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A HYBRIDIZED MULTI-OBJECTIVE MEMETIC ALGORITHM FOR THE MULTI-OBJECTIVE STOCHASTIC QUADRATIC KNAPSACK PROBLEM

ABSTRACT

The knapsack problem is basic in combinatorial optimization and possesses several variants and expansions. In this paper, we focus on the multi-objective stochastic quadratic knapsack problem with random weights. We propose a Multi-Objective Memetic Algorithm With Selection Neighborhood Pareto Local Search (MASNPL). At each iteration of this algorithm, crossover, mutation, and local search are applied to a population of solutions to generate new solutions that would constitute an offspring population. Then, we use a selection operator for the best solutions to the combined parent and offspring populations. The principle of the selection operation relies on the termination of the non-domination rank and the crowding distance obtained respectively by the Non-dominated Sort Algorithm and the Crowding-Distance Computation Algorithm. To evaluate the performance of our algorithm, we compare it with both an exact algorithm and the NSGA-II algorithm. Our experimental results show that the MASNPL algorithm leads to significant efficiency.

KEYWORDS:
non-dominated sort algorithm; crowding-distance; gradient algorithm; memetic algorithm with selection neighborhood pareto local search

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