Flower Pollination Algorithm: A Novel Approach for Multiobjective Optimization

Multiobjective design optimization problems require multiobjective optimization techniques to solve, and it is often very challenging to obtain high-quality Pareto fronts accurately. In this paper, the recently developed flower pollination algorithm (FPA) is extended to solve multiobjective optimization problems. The proposed method is used to solve a set of multobjective test functions and two bi-objective design benchmarks, and a comparison of the proposed algorithm with other algorithms has been made, which shows that FPA is efficient with a good convergence rate. Finally, the importance for further parametric studies and theoretical analysis are highlighted and discussed. Citation Details: X. S. Yang, M. Karamanoglu, X. S. He, Flower Pollination Algorithm: A Novel Approach for Multiobjective Optimization Engineering Optimization, vol. 46, Issue 9, pp. 1222-1237 (2014).