Optimization of multi-objective dynamic optimization problems with front-based yin-yang-pair optimization

Abstract

Multi-objective Dynamic Optimization Problems (MDOP) are a set of challenging engineering problems in which one or more of the terms in the problem are dependent on independent variables. In this work, we employ a recently proposed stochastic multi-objective optimization algorithm, Front-based Yin-Yang-Pair Optimization, to solve such problems. The algorithm is applied on three Multi-objective Dynamic Optimization Problems (MDOP) from literature: (i) a batch reactor, (ii) a plug flow reactor and (iii) a fed-batch reactor problem. F-YYPO is able to determine efficient Pareto curves for the MDOP problems and shows competitive performance with literature results.