Evolutionary algorithms for parameter optimization—thirty years later

THW Bäck, AV Kononova, B van Stein… - Evolutionary …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Thirty years, 1993–2023, is a huge time frame in science. We address some major
developments in the field of evolutionary algorithms, with applications in parameter …

Explainable benchmarking for iterative optimization heuristics

N van Stein, D Vermetten, AV Kononova… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Benchmarking heuristic algorithms is vital to understand under which conditions and on
what kind of problems certain algorithms perform well. In most current research into heuristic …

Ma-bbob: Many-affine combinations of bbob functions for evaluating automl approaches in noiseless numerical black-box optimization contexts

D Vermetten, F Ye, T Bäck… - … on Automated Machine …, 2023 - proceedings.mlr.press
Extending a recent suggestion to generate new instances for numerical black-box
optimization benchmarking by interpolating pairs of the well-established BBOB functions …

Evolutionary computation and explainable ai: A roadmap to transparent intelligent systems

R Zhou, J Bacardit, A Brownlee, S Cagnoni… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - storre.stir.ac.uk
AI methods are finding an increasing number of applications, but their often black-box nature
has raised concerns about accountability and trust. The field of explainable artificial …

Using knowledge graphs for performance prediction of modular optimization algorithms

A Kostovska, D Vermetten, S Džeroski, P Panov… - … Conference on the …, 2023 - Springer
Empirical data plays an important role in evolutionary computation research. To make better
use of the available data, ontologies have been proposed in the literature to organize their …

[HTML][HTML] MOODY: An ontology-driven framework for standardizing multi-objective evolutionary algorithms

JF Aldana-Martín, M del Mar Roldán-García… - Information …, 2024 - Elsevier
The application of semantic technologies, particularly ontologies, in the realm of multi-
objective evolutionary algorithms is overlook despite their effectiveness in knowledge …

The importance of landscape features for performance prediction of modular CMA-ES variants

A Kostovska, D Vermetten, S Džeroski… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Selecting the most suitable algorithm and determining its hyperparameters for a given
optimization problem is a challenging task. Accurately predicting how well a certain …

Evolutionary Computation and Explainable AI: A Roadmap to Understandable Intelligent Systems

R Zhou, J Bacardit, AEI Brownlee… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Artificial intelligence methods are being increasingly applied across various domains, but
their often opaque nature has raised concerns about accountability and trust. In response …

Explainable model-specific algorithm selection for multi-label classification

A Kostovska, C Doerr, S Džeroski… - 2022 IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-label classification (MLC) is an ML task of predictive modeling in which a data instance
can simultaneously belong to multiple classes. MLC is increasingly gaining interest in …

PS-AAS: Portfolio Selection for Automated Algorithm Selection in Black-Box Optimization

A Kostovska, G Cenikj, D Vermetten… - International …, 2023 - proceedings.mlr.press
The performance of automated algorithm selection (AAS) strongly depends on the portfolio
of algorithms to choose from. Selecting the portfolio is a non-trivial task that requires …