TR-12-02: A Study of Objective Weights in Multi-Objective Ant Colony Optimization
Carleton University
Technical Report TR-12-02
September 28, 2012
A Study of Objective Weights in Multi-Objective Ant Colony Optimization
Andrew Runka & Tony White
Abstract
This paper examines the use of objective-biasing weights in Multi-Ob jective Ant Colony Optimization (MOACO). Past literature pertaining to objective weights in MOACO is examined. A new formalism is proposed to consolidate descriptions of various weight setting strategies. Experimentation is performed to analyze consequences of various objective weight design choices in terms of their effect on solution quality and fitness space coverage.