Two Arch2: An Improved Two-Archive Algorithm for Many-Objective Optimization

© 1997-2012 IEEE.Many-objective optimization problems (ManyOPs) refer, usually, to those multiobjective problems (MOPs) with more than three objectives. Their large numbers of objectives pose challenges to multiobjective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) in terms of convergence, diversity, and complexity. Most existing MOEAs can only perform well in one of those three aspects. In view of this, we aim to design a more balanced MOEA on ManyOPs in all three aspects at the same time. Among the existing MOEAs, the two-archive algorithm (Two-Arch) is a low-complexity algorithm with two archives focusing on convergence and diversity separately. Inspired by the idea of Two-Arch, we propose a significantly improved two-archive algorithm (i.e., Two-Arch2) for ManyOPs in this paper. In our Two-Arch2, we assign different selection principles (indicator-based and Pareto-based) to the two archives. In addition, we design a new Lp-norm-based ( p