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On the Transferability of Knowledge among Vehicle Routing Problems by using Cellular Evolutionary Multitasking

Authors :
Osaba, Eneko
Martinez, Aritz D.
Lobo, Jesus L.
Laña, Ibai
Del Ser, Javier
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Multitasking optimization is a recently introduced paradigm, focused on the simultaneous solving of multiple optimization problem instances (tasks). The goal of multitasking environments is to dynamically exploit existing complementarities and synergies among tasks, helping each other through the transfer of genetic material. More concretely, Evolutionary Multitasking (EM) regards to the resolution of multitasking scenarios using concepts inherited from Evolutionary Computation. EM approaches such as the well-known Multifactorial Evolutionary Algorithm (MFEA) are lately gaining a notable research momentum when facing with multiple optimization problems. This work is focused on the application of the recently proposed Multifactorial Cellular Genetic Algorithm (MFCGA) to the well-known Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (CVRP). In overall, 11 different multitasking setups have been built using 12 datasets. The contribution of this research is twofold. On the one hand, it is the first application of the MFCGA to the Vehicle Routing Problem family of problems. On the other hand, equally interesting is the second contribution, which is focused on the quantitative analysis of the positive genetic transferability among the problem instances. To do that, we provide an empirical demonstration of the synergies arisen between the different optimization tasks.<br />Comment: 8 pages, 1 figure, paper accepted for presentation in the 23rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems 2020 (IEEE ITSC 2020)

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2005.05066
Document Type :
Working Paper