Improving the performance of a preference-based multi-objective algorithm to optimize food treatment processes

Ferr�ndez, M. R.; Redondo, J. L.; Ivorra, B.; Ramos, A. M.; Ortigosa, P. M.; Paechter, B.

Abstract

This work focuses on the optimization of some high-pressure and temperature food treatments. In some cases, when dealing with real-life multi-objective optimization problems, such as the one considered here, the computational cost of evaluating the considered objective functions is usually quite high. Therefore, only a reduced number of iterations is affordable for the optimization algorithm. However, using fewer iterations can lead to inaccurate solutions far from the real Pareto optimal front. In this article, different mechanisms are analysed and compared to improve the convergence of a preference-based multi-objective optimization algorithm called the Weighting Achievement Scalarizing Function Genetic Algorithm (WASF-GA). The combination of these techniques has been applied to optimize a particular food treatment process. In particular, one of the proposed methods, based on the introduction of an advanced population, achieves important improvements in the quality indicator measures considered.

Citation

Ferrández, M. R., Redondo, J. L., Ivorra, B., Ramos, A. M., Ortigosa, P. M., & Paechter, B. (2020). Improving the performance of a preference-based multi-objective algorithm to optimize food treatment processes. Engineering Optimization, 52(5), 896-913. https://doi.org/10.1080/0305215x.2019.1618289

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 24, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Jun 28, 2019
• Publication Date: 2020
• Deposit Date: Aug 2, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 29, 2020
• Journal: Engineering Optimization
• Print ISSN: 0305-215X
• Electronic ISSN: 1029-0273
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 896-913
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0305215x.2019.1618289
• Keywords: Management Science and Operations Research; Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; Control and Optimization; Applied Mathematics; Computer Science Applications
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1974608
• Contract Date: Aug 2, 2019