2002 journal article

Multi-objective optimization problems with fuzzy relation equation constraints

FUZZY SETS AND SYSTEMS, 127(2), 141–164.

By: H. Loetamonphong n, S. Fang n & R. Young n

author keywords: fuzzy relation equations; max-min composition; multi-objective optimization; genetic algorithm
TL;DR: A genetic-based algorithm is proposed to find the "Pareto optimal solutions" of a new class of optimization problems which have multiple objective functions subject to a set of fuzzy relation equations. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 6, 2018

This paper studies a new class of optimization problems which have multiple objective functions subject to a set of fuzzy relation equations. Since the feasible domain of such a problem is in general non-convex and the objective functions are not necessarily linear, traditional optimization methods may become ineffective and inefficient. Taking advantage of the special structure of the solution set, a reduction procedure is developed to simplify a given problem. Moreover, a genetic-based algorithm is proposed to find the “Pareto optimal solutions”. The major components of the proposed algorithm together with some encouraging test results are reported.