Research Article

Many-Objective Optimization Using Adaptive Differential Evolution with a New Ranking Method

Table 2

IGD, GD, and HV obtained by MODER, MOEA/D, NSGAII, and NSGAII-CE on DTLZ1.

IGDGD
Mean Std. Mean Std.

DTLZ1-5MODER0.07190.00670.03110.0025
MOEA/D0.0756(+)0.00740.0317(+)0.0035
NSGAII23.789(+)15.261233.69(+)20.501
NSGAII-CE0.2989(+)0.10230.0124(−)0.0202

DTLZ1-10MODER0.09210.01460.11600.0075
MOEA/D0.1045(+)0.00810.1141(=)0.0242
NSGAII25.065(+)6.9643343.45(+)10.444
NSGAII-CE0.3246(+)0.09690.0055(−)0.0079

DTLZ1-15MODER0.09680.00630.19250.0103
MOEA/D0.1141(+)0.01010.1340(−)0.0198
NSGAII15.866(+)11.499222.14(+)5.2899
NSGAII-CE0.4152(+)0.09420.5510(+)0.0457

DTLZ1-20MODER0.15230.06130.22890.0056
MOEA/D0.1162(−)0.01760.1542(−)0.0133
NSGAII32.596(−)13.770373.34(+)5.1034
NSGAII-CE0.4197(−)0.06040.1218(−)0.1244

DTLZ1-25MODER0.20300.05850.26790.0302
MOEA/D0.1599(−)0.08810.2165(−)0.1604
NSGAII37.273(+)21.605389.85(+)6.1814
NSGAII-CE0.4694(+)0.05580.1237(−)0.1144

DTLZ1-50MODER0.31800.03920.28650.0845
MOEA/D0.1623(−)0.01420.1570(−)0.0290
NSGAII33.276(+)13.482364.25(+)9.7122
NSGAII-CE1.1990(+)2.31791.5583(+)3.5537

“+” means that MODER outperforms its competitor algorithm, “−” means that MODER is outperformed by its competitor algorithm, and “=” means that the competitor algorithm has the same performance as MODER.