Research Article

Understanding Population Dynamics in Multi- and Many-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms for High-Resolution Approximations

Table 1

Generational search-assessment indices.

NameAbbreviationFormula

NondominatedND
DominatedDOM
Pareto optimalPO
PO possibly newPOpnew
PO absolutely newPOA
PO droppedPOdrop
Nondominated non-PONDNP

Measures are taken on the population and checking membership to the current nondominated set , the previous one , all seen nondominated sets , and/or the Pareto optimal set .