A new method for decision making in multi-objective optimization problems

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Oscar Brito Augusto²  Fouad Bennis¹  Stephane Caro¹ 

[1] ,Universidade de São Paulo Escola Politécnica

关键词: multi-objective optimization;    multi-attribute decision making;    engineering design optimization;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0101-74382012005000014

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Many engineering sectors are challenged by multi-objective optimization problems. Even if the idea behind these problems is simple and well established, the implementation of any procedure to solve them is not a trivial task. The use of evolutionary algorithms to find candidate solutions is widespread. Usually they supply a discrete picture of the non-dominated solutions, a Pareto set. Although it is very interesting to know the non-dominated solutions, an additional criterion is needed to select one solution to be deployed. To better support the design process, this paper presents a new method of solving non-linear multi-objective optimization problems by adding a control function that will guide the optimization process over the Pareto set that does not need to be found explicitly. The proposed methodology differs from the classical methods that combine the objective functions in a single scale, and is based on a unique run of non-linear single-objective optimizers.

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