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Multimodal Multi-objective Optimization: Comparative Study of the State-of-the-Art

11 Jul 2022arXiv:2207.04730archive 2025-07-28

Wenhua Li, Tao Zhang, Rui Wang, Jing Liang

Multimodal multi-objective problems (MMOPs) commonly arise in real-world problems where distant solutions in decision space correspond to very similar objective values. To obtain all solutions for MMOPs, many multimodal multi-objective evolutionary algorithms (MMEAs) have been proposed. For now, few studies have encompassed most of the recently proposed representative MMEAs and made a comparative comparison. In this study, we first review the related works during the last two decades. Then, we choose 12 state-of-the-art algorithms that utilize different diversity-maintaining techniques and compared their performance on existing test suites. Experimental results indicate the strengths and weaknesses of different techniques on different types of MMOPs, thus providing guidance on how to select/design MMEAs in specific scenarios.

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