@inproceedings{46341, abstract = {{Customer Segmentation aims to identify groups of customers that share similar interest or behaviour. It is an essential tool in marketing and can be used to target customer segments with tailored marketing strategies. Customer segmentation is often based on clustering techniques. This analysis is typically performed as a snapshot analysis where segments are identified at a specific point in time. However, this ignores the fact that customer segments are highly volatile and segments change over time. Once segments change, the entire analysis needs to be repeated and strategies adapted. In this paper we explore stream clustering as a tool to alleviate this problem. We propose a new stream clustering algorithm which allows to identify and track customer segments over time. The biggest challenge is that customer segmentation often relies on the transaction history of a customer. Since this data changes over time, it is necessary to update customers which have already been incorporated into the clustering. We show how to perform this step incrementally, without the need for periodic re-computations. As a result, customer segmentation can be performed continuously, faster and is more scalable. We demonstrate the performance of our algorithm using a large real-life case study.}}, author = {{Carnein, Matthias and Trautmann, Heike}}, booktitle = {{Proceedings of the 23$^rd$ Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (PAKDD ’19)}}, pages = {{280–292}}, title = {{{Customer Segmentation Based on Transactional Data Using Stream Clustering}}}, year = {{2019}}, } @inproceedings{46342, abstract = {{There is a range of phenomena in continuous, global multi-objective optimization, that cannot occur in single-objective optimization. For instance, in some multi-objective optimization problems it is possible to follow continuous paths of gradients of straightforward weighted scalarization functions, starting from locally efficient solutions, in order to reach globally Pareto optimal solutions. This paper seeks to better characterize multimodal multi-objective landscapes and to better understand the transitions from local optima to global optima in simple, path-oriented search procedures.}}, author = {{Grimme, Christian and Kerschke, Pascal and Emmerich, Michael T M and Preuss, Mike and Deutz, André H and Trautmann, Heike}}, booktitle = {{AIP Conference Proceedings}}, pages = {{020052--1--020052--4}}, publisher = {{AIP Publishing}}, title = {{{Sliding to the Global Optimum: How to Benefit from Non-Global Optima in Multimodal Multi-Objective Optimization}}}, doi = {{10.1063/1.5090019}}, year = {{2019}}, } @inbook{46336, abstract = {{Choosing the best-performing optimizer(s) out of a portfolio of optimization algorithms is usually a difficult and complex task. It gets even worse, if the underlying functions are unknown, i.e., so-called black-box problems, and function evaluations are considered to be expensive. In case of continuous single-objective optimization problems, exploratory landscape analysis (ELA), a sophisticated and effective approach for characterizing the landscapes of such problems by means of numerical values before actually performing the optimization task itself, is advantageous. Unfortunately, until now it has been quite complicated to compute multiple ELA features simultaneously, as the corresponding code has been—if at all—spread across multiple platforms or at least across several packages within these platforms. This article presents a broad summary of existing ELA approaches and introduces flacco, an R-package for feature-based landscape analysis of continuous and constrained optimization problems. Although its functions neither solve the optimization problem itself nor the related algorithm selection problem (ASP), it offers easy access to an essential ingredient of the ASP by providing a wide collection of ELA features on a single platform—even within a single package. In addition, flacco provides multiple visualization techniques, which enhance the understanding of some of these numerical features, and thereby make certain landscape properties more comprehensible. On top of that, we will introduce the package’s built-in, as well as web-hosted and hence platform-independent, graphical user interface (GUI). It facilitates the usage of the package—especially for people who are not familiar with R—and thus makes flacco a very convenient toolbox when working towards algorithm selection of continuous single-objective optimization problems.}}, author = {{Kerschke, Pascal and Trautmann, Heike}}, booktitle = {{Applications in Statistical Computing}}, editor = {{Bauer, Nadja and Ickstadt, Katja and Lübke, Karsten and Szepannek, Gero and Trautmann, Heike and Vichi, Maurizio}}, pages = {{93–123}}, publisher = {{Springer}}, title = {{{Comprehensive Feature-Based Landscape Analysis of Continuous and Constrained Optimization Problems Using the R-package flacco}}}, doi = {{10.1007/978-3-030-25147-5_7}}, year = {{2019}}, } @book{46335, author = {{Trautmann, Heike}}, isbn = {{978-3-030-25147-5}}, publisher = {{Springer International Publishing}}, title = {{{Applications in Statistical Computing — From Music Data Analysis to Industrial Quality Improvement}}}, year = {{2019}}, } @article{46346, abstract = {{In this article, we build upon previous work on designing informative and efficient Exploratory Landscape Analysis features for characterizing problems' landscapes and show their effectiveness in automatically constructing algorithm selection models in continuous black-box optimization problems. Focusing on algorithm performance results of the COCO platform of several years, we construct a representative set of high-performing complementary solvers and present an algorithm selection model that, compared to the portfolio's single best solver, on average requires less than half of the resources for solving a given problem. Therefore, there is a huge gain in efficiency compared to classical ensemble methods combined with an increased insight into problem characteristics and algorithm properties by using informative features. The model acts on the assumption that the function set of the Black-Box Optimization Benchmark is representative enough for practical applications. The model allows for selecting the best suited optimization algorithm within the considered set for unseen problems prior to the optimization itself based on a small sample of function evaluations. Note that such a sample can even be reused for the initial population of an evolutionary (optimization) algorithm so that even the feature costs become negligible.}}, author = {{Kerschke, Pascal and Trautmann, Heike}}, journal = {{Evolutionary Computation (ECJ)}}, number = {{1}}, pages = {{99–127}}, title = {{{Automated Algorithm Selection on Continuous Black-Box Problems By Combining Exploratory Landscape Analysis and Machine Learning}}}, doi = {{10.1162/evco_a_00236}}, volume = {{27}}, year = {{2019}}, } @article{46347, abstract = {{We continue recent work on the definition of multimodality in multiobjective optimization (MO) and the introduction of a test bed for multimodal MO problems. This goes beyond well-known diversity maintenance approaches but instead focuses on the landscape topology induced by the objective functions. More general multimodal MO problems are considered by allowing ellipsoid contours for single-objective subproblems. An experimental analysis compares two MO algorithms, one that explicitly relies on hypervolume gradient approximation, and one that is based on local search, both on a selection of generated example problems. We do not focus on performance but on the interaction induced by the problems and algorithms, which can be described by means of specific characteristics explicitly designed for the multimodal MO setting. Furthermore, we widen the scope of our analysis by additionally applying visualization techniques in the decision space. This strengthens and extends the foundations for Exploratory Landscape Analysis (ELA) in MO.}}, author = {{Kerschke, Pascal and Wang, Hao and Preuss, Mike and Grimme, Christian and Deutz, André and Trautmann, Heike and Emmerich, Michael}}, journal = {{Evolutionary Computation (ECJ)}}, number = {{4}}, pages = {{577–609}}, title = {{{Search Dynamics on Multimodal Multi-Objective Problems}}}, doi = {{10.1162/evco_a_00234}}, volume = {{27}}, year = {{2019}}, } @inproceedings{48841, abstract = {{We tackle a bi-objective dynamic orienteering problem where customer requests arise as time passes by. The goal is to minimize the tour length traveled by a single delivery vehicle while simultaneously keeping the number of dismissed dynamic customers to a minimum. We propose a dynamic Evolutionary Multi-Objective Algorithm which is grounded on insights gained from a previous series of work on an a-posteriori version of the problem, where all request times are known in advance. In our experiments, we simulate different decision maker strategies and evaluate the development of the Pareto-front approximations on exemplary problem instances. It turns out, that despite severely reduced computational budget and no oracle-knowledge of request times the dynamic EMOA is capable of producing approximations which partially dominate the results of the a-posteriori EMOA and dynamic integer linear programming strategies.}}, author = {{Bossek, Jakob and Grimme, Christian and Meisel, Stephan and Rudolph, Günter and Trautmann, Heike}}, booktitle = {{Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization (EMO)}}, editor = {{Deb, Kalyanmoy and Goodman, Erik and Coello Coello, Carlos A. and Klamroth, Kathrin and Miettinen, Kaisa and Mostaghim, Sanaz and Reed, Patrick}}, isbn = {{978-3-030-12598-1}}, keywords = {{Combinatorial optimization, Dynamic optimization, Metaheuristics, Multi-objective optimization, Vehicle routing}}, pages = {{516–528}}, publisher = {{Springer International Publishing}}, title = {{{Bi-Objective Orienteering: Towards a Dynamic Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithm}}}, doi = {{10.1007/978-3-030-12598-1_41}}, year = {{2019}}, } @inproceedings{48842, abstract = {{Evolutionary algorithms have successfully been applied to evolve problem instances that exhibit a significant difference in performance for a given algorithm or a pair of algorithms inter alia for the Traveling Salesperson Problem (TSP). Creating a large variety of instances is crucial for successful applications in the blooming field of algorithm selection. In this paper, we introduce new and creative mutation operators for evolving instances of the TSP. We show that adopting those operators in an evolutionary algorithm allows for the generation of benchmark sets with highly desirable properties: (1) novelty by clear visual distinction to established benchmark sets in the field, (2) visual and quantitative diversity in the space of TSP problem characteristics, and (3) significant performance differences with respect to the restart versions of heuristic state-of-the-art TSP solvers EAX and LKH. The important aspect of diversity is addressed and achieved solely by the proposed mutation operators and not enforced by explicit diversity preservation.}}, author = {{Bossek, Jakob and Kerschke, Pascal and Neumann, Aneta and Wagner, Markus and Neumann, Frank and Trautmann, Heike}}, booktitle = {{Proceedings of the 15th ACM/SIGEVO Conference on Foundations of Genetic Algorithms}}, isbn = {{978-1-4503-6254-2}}, keywords = {{benchmarking, instance features, optimization, problem generation, traveling salesperson problem}}, pages = {{58–71}}, publisher = {{Association for Computing Machinery}}, title = {{{Evolving Diverse TSP Instances by Means of Novel and Creative Mutation Operators}}}, doi = {{10.1145/3299904.3340307}}, year = {{2019}}, } @inproceedings{48843, abstract = {{We contribute to the theoretical understanding of randomized search heuristics for dynamic problems. We consider the classical graph coloring problem and investigate the dynamic setting where edges are added to the current graph. We then analyze the expected time for randomized search heuristics to recompute high quality solutions. This includes the (1+1) EA and RLS in a setting where the number of colors is bounded and we are minimizing the number of conflicts as well as iterated local search algorithms that use an unbounded color palette and aim to use the smallest colors and - as a consequence - the smallest number of colors. We identify classes of bipartite graphs where reoptimization is as hard as or even harder than optimization from scratch, i. e. starting with a random initialization. Even adding a single edge can lead to hard symmetry problems. However, graph classes that are hard for one algorithm turn out to be easy for others. In most cases our bounds show that reoptimization is faster than optimizing from scratch. Furthermore, we show how to speed up computations by using problem specific operators concentrating on parts of the graph where changes have occurred.}}, author = {{Bossek, Jakob and Neumann, Frank and Peng, Pan and Sudholt, Dirk}}, booktitle = {{Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference}}, isbn = {{978-1-4503-6111-8}}, keywords = {{dynamic optimization, evolutionary algorithms, running time analysis, theory}}, pages = {{1443–1451}}, publisher = {{Association for Computing Machinery}}, title = {{{Runtime Analysis of Randomized Search Heuristics for Dynamic Graph Coloring}}}, doi = {{10.1145/3321707.3321792}}, year = {{2019}}, } @inproceedings{48840, abstract = {{Research has shown that for many single-objective graph problems where optimum solutions are composed of low weight sub-graphs, such as the minimum spanning tree problem (MST), mutation operators favoring low weight edges show superior performance. Intuitively, similar observations should hold for multi-criteria variants of such problems. In this work, we focus on the multi-criteria MST problem. A thorough experimental study is conducted where we estimate the probability of edges being part of non-dominated spanning trees as a function of the edges’ non-domination level or domination count, respectively. Building on gained insights, we propose several biased one-edge-exchange mutation operators that differ in the used edge-selection probability distribution (biased towards edges of low rank). Our empirical analysis shows that among different graph types (dense and sparse) and edge weight types (both uniformly random and combinations of Euclidean and uniformly random) biased edge-selection strategies perform superior in contrast to the baseline uniform edge-selection. Our findings are in particular strong for dense graphs.}}, author = {{Bossek, Jakob and Grimme, Christian and Neumann, Frank}}, booktitle = {{Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference}}, isbn = {{978-1-4503-6111-8}}, keywords = {{biased mutation, combinatorial optimization, minimum spanning tree, multi-objective optimization}}, pages = {{516–523}}, publisher = {{Association for Computing Machinery}}, title = {{{On the Benefits of Biased Edge-Exchange Mutation for the Multi-Criteria Spanning Tree Problem}}}, doi = {{10.1145/3321707.3321818}}, year = {{2019}}, } @inproceedings{48858, abstract = {{The $$\textbackslash mathcal NP$$-hard multi-criteria shortest path problem (mcSPP) is of utmost practical relevance, e.~g., in navigation system design and logistics. We address the problem of approximating the Pareto-front of the mcSPP with sum objectives. We do so by proposing a new mutation operator for multi-objective evolutionary algorithms that solves single-objective versions of the shortest path problem on subgraphs. A rigorous empirical benchmark on a diverse set of problem instances shows the effectiveness of the approach in comparison to a well-known mutation operator in terms of convergence speed and approximation quality. In addition, we glance at the neighbourhood structure and similarity of obtained Pareto-optimal solutions and derive promising directions for future work.}}, author = {{Bossek, Jakob and Grimme, Christian}}, booktitle = {{Learning and Intelligent Optimization}}, editor = {{Battiti, Roberto and Brunato, Mauro and Kotsireas, Ilias and Pardalos, Panos M.}}, isbn = {{978-3-030-05348-2}}, pages = {{184–198}}, publisher = {{Springer International Publishing}}, title = {{{Solving Scalarized Subproblems within Evolutionary Algorithms for Multi-criteria Shortest Path Problems}}}, doi = {{10.1007/978-3-030-05348-2_17}}, year = {{2019}}, } @inproceedings{48870, abstract = {{The edge coloring problem asks for an assignment of colors to edges of a graph such that no two incident edges share the same color and the number of colors is minimized. It is known that all graphs with maximum degree {$\Delta$} can be colored with {$\Delta$} or {$\Delta$} + 1 colors, but it is NP-hard to determine whether {$\Delta$} colors are sufficient. We present the first runtime analysis of evolutionary algorithms (EAs) for the edge coloring problem. Simple EAs such as RLS and (1+1) EA efficiently find (2{$\Delta$} - 1)-colorings on arbitrary graphs and optimal colorings for even and odd cycles, paths, star graphs and arbitrary trees. A partial analysis for toroids also suggests efficient runtimes in bipartite graphs with many cycles. Experiments support these findings and investigate additional graph classes such as hypercubes, complete graphs and complete bipartite graphs. Theoretical and experimental results suggest that simple EAs find optimal colorings for all these graph classes in expected time O({$\Delta\mathscrl$}2m log m), where m is the number of edges and {$\mathscrl$} is the length of the longest simple path in the graph.}}, author = {{Bossek, Jakob and Sudholt, Dirk}}, booktitle = {{Proceedings of the 15th ACM/SIGEVO Conference on Foundations of Genetic Algorithms}}, isbn = {{978-1-4503-6254-2}}, keywords = {{edge coloring problem, runtime analysis}}, pages = {{102–115}}, publisher = {{Association for Computing Machinery}}, title = {{{Time Complexity Analysis of RLS and (1 + 1) EA for the Edge Coloring Problem}}}, doi = {{10.1145/3299904.3340311}}, year = {{2019}}, } @inproceedings{48875, abstract = {{A multiobjective perspective onto common performance measures such as the PAR10 score or the expected runtime of single-objective stochastic solvers is presented by directly investigating the tradeoff between the fraction of failed runs and the average runtime. Multi-objective indicators operating in the bi-objective space allow for an overall performance comparison on a set of instances paving the way for instance-based automated algorithm selection techniques.}}, author = {{Bossek, Jakob and Trautmann, Heike}}, booktitle = {{Learning and Intelligent Optimization}}, editor = {{Battiti, Roberto and Brunato, Mauro and Kotsireas, Ilias and Pardalos, Panos M.}}, isbn = {{978-3-030-05348-2}}, keywords = {{Algorithm selection, Performance measurement}}, pages = {{215–219}}, publisher = {{Springer International Publishing}}, title = {{{Multi-Objective Performance Measurement: Alternatives to PAR10 and Expected Running Time}}}, doi = {{10.1007/978-3-030-05348-2_19}}, year = {{2019}}, } @article{48877, abstract = {{OpenML is an online machine learning platform where researchers can easily share data, machine learning tasks and experiments as well as organize them online to work and collaborate more efficiently. In this paper, we present an R package to interface with the OpenML platform and illustrate its usage in combination with the machine learning R package mlr (Bischl et al. J Mach Learn Res 17(170):1—5, 2016). We show how the OpenML package allows R users to easily search, download and upload data sets and machine learning tasks. Furthermore, we also show how to upload results of experiments, share them with others and download results from other users. Beyond ensuring reproducibility of results, the OpenML platform automates much of the drudge work, speeds up research, facilitates collaboration and increases the users’ visibility online.}}, author = {{Casalicchio, Giuseppe and Bossek, Jakob and Lang, Michel and Kirchhoff, Dominik and Kerschke, Pascal and Hofner, Benjamin and Seibold, Heidi and Vanschoren, Joaquin and Bischl, Bernd}}, issn = {{0943-4062}}, journal = {{Computational Statistics}}, keywords = {{Databases, Machine learning, R, Reproducible research}}, number = {{3}}, pages = {{977–991}}, title = {{{OpenML: An R Package to Connect to the Machine Learning Platform OpenML}}}, doi = {{10.1007/s00180-017-0742-2}}, volume = {{34}}, year = {{2019}}, } @inproceedings{46339, abstract = {{Evolutionary algorithms have successfully been applied to evolve problem instances that exhibit a significant difference in performance for a given algorithm or a pair of algorithms inter alia for the Traveling Salesperson Problem (TSP). Creating a large variety of instances is crucial for successful applications in the blooming field of algorithm selection. In this paper, we introduce new and creative mutation operators for evolving instances of the TSP. We show that adopting those operators in an evolutionary algorithm allows for the generation of benchmark sets with highly desirable properties: (1) novelty by clear visual distinction to established benchmark sets in the field, (2) visual and quantitative diversity in the space of TSP problem characteristics, and (3) significant performance differences with respect to the restart versions of heuristic state-of-the-art TSP solvers EAX and LKH. The important aspect of diversity is addressed and achieved solely by the proposed mutation operators and not enforced by explicit diversity preservation.}}, author = {{Bossek, Jakob and Kerschke, Pascal and Neumann, Aneta and Wagner, Markus and Neumann, Frank and Trautmann, Heike}}, booktitle = {{Proceedings of the 15$^th$ ACM/SIGEVO Workshop on Foundations of Genetic Algorithms (FOGA XV)}}, editor = {{Friedrich, Tobias and Doerr, Carola and Arnold, Dirk}}, pages = {{58–71}}, title = {{{Evolving Diverse TSP Instances by Means of Novel and Creative Mutation Operators}}}, doi = {{10.1145/3299904.3340307}}, year = {{2019}}, } @inproceedings{46338, abstract = {{We tackle a bi-objective dynamic orienteering problem where customer requests arise as time passes by. The goal is to minimize the tour length traveled by a single delivery vehicle while simultaneously keeping the number of dismissed dynamic customers to a minimum. We propose a dynamic Evolutionary Multi-Objective Algorithm which is grounded on insights gained from a previous series of work on an a-posteriori version of the problem, where all request times are known in advance. In our experiments, we simulate different decision maker strategies and evaluate the development of the Pareto-front approximations on exemplary problem instances. It turns out, that despite severely reduced computational budget and no oracle-knowledge of request times the dynamic EMOA is capable of producing approximations which partially dominate the results of the a-posteriori EMOA and dynamic integer linear programming strategies.}}, author = {{Bossek, Jakob and Grimme, Christian and Meisel, Stephan and Rudolph, Günter and Trautmann, Heike}}, booktitle = {{Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization (EMO)}}, editor = {{Deb, Kalyanmoy and Goodman, Erik and Coello, Coello Carlos A. and Klamroth, Kathrin and Miettinen, Kaisa and Mostaghim, Sanaz and Reed, Patrick}}, isbn = {{978-3-030-12597-4}}, pages = {{516–528}}, publisher = {{Springer International Publishing}}, title = {{{Bi-Objective Orienteering: Towards a Dynamic Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm}}}, doi = {{10.1007/978-3-030-12598-1_41}}, volume = {{11411}}, year = {{2019}}, } @inproceedings{46337, abstract = {{A multiobjective perspective onto common performance measures such as the PAR10 score or the expected runtime of single-objective stochastic solvers is presented by directly investigating the tradeoff between the fraction of failed runs and the average runtime. Multi-objective indicators operating in the bi-objective space allow for an overall performance comparison on a set of instances paving the way for instance-based automated algorithm selection techniques.}}, author = {{Bossek, Jakob and Trautmann, Heike}}, booktitle = {{Learning and Intelligent Optimization}}, editor = {{Battiti, R and Brunato, M and Kotsireas, I and Pardalos, P}}, isbn = {{978-3-030-05347-5}}, pages = {{215–219}}, publisher = {{Springer}}, title = {{{Multi-Objective Performance Measurement: Alternatives to PAR10 and Expected Running Time}}}, volume = {{11353}}, year = {{2019}}, } @inproceedings{46350, abstract = {{The ubiquity of WiFi access points and the sharp increase in WiFi-enabled devices carried by humans have paved the way for WiFi-based indoor positioning and location analysis. Locating people in indoor environments has numerous applications in robotics, crowd control, indoor facility optimization, and automated environment mapping. However, existing WiFi-based positioning systems suffer from two major problems: (1) their accuracy and precision is limited due to inherent noise induced by indoor obstacles, and (2) they only occasionally provide location estimates, namely when a WiFi-equipped device emits a signal. To mitigate these two issues, we propose a novel Gaussian process (GP) model for WiFi signal strength measurements. It allows for simultaneous smoothing (increasing accuracy and precision of estimators) and interpolation (enabling continuous sampling of location estimates). Furthermore, simple and efficient smoothing methods for location estimates are introduced to improve localization performance in real-time settings. Experiments are conducted on two data sets from a large real-world commercial indoor retail environment. Results demonstrate that our approach provides significant improvements in terms of precision and accuracy with respect to unfiltered data. Ultimately, the GP model realizes continuous location sampling with consistently high quality location estimates.}}, author = {{van Engelen, J.E. and van Lier, J.J. and Takes, F.W. and Trautmann, Heike}}, booktitle = {{Proceedings of the European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Database (ECML/PKDD)}}, pages = {{524–540}}, publisher = {{Springer}}, title = {{{Accurate WiFi based indoor positioning with continuous location sampling}}}, year = {{2018}}, } @article{46351, abstract = {{Clustering is an important field in data mining that aims to reveal hidden patterns in data sets. It is widely popular in marketing or medical applications and used to identify groups of similar objects. Clustering possibly unbounded and evolving data streams is of particular interest due to the widespread deployment of large and fast data sources such as sensors. The vast majority of stream clustering algorithms employ a two-phase approach where the stream is first summarized in an online phase. Upon request, an offline phase reclusters the aggregations into the final clusters. In this setup, the online component will idle and wait for the next observation in times where the stream is slow. This paper proposes a new stream clustering algorithm called evoStream which performs evolutionary optimization in the idle times of the online phase to incrementally build and refine the final clusters. Since the online phase would idle otherwise, our approach does not reduce the processing speed while effectively removing the computational overhead of the offline phase. In extensive experiments on real data streams we show that the proposed algorithm allows to output clusters of high quality at any time within the stream without the need for additional computational resources.}}, author = {{Carnein, Matthias and Trautmann, Heike}}, journal = {{Big Data Research}}, pages = {{101–111}}, title = {{{evoStream — Evolutionary Stream Clustering Utilizing Idle Times}}}, doi = {{10.1016/j.bdr.2018.05.005}}, volume = {{14}}, year = {{2018}}, } @article{46353, abstract = {{Incorporating decision makers' preferences is of great significance in multiobjective optimization. Target region-based multiobjective evolutionary algorithms (TMOEAs), aiming at a well-distributed subset of Pareto optimal solutions within the user-provided region(s), are extensively investigated in this paper. An empirical comparison is performed among three TMOEA instantiations: T-NSGA-II, T-SMS-EMOA and T-R2-EMOA. Experimental results show that T-SMS-EMOA has the best overall performance regarding the hypervolume indicator within the target region, while T-NSGA-II is the fastest algorithm. We also compare TMOEAs with other state-of-the-art preference-based approaches, i.e., DF-SMS-EMOA, RVEA, AS-EMOA and R-NSGA-II to show the advantages of TMOEAs. A case study in the mission planning of earth observation satellite is carried out to verify the capabilities of TMOEAs in the real-world application. Experimental results indicate that preferences can improve the searching ability of MOEAs, and TMOEAs can successfully find nondominated solutions preferred by the decision maker.}}, author = {{Li, L and Wang, Y and Trautmann, Heike and Jing, N and Emmerich, M}}, journal = {{Swarm and Evolutionary Computation}}, pages = {{196–215}}, title = {{{Multiobjective evolutionary algorithms based on target region preferences}}}, doi = {{10.1016/j.swevo.2018.02.006}}, volume = {{40}}, year = {{2018}}, }