Use of Multiobjective Optimization Concepts to Handle Constraints in Single-Objective Optimization

Abstract. In this paper, we propose a new constraint-handling technique for evolutionary algorithms which is based on multiobjective optimization concepts. The approach uses Pareto dominance as its selection criterion, and it incorporates a secondary population. The new technique is compared with respect to an approach representative of the state-of-the-art in the area using a well-known benchmark for evolutionary constrained optimization. Results indicate that the proposed approach is able to match and even outperform the technique with respect to which it was compared at a lower computational cost.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: GECCO
• Authors: Arturo Hernández Aguirre, Salvador Botello Rionda, Carlos A. Coello Coello, Giovanni Lizárraga Lizárraga
• Keywords: Approach Uses Pareto, Evolutionary Constrained Optimization, GECCO 2003, Multiobjective Optimization Concepts