Ponencia
Automatic Configuration of NSGA-II with jMetal and irace
Autor/es | Nebro, Antonio J.
López Ibáñez, Manuel Barba González, Cristóbal García Nieto, José Manuel |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación e Inteligencia Artificial |
Fecha de publicación | 2019 |
Fecha de depósito | 2021-05-20 |
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ISBN/ISSN | 978-1-4503-6748-6 |
Resumen | jMetal is a Java-based framework for multi-objective optimization
with metaheuristics providing, among other features, a wide set of
algorithms that are representative of the state-of-the-art. Although
it has become a ... jMetal is a Java-based framework for multi-objective optimization with metaheuristics providing, among other features, a wide set of algorithms that are representative of the state-of-the-art. Although it has become a widely used tool in the area, it lacks support for automatic tuning of algorithm parameter settings, which can prevent obtaining accurate Pareto front approximations, especially for inexperienced users. In this paper, we present a first approach to combine jMetal and irace, a package for automatic algorithm configuration; the NSGA-II is chosen as the target algorithm to be tuned. The goal is to facilitate the combined use of both tools to jMetal users to avoid wasting time in adjusting manually the parameters of the algorithms. Our proposal involves the definition of a new algorithm template for evolutionary algorithms, which allows the flexible composition of multi-objective evolutionary algorithms from a set of configurable components, as well as the generation of configuration files for adjusting the algorithm parameters with irace. To validate our approach, NSGA-II is tuned with a benchmark problems and compared with the same algorithm using standard settings, resulting in a new variant that shows a competitive behavior. |
Agencias financiadoras | Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (MEC). España Junta de Andalucía |
Identificador del proyecto | TIN2017-86049-R
P12-TIC-1519 |
Cita | Nebro, A.J., López Ibáñez, M., Barba González, C. y García Nieto, J.M. (2019). Automatic Configuration of NSGA-II with jMetal and irace. En GECCO 2019: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (1374-1381), Prague, Czech Republic: ACM Digital Library. |
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