Comparing reference point based interactive multiobjective optimization methods without a human decision maker

Lu Chen (), Kaisa Miettinen (), Bin Xin () and Vesa Ojalehto ()
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Lu Chen: Beijing Institute of Technology
Kaisa Miettinen: Faculty of Information Technology
Bin Xin: Beijing Institute of Technology
Vesa Ojalehto: Faculty of Information Technology

Journal of Global Optimization, 2023, vol. 85, issue 3, No 10, 757-788

Abstract: Abstract Interactive multiobjective optimization methods have proven promising in solving optimization problems with conflicting objectives since they iteratively incorporate preference information of a decision maker in the search for the most preferred solution. To find the appropriate interactive method for various needs involves analysis of the strengths and weaknesses. However, extensive analysis with human decision makers may be too costly and for that reason, we propose an artificial decision maker to compare a class of popular interactive multiobjective optimization methods, i.e., reference point based methods. Without involving any human decision makers, the artificial decision maker works automatically to interact with different methods to be compared and evaluate the final results. It makes a difference between a learning phase and a decision phase, that is, learns about the problem based on information acquired to identify a region of interest and refines solutions in that region to find a final solution, respectively. We adopt different types of utility functions to evaluation solutions, present corresponding performance indicators and propose two examples of artificial decision makers. A series of experiments on benchmark test problems and a water resources planning problem is conducted to demonstrate how the proposed artificial decision makers can be used to compare reference point based methods.

Keywords: Multicriteria optimization; Interactive multiobjective optimization; Learning phase; Decision phase; Performance comparison; Reference point (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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