Abstract
Black-box optimization (BBO) problems arise in numerous
scientic and engineering applications and are characterized by compu-
tationally intensive objective functions, which severely limit the number
of evaluations that can be performed. We present a robust set of features
that analyze the tness landscape of BBO problems and show how an
algorithm portfolio approach can exploit these general, problem indepen-
dent features and outperform the utilization of any single minimization
search strategy. We test our methodology on data from the GECCO
Workshop on BBO Benchmarking 2012, which contains 21 state-of-the-
art solvers run on 24 well-established functions.
scientic and engineering applications and are characterized by compu-
tationally intensive objective functions, which severely limit the number
of evaluations that can be performed. We present a robust set of features
that analyze the tness landscape of BBO problems and show how an
algorithm portfolio approach can exploit these general, problem indepen-
dent features and outperform the utilization of any single minimization
search strategy. We test our methodology on data from the GECCO
Workshop on BBO Benchmarking 2012, which contains 21 state-of-the-
art solvers run on 24 well-established functions.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Learning and Intelligent Optimization |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Publication date | Jan 2013 |
| Pages | 30-36 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-642-44972-7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2013 |
| Event | Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN Conference 2013 - Episcopate Museum Catania, Catania, Italy Duration: 7 Jan 2013 → 11 Jan 2013 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-44973-4 |
Conference
| Conference | Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN Conference 2013 |
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| Location | Episcopate Museum Catania |
| Country/Territory | Italy |
| City | Catania |
| Period | 07/01/2013 → 11/01/2013 |
| Other | Edited by Giuseppe Nicosia and Panos Pardalos |
| Internet address |
| Series | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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| ISSN | 0302-9743 |
Keywords
- Black-box optimization
- Fitness landscape analysis
- Algorithm portfolio
- Computationally intensive functions
- Optimization benchmarking