2021/09/21 by Arne Herzel, Herzel, Arne, Stephan Helfrich +5
Computer Science · Engineering · Mathematics · #Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms #Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques #Topology Optimization in Engineering #cs.DS #math.OC
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2109.10067
arxiv created 2021/09/21 · arxiv updated 2021/09/22
This article investigates the approximation quality achievable for biobjective minimization problems with respect to the Pareto cone by solutions that are (approximately) optimal with respect to larger ordering cones. When simultaneously considering α-approximations for all closed convex ordering cones of a fixed inner angle γ∈ [\frac π2, π], an approximation guarantee between α and 2 α is achieved, which depends continuously on γ. The analysis is best-possible for any inner angle and it generalizes and unifies the known results that the set of supported solutions is a 2-approximation and that the efficient set itself is a 1-approximation. Moreover, it is shown that, for maximization problems, no approximation guarantee is achievable by considering larger ordering cones in the described fashion, which again generalizes a known result about the set of supported solutions.