A Knee Point-Driven Many-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm with Adaptive Switching Mechanism

<table class="algorithm-group"><tr><td><table class="algorithm" id="alg3"><tr><td colspan="2"><b>Input:</b><i>F</i> (sorted population), <i>T</i> (rate of knee points in population), <i>r</i>, <i>t</i> (adaptive parameters)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">1 K ← ∅ /<svg height="10.1524pt" id="M150" style="vertical-align:-0.04990005pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -10.1025 6.17869 10.1524" width="6.17869pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,0,-5.741)"><path d="M486 158C486 177 478 202 466 220C413 228 386 236 336 262C386 288 413 297 466 304C478 323 486 347 485 366C470 376 444 381 422 380C389 338 368 319 321 288C323 345 329 372 349 422C339 442 322 461 305 470C289 461 271 442 262 422C281 372 287 345 290 288C243 319 222 338 189 380C167 381 142 376 125 366C125 347 133 322 145 304C198 296 225 288 275 262C225 236 198 227 145 220C133 201 125 177 126 158C141 148 167 143 189 144C222 186 243 205 290 236C288 179 282 152 262 102C272 82 289 63 306 54C322 63 340 82 350 102C330 152 324 179 321 236C368 205 390 186 422 144C444 143 470 148 486 158Z"></path></g></svg> knee points <svg height="10.1524pt" id="M151" style="vertical-align:-0.04990005pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -10.1025 6.17869 10.1524" width="6.17869pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,0,-5.741)"><path d="M486 158C486 177 478 202 466 220C413 228 386 236 336 262C386 288 413 297 466 304C478 323 486 347 485 366C470 376 444 381 422 380C389 338 368 319 321 288C323 345 329 372 349 422C339 442 322 461 305 470C289 461 271 442 262 422C281 372 287 345 290 288C243 319 222 338 189 380C167 381 142 376 125 366C125 347 133 322 145 304C198 296 225 288 275 262C225 236 198 227 145 220C133 201 125 177 126 158C141 148 167 143 189 144C222 186 243 205 290 236C288 179 282 152 262 102C272 82 289 63 306 54C322 63 340 82 350 102C330 152 324 179 321 236C368 205 390 186 422 144C444 143 470 148 486 158Z"></path></g></svg>/</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">2 <b>For all</b><i>F<sub>i</sub></i> ∈ <i>F</i><b>do</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">3   <i>E</i> ← <i>Find_extreme_solution</i>(<i>F<sub>i</sub></i>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">4   <i>L</i> ← <i>Calculate_extreme_hyperplane</i>(<i>E</i>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">5   Update <i>r</i> by Eq. (<a href="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jam/volume-2024/4737604/figures/#EEq5">9</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">6   <i>f</i>max ← Maximum value of each objective in <i>F<sub>i</sub></i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">7   <i>f</i>min ← Minimum value of each objective in <i>F<sub>i</sub></i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">8   Calculate <i>V</i> by Eq. (<a href="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jam/volume-2024/4737604/figures/#EEq4">8</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">9   Calculate the distance from each solution in <i>F<sub>i</sub></i> to <i>L</i> by Eq. (<a href="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jam/volume-2024/4737604/figures/#EEq3">7</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">10   Sort <i>F<sub>i</sub></i> in a descending order according to the distances</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">11   <i>Size<sub>Fi</sub></i>←<svg height="12.5794pt" id="M152" style="vertical-align:-3.29107pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -9.28833 16.8304 12.5794" width="16.8304pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M162 -163V703H101V-163H162Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,3.419,0)"><path d="M584 650H137L131 622C214 614 217 612 200 521L125 127C109 41 101 35 23 28L17 0H288L294 28C201 35 193 42 209 128L242 309H348C440 309 442 300 443 226H471L510 422H482C452 354 449 348 357 348H251L295 575C302 609 304 615 338 615H426C502 615 517 604 526 581C534 560 536 524 537 492L565 494C574 554 583 631 584 650Z"></path></g><g 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alg3

Algorithm 3

Algorithm 3: A Knee Point-Driven Many-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm with Adaptive Switching Mechanism 