (PSO) has been …

Multiobjective combinatorial optimization using a single deep reinforcement learning model

Z Wang, S Yao, G Li, Q Zhang - IEEE transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes utilizing a single deep reinforcement learning model to solve
combinatorial multiobjective optimization problems. We use the well-known multiobjective …

Block-level knowledge transfer for evolutionary multitask optimization

Y Jiang, ZH Zhan, KC Tan… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Evolutionary multitask optimization is an emerging research topic that aims to solve multiple
tasks simultaneously. A general challenge in solving multitask optimization problems …

Half a dozen real-world applications of evolutionary multitasking, and more

A Gupta, L Zhou, YS Ong, Z Chen… - IEEE Computational …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Until recently, the potential to transfer evolved skills across distinct optimization problem
instances (or tasks) was seldom explored in evolutionary computation. The concept of …

A multipopulation multiobjective ant colony system considering travel and prevention costs for vehicle routing in COVID-19-like epidemics

JY Li, XY Deng, ZH Zhan, L Yu, KC Tan… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As transportation system plays a vastly important role in combatting newly-emerging and
severe epidemics like the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the vehicle routing …