Algorithm selection for black-box continuous optimization problems: A survey on methods and challenges

MA Muñoz, Y Sun, M Kirley, SK Halgamuge - Information Sciences, 2015 - Elsevier
Selecting the most appropriate algorithm to use when attempting to solve a black-box
continuous optimization problem is a challenging task. Such problems typically lack …

Exploratory landscape analysis of continuous space optimization problems using information content

MA Muñoz, M Kirley… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Data-driven analysis methods, such as the information content of a fitness sequence,
characterize a discrete fitness landscape by quantifying its smoothness, ruggedness, or …

Performance analysis of continuous black-box optimization algorithms via footprints in instance space

MA Muñoz, KA Smith-Miles - Evolutionary computation, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a method for the objective assessment of an algorithm's strengths and
weaknesses. Instead of examining the performance of only one or more algorithms on a …

Generating new space-filling test instances for continuous black-box optimization

MA Muñoz, K Smith-Miles - Evolutionary computation, 2020 - direct.mit.edu
This article presents a method to generate diverse and challenging new test instances for
continuous black-box optimization. Each instance is represented as a feature vector of …

A meta-learning prediction model of algorithm performance for continuous optimization problems

MA Muñoz, M Kirley, SK Halgamuge - … Solving from Nature-PPSN XII: 12th …, 2012 - Springer
Algorithm selection and configuration is a challenging problem in the continuous
optimization domain. An approach to tackle this problem is to develop a model that links …

An instance space analysis of regression problems

MA Muñoz, T Yan, MR Leal, K Smith-Miles… - ACM Transactions on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
The quest for greater insights into algorithm strengths and weaknesses, as revealed when
studying algorithm performance on large collections of test problems, is supported by …

Optimal selection of benchmarking datasets for unbiased machine learning algorithm evaluation

JLJ Pereira, K Smith-Miles, MA Muñoz… - Data Mining and …, 2024 - Springer
Whenever a new supervised machine learning (ML) algorithm or solution is developed, it is
imperative to evaluate the predictive performance it attains for diverse datasets. This is done …

Analyzing randomness effects on the reliability of exploratory landscape analysis

MA Muñoz, M Kirley, K Smith-Miles - Natural Computing, 2022 - Springer
The inherent difficulty of solving a continuous, static, bound-constrained and single-objective
black-box optimization problem depends on the characteristics of the problem's fitness …

Tuning metaheuristics by sequential optimisation of regression models

ÁR Trindade, F Campelo - Applied Soft Computing, 2019 - Elsevier
Tuning parameters is an important step for the application of metaheuristics to specific
problem classes. In this work we present a tuning framework based on the sequential …

Selection of appropriate metaheuristic algorithms for protein structure prediction in AB off-lattice model: a perspective from fitness landscape analysis

ND Jana, J Sil, S Das - Information Sciences, 2017 - Elsevier
Protein structure prediction (PSP) from its primary sequence is a challenging task in
computational biology. PSP is an optimization problem that determines the stable or native …