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10 Citations
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9 September 2020

In this paper, some methodologies aimed at the identification of the Pareto front of a multi-objective optimization problem are presented and applied. Three different approaches are presented: local sampling, Pareto front resampling and Normal Bounda...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
7,889 Views
21 Pages

Clustering Analysis for the Pareto Optimal Front in Multi-Objective Optimization

  • Lilian Astrid Bejarano,
  • Helbert Eduardo Espitia and
  • Carlos Enrique Montenegro

Bio-inspired algorithms are a suitable alternative for solving multi-objective optimization problems. Among different proposals, a widely used approach is based on the Pareto front. In this document, a proposal is made for the analysis of the optimal...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,385 Views
28 Pages

15 May 2025

In this paper, we address the problem of obtaining bias-free and complete finite size approximations of the solution sets (Pareto fronts) of multi-objective optimization problems (MOPs). Such approximations are, in particular, required for the fair u...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,768 Views
19 Pages

10 May 2024

Optimization is a process of minimizing or maximizing a given objective function under specified constraints. In multi-objective optimization (MOO), multiple conflicting functions are optimized within defined criteria. Numerous MOO techniques have be...

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  • Open Access
1,169 Views
34 Pages

A Local Pareto Front Guided Microscale Search Algorithm for Multi-Modal Multi-Objective Optimization

  • Yinghan Hong,
  • Xiaohui Zheng,
  • Fangqing Liu,
  • Chunyun Li,
  • Guizhen Mai,
  • Dan Xiang and
  • Cai Guo

1 July 2025

Multimodal multiobjective optimization problems, characterized by multiple solutions mapping to identical objective vectors, are ubiquitous in real-world applications. Despite their prevalence, most existing multimodal multiobjective evolutionary alg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,583 Views
19 Pages

27 February 2025

This paper presents a method of choosing a single solution in the Pareto Optimal Front of the multi-objective problem of the spectral and energy efficiency trade-off in Massive MIMO (Multiple Input, Multiple Output) systems. It proposes the transform...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,941 Views
30 Pages

23 February 2021

With many efficient solutions for a multi-objective optimization problem, this paper aims to cluster the Pareto Front in a given number of clusters K and to detect isolated points. K-center problems and variants are investigated with a unified formul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,101 Views
16 Pages

26 January 2023

This work presents a design for uninterruptible power supply inverters using Pareto front optimization for improved cost and efficiency. Three PWM modulation techniques applied to the full-bridge inverter are analyzed. As a result, the best MOSFET de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
16,334 Views
20 Pages

Acoustic Sensor Planning for Gunshot Location in National Parks: A Pareto Front Approach

  • Francisco Javier González-Castaño,
  • Javier Vales Alonso,
  • Enrique Costa-Montenegro,
  • Pablo López-Matencio,
  • Francisco Vicente-Carrasco,
  • Francisco J. Parrado-García,
  • Felipe Gil-Castiñeira and
  • Sergio Costas-Rodríguez

26 November 2009

In this paper, we propose a solution for gunshot location in national parks. In Spain there are agencies such as SEPRONA that fight against poaching with considerable success. The DiANa project, which is endorsed by Cabañeros National Park and the SE...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,170 Views
16 Pages

27 May 2018

In recent years, value for money (VFM) evaluations using the Public Sector Comparator (PSC) method have gradually been adopted by governments worldwide in the field of public investment, and used as decision-making tools for public–private part...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,417 Views
16 Pages

Evolutionary PINN Learning Algorithms Inspired by Approximation to Pareto Front for Solving Ill-Posed Problems

  • Tatiana Lazovskaya,
  • Dmitriy Tarkhov,
  • Maria Chistyakova,
  • Egor Razumov,
  • Anna Sergeeva and
  • Tatiana Shemyakina

The article presents the development of new physics-informed evolutionary neural network learning algorithms. These algorithms aim to address the challenges of ill-posed problems by constructing a population close to the Pareto front. The study focus...

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  • Open Access
2,493 Views
35 Pages

25 September 2024

Hybrid kinetic models, linking structured models of cell (nano-scale) metabolic processes to the dynamics of macroscopic variables of the bioreactor, are proven to lead to more precise predictions of all key-species dynamics under variable operating...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,229 Views
21 Pages

From a Pareto Front to Pareto Regions: A Novel Standpoint for Multiobjective Optimization

  • Carine M. Rebello,
  • Márcio A. F. Martins,
  • Daniel D. Santana,
  • Alírio E. Rodrigues,
  • José M. Loureiro,
  • Ana M. Ribeiro and
  • Idelfonso B. R. Nogueira

7 December 2021

This work presents a novel approach for multiobjective optimization problems, extending the concept of a Pareto front to a new idea of the Pareto region. This new concept provides all the points beyond the Pareto front, leading to the same optimal co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,406 Views
19 Pages

A Multi-Objective PFC Boost Inductor Optimal Design Algorithm Based on Pareto Front

  • Ye-Ji Hyeon,
  • Dong-In Lee,
  • Seong-Wook Jeong and
  • Han-Shin Youn

14 February 2024

In this study, the inductor optimization design is performed by applying the Pareto optimization technique. As environmental problems emerge, the electric vehicle market is expanding, and accordingly, volume reduction and high efficiency of the onboa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,531 Views
32 Pages

31 October 2024

Increasing wastewater treatment efficiency is a primary aim in the circular economy. Wastewater physicochemical and biochemical processes are quite complex, often requiring a combination of statistical and machine learning tools to empirically model...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,830 Views
18 Pages

14 December 2019

Studies have shown that the performance of multi-objective evolutionary algorithms depends to a large extent on the shape of the Pareto fronts of the problem. Although, most existing algorithms have poor applicability in dealing with this problem, es...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,363 Views
19 Pages

30 May 2021

Transmission, distribution, and micro-grid system operators are struggling with the increasing number of renewables and the changing nature of energy demand. This necessitates the use of prognostic methods based on ever shorter time series. This stud...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,248 Views
20 Pages

Searching for Pareto Fronts for Forest Stand Wind Stability by Incorporating Timber and Biodiversity Values

  • Ján Merganič,
  • Katarína Merganičová,
  • Jozef Výbošťok,
  • Peter Valent,
  • Ján Bahýľ and
  • Rasoul Yousefpour

22 May 2020

Selecting a variant of forest regeneration cuttings that would ensure fulfilling multiple, frequently conflicting forest functions is a challenging task for forest management planning. The aim of this work is to present an efficient and complex analy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,200 Views
24 Pages

7 October 2021

This paper proposes an optimal design method to suppress critical harmonics and improve the power factor by using passive power filters (PPFs). The main objectives include (1) minimizing the total harmonic distortion of voltage and current, (2) minim...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,378 Views
37 Pages

Multi-objective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) have been successfully applied for the numerical treatment of multi-objective optimization problems (MOP) during the last three decades. One important task within MOEAs is the archiving (or selection) o...

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  • Open Access
1,147 Views
16 Pages

12 August 2025

Decision-making plays a pivotal role in data-driven optimization, aiming to achieve optimal results by identifying the most effective combination of input variables. Traditionally, in multi-objective data-driven optimization problems, decision-making...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,661 Views
25 Pages

Cantilever Soldier Pile Design: The Multiobjective Optimization of Cost and CO2 Emission via Pareto Front Analysis

  • Gebrail Bekdaş,
  • Zülal Akbay Arama,
  • Osman Hürol Türkakın,
  • Aylin Ece Kayabekir and
  • Zong Woo Geem

1 August 2022

In the context of this study, it is focused on the design of cantilever soldier piles under the concept of Pareto optimality with multiobjective analyses of cost and CO2 emission considering the change in the excavation depth, the shear strength para...

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  • Open Access
664 Views
13 Pages

9 September 2025

This paper compares two multi-objective optimization strategies for spiral-grooved dynamic gas thrust bearings. The first optimization is carried out using an analytical model, which is valid under the assumption of a high number of grooves. The seco...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,312 Views
17 Pages

21 April 2022

This paper addresses a biobjective bus routing problem that pays attention to both the routing cost and the total distance walked by the individuals to reach their assigned pickup point. These two objectives are conflicting. Generally, the less the i...

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  • Open Access
1,186 Views
19 Pages

17 October 2024

The optimal scheduling of DES is to solve a multi-objective optimization problem (MOP) with complex constraints. However, the potential contradiction between multiple optimization objectives leads to the diversity of feasible solutions, which has a s...

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  • Open Access
2,009 Views
19 Pages

20 December 2022

Adaptive weight-vector adjustment has been explored to compensate for the weakness of the evolutionary many-objective algorithms based on decomposition in solving problems with irregular Pareto-optimal fronts. One essential issue is that the distribu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,935 Views
9 Pages

Fast and Efficient Sensitivity Aware Multi-Objective Optimization of Analog Circuits

  • Amel Garbaya,
  • Mouna Kotti,
  • Omaya Bellaaj Kchaou,
  • Mourad Fakhfakh,
  • Omar Guillen-Fernandez and
  • Esteban Tlelo-Cuautle

This article introduces a novel approach for generating low-sensitive Pareto fronts of analog circuit performances. The main idea consists of taking advantage from the social interaction between particles within a multi-objective particle swarm optim...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,286 Views
16 Pages

11 July 2019

In this article, a generalized sequential domain patching (GSDP) method for efficient multi-objective optimization based on electromagnetics (EM) simulation is proposed. The GSDP method allowing fast searching for Pareto fronts for two and three obje...

  • Article
  • Open Access
60 Citations
9,805 Views
23 Pages

25 November 2016

This paper proposes an advanced Pareto-front non-dominated sorting multi-objective particle swarm optimization (Advanced-PFNDMOPSO) method for optimal configuration (placement and sizing) of distributed generation (DG) in the radial distribution syst...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,939 Views
15 Pages

15 February 2017

This paper is concerned with the development of a high-resolution and control-friendly optimization framework in enclosed environments that helps improve thermal comfort, indoor air quality (IAQ), and energy costs of heating, ventilation and air cond...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,959 Views
23 Pages

In recent years, inulin enzymatic hydrolysis has become a very promising alternative for producing fructose on a large scale. Genetically modified chicory was used to extract inulin of industrial quality. By using an adequate kinetic model from the l...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
7,570 Views
30 Pages

The sensitivity of the elbow rule in determining an optimal number of clusters in high-dimensional spaces that are characterized by tightly distributed data points is demonstrated. The high-dimensional data samples are not artificially generated, but...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,579 Views
12 Pages

11 April 2023

This research paper is aimed at a specific group of emergency medical service location problems, which are solved to save people’s lives and reduce the rate of mortality and morbidity. Since searching for the optimal service center deployment i...

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  • Open Access
495 Views
38 Pages

15 December 2025

This paper introduces a novel quantum-inspired algorithm for numerical multiobjective optimization, uniquely integrating the multilevel structure of qudits with principles of controlled thermonuclear fusion. Moving beyond conventional qubit-based app...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,275 Views
23 Pages

Study on Multi-Objective Optimization of Power System Parameters of Battery Electric Vehicles

  • Jie Hu,
  • Wentong Cao,
  • Feng Jiang,
  • Lingling Hu,
  • Qian Chen,
  • Weiguang Zheng and
  • Junming Zhou

18 May 2023

The optimization of power parameters is the key to the design of pure electric vehicles. Reasonable matching of the relationship between various parameters can effectively reduce energy consumption and achieve energy sustainability. In this paper, se...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,698 Views
20 Pages

A Heuristic Home Electric Energy Management System Considering Renewable Energy Availability

  • Victor J. Gutierrez-Martinez,
  • Carlos A. Moreno-Bautista,
  • Jose M. Lozano-Garcia,
  • Alejandro Pizano-Martinez,
  • Enrique A. Zamora-Cardenas and
  • Miguel A. Gomez-Martinez

19 February 2019

This paper presents the development of a heuristic-based algorithm for a Home Electric Energy Management System (HEEMS). The novelty of the proposal resides in the fact that solutions of the Pareto front, minimizing both the energy consumption and co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
966 Views
13 Pages

Finite Element-Based Multi-Objective Optimization of a New Inclined Oval Rolling Pass Geometry

  • Kairosh Nogayev,
  • Aman Kamarov,
  • Maxat Abishkenov,
  • Zhassulan Ashkeyev,
  • Nurbolat Sembayev and
  • Saltanat Kydyrbayeva

22 September 2025

A novel rolling scheme incorporating an inclined oval-caliber configuration is proposed to enhance plastic deformation mechanisms in the traditional oval–round rolling sequence. Finite Element Method (FEM) simulations were performed using DEFOR...

  • Article
  • Open Access
523 Views
26 Pages

Trading Off Accuracy and Runtime in Orbit Propagation to Enhance Satellite Mission Operations

  • Arianna Rigo,
  • João Paulo Monteiro,
  • Rodrigo Ventura and
  • Paulo J. S. Gil

23 December 2025

In this work, we evaluate the impact of numerical integration methods and perturbation models on the computational speed and position accuracy of orbit propagation techniques. With increasing numbers of satellites in orbit, space traffic management m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,522 Views
20 Pages

A posteriori multiobjective optimization relies on a series of mutually independent single-objective optimization subproblems, which can be run in parallel, thus making full use of a multiprocessor (or multicore) computer. This paper presents a paral...

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  • Open Access
1,175 Views
12 Pages

An Improved Dual-Sorting NSGA-II Method for Optimal Radiation Shielding Design

  • Shenghan Cheng,
  • Zhilin Chen,
  • Yu Li,
  • Wenxiang Jiang,
  • Yang Yang,
  • Po Huang and
  • Taiping Peng

21 May 2025

The Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II (NSGA-II) is a widely used approach for solving multi-objective radiation shielding optimization problems, but it struggles to distinguish equally ranked solutions near the Pareto front, leading to reduc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,551 Views
14 Pages

Optimization, Stability, and Entropy in Endoreversible Heat Engines

  • Julian Gonzalez-Ayala,
  • José Miguel Mateos Roco,
  • Alejandro Medina and
  • Antonio Calvo Hernández

20 November 2020

The stability of endoreversible heat engines has been extensively studied in the literature. In this paper, an alternative dynamic equations system was obtained by using restitution forces that bring the system back to the stationary state. The depar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,802 Views
25 Pages

Multiobjective Optimization of Fuzzy System for Cardiovascular Risk Classification

  • Hanna C. Villamil,
  • Helbert E. Espitia and
  • Lilian A. Bejarano

Since cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) pose a critical global concern, identifying associated risk factors remains a pivotal research focus. This study aims to propose and optimize a fuzzy system for cardiovascular risk (CVR) classification using a mul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
822 Views
35 Pages

2 October 2025

The constrained bi-objective Minimum Spanning Tree (MST) problem is a fundamental challenge in network design, as it simultaneously requires minimizing both total edge weight and maximum hop distance under strict feasibility limits; however, most exi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,184 Views
23 Pages

Analysis of Network Attack and Defense Strategies Based on Pareto Optimum

  • Yang Sun,
  • Wei Xiong,
  • Zhonghua Yao,
  • Krishna Moniz and
  • Ahmed Zahir

Improving network security is a difficult problem that requires balancing several goals, such as defense cost and need for network efficiency, to achieve proper results. Modeling the network as a game and using optimization problems to select the bes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,462 Views
18 Pages

Hierarchical Charging Scheduling Strategy for Electric Vehicles Based on NSGA-II

  • Yikang Chen,
  • Zhicheng Bao,
  • Yihang Tan,
  • Jiayang Wang,
  • Yang Liu,
  • Haixiang Sang and
  • Xinmei Yuan

22 June 2025

Electric vehicles (EVs) are gradually gaining high penetration in transportation due to their low carbon emissions and high power conversion efficiency. However, the large-scale charging demand poses significant challenges to grid stability, particul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,408 Views
14 Pages

11 January 2022

The airfoil is the prime component of flying vehicles. For low-speed flights, low Reynolds number airfoils are used. The characteristic of low Reynolds number airfoils is a laminar separation bubble and an associated drag rise. This paper presents a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,155 Views
32 Pages

15 January 2020

Machining allowance distribution and related parameter optimization of machining processes have been well-discussed. However, for energy saving purposes, the optimization priorities of different machining phases should be different. There are often s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,279 Views
32 Pages

Pareto-Based Optimization of PV and Battery in Home-PV-BES-EV System with Integrated Dynamic Energy Management Strategy

  • Abd Alrzak Aldaliee,
  • Nurulafiqah Nadzirah Mansor,
  • Hazlie Mokhlis,
  • Agileswari K. Ramasamy and
  • Lilik Jamilatul Awalin

14 August 2025

The assessment of grid-connected systems depends on their cost efficiency, reliability, and greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction potential. This study presents a multi-objective optimization framework for designing a grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) and ba...

  • Article
  • Open Access
560 Views
15 Pages

9 December 2025

Multi-objective Bayesian Optimization (MOBO) has become a promising strategy for accelerating process development in Laser Powder Bed Fusion of Metals (PBF-LB/M), where experimental evaluations are costly, and design spaces are high-dimensional. This...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,519 Views
21 Pages

23 June 2023

This paper proposes a selection strategy for determining the optimal capacity and location of a static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) device under intermittent output variations of renewable energy sources using a multi-objective cuckoo search (MO...

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