Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2003, Volume 2724/2003, 214, DOI: 10.1007/3-540-45110-2_55

Are the “Best” Solutions to a Real Optimization Problem Always Found in the Noninferior Set? Evolutionary Algorithm for Generating Alternatives (EAGA)

Emily M. Zechman and S. Ranji Ranjithan

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Abstract

Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) continue to offer an effective, powerful, and sometimes exclusive way to search for solutions to real optimization problems. While these algorithms can help solve a complex optimization problem, whether the results represent the “best” choices for making decisions about a solution to a real problem is questionable. In decision-making problems that are ill posed, all objectives may not be defined clearly and therefore not quantitatively captured in the optimization model [1]. The noninferior set of solutions to the optimization model being solved may not necessarily contain the best solution to the actual problem.

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