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Multiple Objective Evolution Strategies Using Data Envelopment Analysis
Proceedings of PICMET '15: Management of the Technology Age
  • James V. Lill, Department of Defense Supercomputing Resource Center
  • Timothy R. Anderson, Portland State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2015
Subjects
  • Technological forecasting,
  • Data envelopment analysis,
  • Technological innovations -- Measurement
Abstract

Often in science and engineering we are faced with complicated nonlinear problems in optimization that involve simultaneously minimizing or maximizing various non-commensurate quantities. For example, a basic task in design engineering or technology management is to balance suitable measures of performance against the cost. We present a simplified approach for performing multiple objective optimization by combining standard single objective Evolution Strategies with Data Envelopment Analysis. This latter method employs linear programming to compute an L1 distance of a given solution from the Pareto frontier defined by the evolving population of solutions, or from a related frontier defined by DEA. This quantity is then used in a fitness function. Real variable linear programs must be solved for the optimization of convex problems, while the solution of mixed integer linear programs is required to optimize general non-convex problems. This hybrid method yields highly converged results with good coverage of the Pareto frontier when applied to a standardized suite of multiple objective problems. Several current applications will be discussed that employ a massively parallel program (MOES) written in C and MPI that runs on supercomputers. This material was assigned a clearance of CLEARED, Case Number 88ABW-2015-0638.

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This is the publisher's final pdf. Copyright © 2015 by PICMET. Paper delivered at Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), 2015.

DOI
10.1109/PICMET.2015.7273135
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16681
Citation Information
Lill, J. V., & Anderson, T. (2015, August). Multiple objective Evolution Strategies using Data Envelopment Analysis. In Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), 2015 Portland International Conference on (pp. 1969-1977). IEEE.