{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2950161378","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tevc.2019.2921830","title":"Parameter-Free Voronoi Neighborhood for Evolutionary Multimodal Optimization","display_name":"Parameter-Free Voronoi Neighborhood for Evolutionary Multimodal Optimization","publication_year":2019,"publication_date":"2019-06-18","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2950161378","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tevc.2019.2921830","mag":"2950161378"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tevc.2019.2921830","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tevc.2019.2921830","pdf_url":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ielx7/4235/9051613/08738874.pdf","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":true,"oa_status":"bronze","oa_url":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ielx7/4235/9051613/08738874.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100624916","display_name":"Yuhui Zhang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5769-3456"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2799850029","display_name":"Dongguan University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01m8p7q42","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2799850029"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I90610280","display_name":"South China University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/0530pts50","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I90610280"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Yu-Hui Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Computer Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China","School of Computer Science and Technology, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5769-3456","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I90610280"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Science and Technology, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2799850029"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5063438356","display_name":"Yue\u2010Jiao Gong","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5648-1160"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I90610280","display_name":"South China University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/0530pts50","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I90610280"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yue-Jiao Gong","raw_affiliation_strings":["Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Cyberspace Information, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China","School of Computer Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5648-1160","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Cyberspace Information, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I90610280"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I90610280"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101828088","display_name":"Ying Gao","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8925-8192"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I90610280","display_name":"South China University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/0530pts50","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I90610280"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ying Gao","raw_affiliation_strings":["Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Cyberspace Information, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China","School of Computer Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8925-8192","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Cyberspace Information, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I90610280"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I90610280"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100403969","display_name":"Hua Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8465-0996"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I71270174","display_name":"Victoria University","ror":"https://ror.org/04j757h98","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I71270174"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hua Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, University of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8465-0996","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, University of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I71270174"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100400217","display_name":"Jun Zhang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7835-9871"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I71270174","display_name":"Victoria University","ror":"https://ror.org/04j757h98","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I71270174"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jun Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, University of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7835-9871","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, University of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I71270174"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5100624916"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2799850029","https://openalex.org/I90610280"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":4.7908,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":67,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.95972445,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"24","issue":"2","first_page":"335","last_page":"349"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10100","display_name":"Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research","score":0.9994999766349792,"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"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10100","display_name":"Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research","score":0.9994999766349792,"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/T10848","display_name":"Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms","score":0.9983999729156494,"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/T11975","display_name":"Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications","score":0.9894999861717224,"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/voronoi-diagram","display_name":"Voronoi diagram","score":0.8355578184127808},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/evolutionary-algorithm","display_name":"Evolutionary algorithm","score":0.63576740026474},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/evolutionary-computation","display_name":"Evolutionary computation","score":0.6321300268173218},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6251643896102905},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/context","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","score":0.44966498017311096},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/optimization-problem","display_name":"Optimization problem","score":0.43731629848480225},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/metaheuristic","display_name":"Metaheuristic","score":0.436138391494751},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.42129209637641907},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-optimization","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","score":0.38484126329421997},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/machine-learning","display_name":"Machine learning","score":0.3628673553466797},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/theoretical-computer-science","display_name":"Theoretical computer science","score":0.34916573762893677},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-mining","display_name":"Data mining","score":0.3394952416419983},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.2943558096885681},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/algorithm","display_name":"Algorithm","score":0.23588156700134277}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24881265","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q757267","display_name":"Voronoi diagram","level":2,"score":0.8355578184127808},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159149176","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14489129","display_name":"Evolutionary algorithm","level":2,"score":0.63576740026474},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105902424","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1197129","display_name":"Evolutionary computation","level":2,"score":0.6321300268173218},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6251643896102905},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.44966498017311096},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137836250","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984063","display_name":"Optimization problem","level":2,"score":0.43731629848480225},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C109718341","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1385229","display_name":"Metaheuristic","level":2,"score":0.436138391494751},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.42129209637641907},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.38484126329421997},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.3628673553466797},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C80444323","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2878974","display_name":"Theoretical computer science","level":1,"score":0.34916573762893677},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.3394952416419983},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.2943558096885681},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.23588156700134277},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tevc.2019.2921830","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tevc.2019.2921830","pdf_url":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ielx7/4235/9051613/08738874.pdf","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:eprints.vu.edu.au:41949","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://vuir.vu.edu.au/41949/","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400215","display_name":"Victoria University Research Repository (Victoria University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I41156924","host_organization_name":"Victoria University of Wellington","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I41156924"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"PeerReviewed"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tevc.2019.2921830","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tevc.2019.2921830","pdf_url":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ielx7/4235/9051613/08738874.pdf","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"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/11","score":0.7699999809265137,"display_name":"Sustainable cities and communities"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2552413355","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"U1701267","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3331203778","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2018B030312003","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321921","funder_display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G4245010700","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"61873095","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G545266865","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"201904010211","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335480","funder_display_name":"Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Project"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G835260656","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"61873097","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321921","display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province","ror":null},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335480","display_name":"Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Project","ror":null}],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2950161378.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2950161378.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":63,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1179686678","https://openalex.org/W1492417045","https://openalex.org/W1497256448","https://openalex.org/W1555471913","https://openalex.org/W1576660662","https://openalex.org/W1585335425","https://openalex.org/W1717624869","https://openalex.org/W1820051232","https://openalex.org/W1965392777","https://openalex.org/W1968005908","https://openalex.org/W1984406695","https://openalex.org/W1985599680","https://openalex.org/W1988184716","https://openalex.org/W1988383064","https://openalex.org/W1998608446","https://openalex.org/W1998674867","https://openalex.org/W2007610503","https://openalex.org/W2015833016","https://openalex.org/W2017258920","https://openalex.org/W2042476863","https://openalex.org/W2046053182","https://openalex.org/W2047893268","https://openalex.org/W2051667550","https://openalex.org/W2054878539","https://openalex.org/W2058989380","https://openalex.org/W2068610075","https://openalex.org/W2070164574","https://openalex.org/W2096590200","https://openalex.org/W2098073879","https://openalex.org/W2119649579","https://openalex.org/W2125332715","https://openalex.org/W2126105956","https://openalex.org/W2126926002","https://openalex.org/W2128672663","https://openalex.org/W2131476630","https://openalex.org/W2132147811","https://openalex.org/W2134285040","https://openalex.org/W2135232426","https://openalex.org/W2139339670","https://openalex.org/W2141119792","https://openalex.org/W2143381319","https://openalex.org/W2144341408","https://openalex.org/W2145088232","https://openalex.org/W2146713522","https://openalex.org/W2149907817","https://openalex.org/W2152100799","https://openalex.org/W2156194072","https://openalex.org/W2159308419","https://openalex.org/W2165687335","https://openalex.org/W2170436854","https://openalex.org/W2285034650","https://openalex.org/W2310612427","https://openalex.org/W2464527493","https://openalex.org/W2510859465","https://openalex.org/W2527572108","https://openalex.org/W2564330218","https://openalex.org/W2755582626","https://openalex.org/W4231461647","https://openalex.org/W4301459590","https://openalex.org/W4387688680","https://openalex.org/W6634952865","https://openalex.org/W6678845729","https://openalex.org/W6681368212"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4297582752","https://openalex.org/W4285805405","https://openalex.org/W2890524932","https://openalex.org/W2391924736","https://openalex.org/W3133779647","https://openalex.org/W1560122427","https://openalex.org/W4375949242","https://openalex.org/W3041827036","https://openalex.org/W1993493607","https://openalex.org/W2021957875"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Neighborhood":[0],"information":[1,121],"plays":[2],"an":[3,128,178],"important":[4],"role":[5],"in":[6,13,18,40,174],"improving":[7],"the":[8,19,41,47,54,93,97,106,117,124,135,140,144,159,164,169,172,175,192,195,201,207],"performance":[9,193],"of":[10,21,43,49,56,95,108,127,163,171,177,194,215],"evolutionary":[11,136,180],"computation":[12],"various":[14],"optimization":[15],"scenarios,":[16],"particularly":[17],"context":[20],"multimodal":[22,183],"optimization.":[23,184],"Several":[24],"neighborhood":[25,51,76,216],"concepts,":[26],"i.e.,":[27],"index-based":[28],"neighborhood,":[29,31,34],"nearest":[30],"and":[32,38,111,149,161],"fuzzy":[33],"have":[35,187],"been":[36,188],"studied":[37],"engaged":[39],"design":[42,176],"niching":[44],"methods.":[45],"However,":[46],"use":[48,170],"these":[50],"concepts":[52],"requires":[53],"specification":[55],"some":[57],"problem-related":[58],"parameters,":[59],"which":[60],"is":[61,113],"difficult":[62],"to":[63,100,133,157,190],"determine":[64],"without":[65],"a":[66,74,80,101,153],"prior":[67],"knowledge.":[68],"In":[69],"this":[70],"paper,":[71],"we":[72,142],"introduce":[73],"new":[75,87],"concept":[77,88,173],"based":[78,211],"on":[79,139,212],"geometrical":[81],"construction":[82],"called":[83],"Voronoi":[84,125],"diagram.":[85],"The":[86,120,185,197],"offers":[89],"two":[90],"advantages":[91],"at":[92],"expense":[94],"increasing":[96],"computational":[98],"complexity":[99],"higher":[102],"level.":[103],"It":[104],"eliminates":[105],"need":[107],"additional":[109],"parameters":[110],"it":[112],"more":[114],"informative":[115],"than":[116],"existing":[118],"ones.":[119],"provided":[122],"by":[123],"neighbors":[126],"individual":[129],"can":[130],"be":[131],"exploited":[132],"estimate":[134],"state.":[137],"Based":[138],"information,":[141],"divide":[143],"population":[145],"into":[146],"three":[147],"groups":[148],"assign":[150],"each":[151],"group":[152],"different":[154],"reproduction":[155],"strategy":[156],"support":[158],"exploration":[160],"exploitation":[162],"search":[165],"space.":[166],"We":[167],"show":[168],"effective":[179],"algorithm":[181,203],"for":[182],"experiments":[186],"conducted":[189],"investigate":[191],"algorithm.":[196],"results":[198],"reveal":[199],"that":[200],"proposed":[202],"compare":[204],"favorably":[205],"with":[206],"state-of-the-art":[208],"algorithms":[209],"designed":[210],"other":[213],"types":[214],"concepts.":[217]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":15},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-05-09T13:55:54.758798","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}