{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2946739419","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tevc.2019.2918140","title":"An Evolutionary Algorithm for Large-Scale Sparse Multiobjective Optimization Problems","display_name":"An Evolutionary Algorithm for Large-Scale Sparse Multiobjective Optimization Problems","publication_year":2019,"publication_date":"2019-05-22","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2946739419","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tevc.2019.2918140","mag":"2946739419"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tevc.2019.2918140","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tevc.2019.2918140","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S93787993","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation","issn_l":"1089-778X","issn":["1089-778X","1941-0026"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5058755242","display_name":"Ye Tian","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3487-5126"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I143868143","display_name":"Anhui University","ror":"https://ror.org/05th6yx34","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I143868143"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ye Tian","raw_affiliation_strings":["Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing and Signal Processing of Ministry of Education, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3487-5126","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing and Signal Processing of Ministry of Education, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I143868143"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5028634381","display_name":"Xingyi Zhang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5052-000X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I143868143","display_name":"Anhui University","ror":"https://ror.org/05th6yx34","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I143868143"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Xingyi Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing and Signal Processing of Ministry of Education, School of Computer Science and Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5052-000X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing and Signal Processing of Ministry of Education, School of Computer Science and Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I143868143"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100406958","display_name":"Chao Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2226-9575"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I143868143","display_name":"Anhui University","ror":"https://ror.org/05th6yx34","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I143868143"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chao Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing and Signal Processing of Ministry of Education, School of Computer Science and Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing and Signal Processing of Ministry of Education, School of Computer Science and Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I143868143"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5032314861","display_name":"Yaochu Jin","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1100-0631"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I28290843","display_name":"University of Surrey","ror":"https://ror.org/00ks66431","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I28290843"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3045169105","display_name":"Southern University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/049tv2d57","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3045169105"]}],"countries":["CN","GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yaochu Jin","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China","Department of Computer Science, University of Surrey, Guildford, U.K"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1100-0631","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3045169105"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University of Surrey, Guildford, U.K","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I28290843"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":26.1052,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":422,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99767604,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"24","issue":"2","first_page":"380","last_page":"393"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10848","display_name":"Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1703","display_name":"Computational Theory and Mathematics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10848","display_name":"Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1703","display_name":"Computational Theory and Mathematics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10100","display_name":"Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research","score":0.9975000023841858,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11975","display_name":"Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications","score":0.9921000003814697,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/evolutionary-algorithm","display_name":"Evolutionary algorithm","score":0.6554604768753052},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multi-objective-optimization","display_name":"Multi-objective optimization","score":0.5758300423622131},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5687376856803894},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/evolutionary-computation","display_name":"Evolutionary computation","score":0.5521751642227173},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-optimization","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","score":0.5412319302558899},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scale","display_name":"Scale (ratio)","score":0.5377028584480286},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/algorithm","display_name":"Algorithm","score":0.40177056193351746},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.329067587852478},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.30788981914520264}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159149176","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14489129","display_name":"Evolutionary algorithm","level":2,"score":0.6554604768753052},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C68781425","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2052203","display_name":"Multi-objective optimization","level":2,"score":0.5758300423622131},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5687376856803894},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105902424","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1197129","display_name":"Evolutionary computation","level":2,"score":0.5521751642227173},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.5412319302558899},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778755073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10858537","display_name":"Scale (ratio)","level":2,"score":0.5377028584480286},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.40177056193351746},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.329067587852478},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.30788981914520264},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tevc.2019.2918140","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tevc.2019.2918140","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S93787993","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation","issn_l":"1089-778X","issn":["1089-778X","1941-0026"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:alma.44SUR_INST:11139776720002346","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":null,"pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210197018","display_name":"View","issn_l":"2688-268X","issn":["2688-268X","2688-3988"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":""},{"id":"pmh:oai:epubs.surrey.ac.uk:851901","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/851901/1/An%20Evolutionary%20Algorithm%20for%20Large-Scale%20Sparse%20Multi-Objective%20Optimization%20Problems.pdf","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400680","display_name":"Surrey Research Insight Open Access (The University of Surrey)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I28290843","host_organization_name":"University of Surrey","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I28290843"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:pub.uni-bielefeld.de:2978403","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2978403","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401624","display_name":"Publikationen an der Universit\u00e4t Bielefeld (Universit\u00e4t Bielefeld)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I20121455","host_organization_name":"Bielefeld University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I20121455"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","score":0.6100000143051147}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1124769320","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"61876123","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1182606078","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"U1804262","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1591254444","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"61822301","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2089016108","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"PAL-N201805","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335661","funder_display_name":"State Key Laboratory of Synthetical Automation for Process Industries"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2494574696","display_name":"\u57fa\u4e8e\u8109\u51b2\u795e\u7ecf\u819c\u7cfb\u7edf\u7684\u6545\u969c\u8bca\u65ad\u6a21\u578b\u7814\u7a76","funder_award_id":"61672033","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3932071694","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"1808085J06","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334897","funder_display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G61320532","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"1908085QF271","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334897","funder_display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334897","display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province","ror":null},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335661","display_name":"State Key Laboratory of Synthetical Automation for Process Industries","ror":null}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":97,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W225560312","https://openalex.org/W309977538","https://openalex.org/W1480330138","https://openalex.org/W1499561572","https://openalex.org/W1506285740","https://openalex.org/W1516131670","https://openalex.org/W1522538275","https://openalex.org/W1544309315","https://openalex.org/W1552078229","https://openalex.org/W1553373771","https://openalex.org/W1592902649","https://openalex.org/W1600469680","https://openalex.org/W1607660464","https://openalex.org/W1796921492","https://openalex.org/W1871676304","https://openalex.org/W1967157470","https://openalex.org/W1971309542","https://openalex.org/W1981025032","https://openalex.org/W2001240895","https://openalex.org/W2013885787","https://openalex.org/W2016014758","https://openalex.org/W2020320008","https://openalex.org/W2038420231","https://openalex.org/W2072026441","https://openalex.org/W2078130621","https://openalex.org/W2095705004","https://openalex.org/W2095922002","https://openalex.org/W2096166399","https://openalex.org/W2098907614","https://openalex.org/W2102365077","https://openalex.org/W2102625537","https://openalex.org/W2105464873","https://openalex.org/W2111935653","https://openalex.org/W2112299196","https://openalex.org/W2118233717","https://openalex.org/W2122274805","https://openalex.org/W2123808725","https://openalex.org/W2125213524","https://openalex.org/W2125899728","https://openalex.org/W2126105956","https://openalex.org/W2133462743","https://openalex.org/W2135046866","https://openalex.org/W2135290919","https://openalex.org/W2136127502","https://openalex.org/W2140066605","https://openalex.org/W2143185749","https://openalex.org/W2143245714","https://openalex.org/W2143381319","https://openalex.org/W2153654820","https://openalex.org/W2162974421","https://openalex.org/W2187602868","https://openalex.org/W2329749247","https://openalex.org/W2342632173","https://openalex.org/W2413634576","https://openalex.org/W2432516117","https://openalex.org/W2464692305","https://openalex.org/W2471161958","https://openalex.org/W2491167275","https://openalex.org/W2510493362","https://openalex.org/W2513211214","https://openalex.org/W2515375413","https://openalex.org/W2528103328","https://openalex.org/W2583230990","https://openalex.org/W2604055362","https://openalex.org/W2608705546","https://openalex.org/W2616257225","https://openalex.org/W2626046034","https://openalex.org/W2738689687","https://openalex.org/W2753824835","https://openalex.org/W2758271972","https://openalex.org/W2764251381","https://openalex.org/W2766133347","https://openalex.org/W2769744156","https://openalex.org/W2774833978","https://openalex.org/W2786281681","https://openalex.org/W2792824988","https://openalex.org/W2803313636","https://openalex.org/W2897783557","https://openalex.org/W2919115771","https://openalex.org/W2994964425","https://openalex.org/W3103320289","https://openalex.org/W3120740533","https://openalex.org/W4285719527","https://openalex.org/W4292408320","https://openalex.org/W6608886761","https://openalex.org/W6630198464","https://openalex.org/W6631460888","https://openalex.org/W6635535901","https://openalex.org/W6638374991","https://openalex.org/W6639099100","https://openalex.org/W6670078655","https://openalex.org/W6674330103","https://openalex.org/W6680838134","https://openalex.org/W6684219400","https://openalex.org/W6687060249","https://openalex.org/W6717764351","https://openalex.org/W6771627385"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4318426920","https://openalex.org/W2055791821","https://openalex.org/W4297582752","https://openalex.org/W4285805405","https://openalex.org/W2906115061","https://openalex.org/W2977596624","https://openalex.org/W2162013778","https://openalex.org/W2145877535","https://openalex.org/W2153873031","https://openalex.org/W570431388"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"the":[1,20,46,53,129,133,141,144,157,160,171,180,183],"last":[2],"two":[3],"decades,":[4],"a":[5,66,79,85,119,152],"variety":[6],"of":[7,10,45,55,69,82,88,94,132,143,159,182],"different":[8],"types":[9],"multiobjective":[11],"optimization":[12,93],"problems":[13],"(MOPs)":[14],"have":[15],"been":[16],"extensively":[17],"investigated":[18],"in":[19,31,65,190],"evolutionary":[21,27,108],"computation":[22],"community.":[23],"However,":[24],"most":[25,42],"existing":[26,188],"algorithms":[28,189],"encounter":[29],"difficulties":[30],"dealing":[32],"with":[33],"MOPs":[34,63],"whose":[35,97],"Pareto":[36,134],"optimal":[37,47,135],"solutions":[38,48,136],"are":[39,49,99],"sparse":[40,62,100,113,130,165,193],"(i.e.,":[41],"decision":[43,56],"variables":[44,57],"zero),":[50],"especially":[51],"when":[52],"number":[54,87],"is":[58],"large.":[59],"Such":[60],"large-scale":[61,112,164,192],"exist":[64],"wide":[67],"range":[68],"applications,":[70],"for":[71,110,163],"example,":[72],"feature":[73],"selection":[74],"that":[75],"aims":[76],"to":[77,101,139,155],"find":[78],"small":[80],"subset":[81],"features":[83],"from":[84],"large":[86],"candidate":[89],"features,":[90],"or":[91],"structure":[92],"neural":[95],"networks":[96],"connections":[98],"alleviate":[102],"overfitting.":[103],"This":[104],"paper":[105,149],"proposes":[106],"an":[107],"algorithm":[109,117,162,185],"solving":[111,191],"MOPs.":[114,166,194],"The":[115,167],"proposed":[116,161,172,184],"suggests":[118],"new":[120],"population":[121],"initialization":[122],"strategy":[123],"and":[124,175],"genetic":[125],"operators":[126],"by":[127],"taking":[128],"nature":[131],"into":[137],"consideration,":[138],"ensure":[140],"sparsity":[142],"generated":[145],"solutions.":[146],"Moreover,":[147],"this":[148],"also":[150],"designs":[151],"test":[153,173],"suite":[154,174],"assess":[156],"performance":[158],"experimental":[168],"results":[169],"on":[170],"four":[176],"application":[177],"examples":[178],"demonstrate":[179],"superiority":[181],"over":[186],"seven":[187]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":34},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":82},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":80},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":79},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":65},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":58},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":22},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-07-23T08:03:31.855105","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}