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Papers

(The median citation count of IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Causal Inference Based Large-Scale Multi-Objective Optimization	186
IEEE Access	167
Table of Contents	156
Solution of Large-Scale Many-Objective Optimization Problems Based on Dimension Reduction and Solving Knowledge-Guided Evolutionary Algorithm	154
Genetic Programming With Niching for Uncertain Capacitated Arc Routing Problem	153
Benchmark-Driven Configuration of a Parallel Model-Based Optimization Algorithm	133
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Information	131
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Information	119
Particle-Assisted Deep Reinforcement Learning for Quantum State Manipulation	118
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Information for Authors	116
Dealing With Structure Constraints in Evolutionary Pareto Set Learning	113
MOTEA-II: A Collaborative Multi-Objective Transformation Based Evolutionary Algorithm for Bi-Level Optimization	109
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Publication Information	107
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Information for Authors	100
Introducing IEEE Collabratec	97
Introducing IEEE Collabratec	94
Evolutionary Constrained Multiobjective Optimization: Scalable High-Dimensional Constraint Benchmarks and Algorithm	94
Orthogonal Transfer for Multitask Optimization	93
Call for Papers IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Special Issue on Evolutionary Computer Vision	90
Table of Contents	90
TechRxiv: Share Your Preprint Research with the World!	89
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Publication Information	88
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Society Information	86
Introducing IEEE Collabratec	86
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation information for authors	82

Evolutionary Search for Complete Neural Network Architectures With Partial Weight Sharing	81
Correlation Coefficient-Based Recombinative Guidance for Genetic Programming Hyperheuristics in Dynamic Flexible Job Shop Scheduling	78
Memetic EDA-Based Approaches to QoS-Aware Fully Automated Semantic Web Service Composition	73
Brain-Inspired Multi-Scale Evolutionary Neural Architecture Search for Deep Spiking Neural Networks	73
Table of Contents	71
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Information	71
Tailoring Evolutionary Algorithms to Solve the Multiobjective Location-Routing Problem for Biomass Waste Collection	71
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Publication Information	71
ACO-GA-Based Optimization to Enhance Global Path Planning for Autonomous Navigation in Grid Environments	70
Light-EvoOPT: A Lightweight Evolutionary Optimization Framework for Ultra-Large-Scale Mixed Integer Linear Programs	67
Regularity Evolution for Multiobjective Optimization	66
Multiobjective Differential Evolution Algorithm Balancing Multiple Stakeholders for Low-Carbon Order Scheduling in E-Waste Recycling	66
Benchmarking Derivative-Free Global Optimization Algorithms Under Limited Dimensions and Large Evaluation Budgets	66
GPU-Based Genetic Programming for Faster Feature Extraction in Binary Image Classification	65
Machine Learning-Based Prediction of New Pareto-Optimal Solutions From Pseudo-Weights	64
Multi-Objective Archiving	63
Quality Indicators for Preference-Based Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization Using a Reference Point: A Review and Analysis	63
Noisy Evolutionary Optimization With Application to Grid-Based Persistent Monitoring	63
Correlation-Based Dynamic Allocation Scheme of Fitness Evaluations for Constrained Evolutionary Optimization	62
Solution Transfer in Evolutionary Optimization: An Empirical Study on Sequential Transfer	62
A Flexible Ranking-Based Competitive Swarm Optimizer for Large-Scale Continuous Multiobjective Optimization	61
A Classifier-Ensemble-Based Surrogate-Assisted Evolutionary Algorithm for Distributed Data-Driven Optimization	61
A Two-Individual Evolutionary Algorithm for Cumulative Capacitated Vehicle Routing With Single and Multiple Depots	60
Multi-Objective Mixed-Integer Quadratic Models: A Study on Mathematical Programming and Evolutionary Computation	60
Locating Drone Stations for a Truck-Drone Delivery System in Continuous Space	58
Toward Evolving Dispatching Rules With Flow Control Operations by Grammar-Guided Linear Genetic Programming	58
Neural Network-Based Dimensionality Reduction for Large-Scale Binary Optimization With Millions of Variables	57
Multi-Agent Swarm Optimization With Adaptive Internal and External Learning for Complex Consensus-Based Distributed Optimization	57
Solving High-Dimensional Expensive Multiobjective Optimization Problems by Adaptive Decision Variable Grouping	57
Computationally Expensive High-Dimensional Multiobjective Optimization via Surrogate-Assisted Reformulation and Decomposition	57
Constrained Probabilistic Pareto Dominance for Expensive Constrained Multiobjective Optimization Problems	55
Exploratory Landscape Analysis for Mixed-Variable Problems	53
Guest Editorial Evolutionary Neural Architecture Search	53
Many-Task Differential Evolutionary Algorithm Based on Bi-Space Similarity	52
Evolving Equation Learner For Symbolic Regression	51
Hyperbolic Neural Network Based Preselection for Expensive Multi-Objective Optimization	51
Approximation Guarantees for the Non-Dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II (NSGA-II)	50
An Enhanced Differential Grouping Method for Large-Scale Overlapping Problems	50
An Evolutionary Multi-Objective Neural Architecture Search Approach to Advancing Cognitive Diagnosis in Intelligent Education	50
SRBench++: Principled Benchmarking of Symbolic Regression With Domain-Expert Interpretation	50
Effective Identification of Lower-Level Optimal Solutions via Discriminator of Conditional Generative Adversarial Network	49
The Runtime of Randomized Local Search on the Generalized Needle Problem	49
An Evolutionary Algorithm for Solving Large-Scale Robust Multi-Objective Optimization Problems	49
On Benchmarking Interactive Evolutionary Multiobjective Algorithms	48
Constrained Multiobjective Optimization With Escape and Expansion Forces	48
A Survey of Evolutionary Continuous Dynamic Optimization Over Two Decades—Part A	47
A Genetic Programming Approach for Evolving Variable Selectors in Constraint Programming	47
A Generator of Multiextremal Test Classes With Known Solutions for Black-Box-Constrained Global Optimization	46
Multipopulation Ant Colony System With Knowledge-Based Local Searches for Multiobjective Supply Chain Configuration	46
Automating Genetic Algorithm Mutations for Molecules Using a Masked Language Model	45

An Evolutionary Multiobjective Knee-Based Lower Upper Bound Estimation Method for Wind Speed Interval Forecast	45
Bayesian Performance Analysis for Algorithm Ranking Comparison	44
Community Detection in Multiplex Networks Based on Evolutionary Multitask Optimization and Evolutionary Clustering Ensemble	44
Multitask Particle Swarm Optimization With Dynamic On-Demand Allocation	44
Knowledge Transfer Genetic Programming With Auxiliary Population for Solving Uncertain Capacitated Arc Routing Problem	44
A Decomposition Method for Both Additively and Nonadditively Separable Problems	43
Incremental Recursive Ranking Grouping for Large-Scale Global Optimization	43
Revisiting Implicit and Explicit Averaging for Noisy Optimization	43
Informing Multiobjective Optimization Benchmark Construction Through Instance Space Analysis	41
ConCS: A Continual Classifier System for Continual Learning of Multiple Boolean Problems	41
PRE-NAS: Evolutionary Neural Architecture Search With Predictor	41
A Performance Indicator-Based Infill Criterion for Expensive Multi-/Many-Objective Optimization	39
Theory of (1+1) ES on SPHERE Revisited	39
Bi-Level Multiobjective Evolutionary Learning: A Case Study on Multitask Graph Neural Topology Search	38
Multiobjective Evolutionary Generative Adversarial Network Compression for Image Translation	37
To Trust or Not to Trust: Evolutionary Dynamics of an Asymmetric N-Player Trust Game	37
Evolutionary Game Analysis Among Three Green-Sensitive Parties in Green Supply Chains	36
Regularized Evolutionary Multitask Optimization: Learning to Intertask Transfer in Aligned Subspace	36
Searching for Robustness Intervals in Evolutionary Robust Optimization	36
Nearest-Better Network for Fitness Landscape Analysis of Continuous Optimization Problems	36
Task Allocation on Layered Multiagent Systems: When Evolutionary Many-Objective Optimization Meets Deep Q-Learning	36
Optimal Linear Crossover for Mitigating Negative Transfer in Evolutionary Multitasking	35
Dynamic Optimization in Fast-Changing Environments via Offline Evolutionary Search	35
Multi-Level and Multi-Segment Learning Multitask Optimization via a Niching Method	35
Multi-Agent Evolution Strategy With Cooperative and Cumulative Step Adaptation for Black-Box Distributed Optimization	35
Evolutionary Computation and Explainable AI: A Roadmap to Understandable Intelligent Systems	35
BIAS: A Toolbox for Benchmarking Structural Bias in the Continuous Domain	35
Optimizing Dynamic Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Using an Evolutionary Multi-Task Optimization Framework and Genetic Programming	34
Genetic Programming for Dynamic Flexible Job Shop Scheduling: Evolution With Single Individuals and Ensembles	34
Grid Classification-Based Surrogate-Assisted Particle Swarm Optimization for Expensive Multiobjective Optimization	34
Multitask Linear Genetic Programming With Shared Individuals and Its Application to Dynamic Job Shop Scheduling	34
TechRxiv: Share Your Preprint Research With the World!	34
A Review on Convolutional Neural Network Encodings for Neuroevolution	33
Preserving Population Diversity Based on Transformed Semantics in Genetic Programming for Symbolic Regression	33
A Scalable Many-Objective Pathfinding Benchmark Suite	33
Two-Stage Evolutionary Neural Architecture Search for Transfer Learning	33
A Niching Regression Adaptive Memetic Algorithm for Multimodal Optimization of the Euclidean Traveling Salesman Problem	33
On the Effect of the Cooperation of Indicator-Based Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms	33
A Novel Evolutionary Algorithm for Energy-Efficient Scheduling in Flexible Job Shops	33
Competitive Multitasking for Computational Resource Allocation in Evolutionary Constrained Multi-Objective Optimization	32
EDA++: Estimation of Distribution Algorithms With Feasibility Conserving Mechanisms for Constrained Continuous Optimization	32
Region Purity-Based Local Feature Selection: A Multiobjective Perspective	31
Expensive Multiobjective Optimization by Relation Learning and Prediction	31
A Survey on Knee-Oriented Multiobjective Evolutionary Optimization	30
A Meta-Knowledge Transfer-Based Differential Evolution for Multitask Optimization	30
A Multipopulation Evolutionary Algorithm for Solving Large-Scale Multimodal Multiobjective Optimization Problems	30
Evolutionary Multimodal Multiobjective Optimization for Traveling Salesman Problems	30
A Bi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm for Multimodal Multiobjective Optimization	29
Difficulty and Contribution-Based Cooperative Coevolution for Large-Scale Optimization	29
Paired Offspring Generation for Constrained Large-Scale Multiobjective Optimization	29
Learning to Accelerate Evolutionary Search for Large-Scale Multiobjective Optimization	28
Multiobjective Differential Evolution With Speciation for Constrained Multimodal Multiobjective Optimization	28
A Distribution Information-Based Kriging-Assisted Evolutionary Algorithm for Expensive Many-Objective Optimization Problems	28
A Surrogate-Assisted Evolutionary Feature Selection Algorithm With Parallel Random Grouping for High-Dimensional Classification	28
A Review on Evolutionary Multitask Optimization: Trends and Challenges	28
A Deep Reinforcement Learning-Assisted Multimodal Multi-Objective Bi-Level Optimization Method for Multi-Robot Task Allocation	27
Adversarial AutoEncoder-Based Large-Scale Dynamic Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm	27
A Knee-Guided Evolutionary Algorithm for Multi-Objective Air Traffic Flow Management	27
Evolutionary Multitasking for Feature Selection in High-Dimensional Classification via Particle Swarm Optimization	27
Toward Evolutionary Multitask Convolutional Neural Architecture Search	27
A Survey on Learnable Evolutionary Algorithms for Scalable Multiobjective Optimization	27
Evolutionary Deep Fusion Method and its Application in Chemical Structure Recognition	26
A Correlation-Guided Layered Prediction Approach for Evolutionary Dynamic Multiobjective Optimization	26
Dual-Surrogate-Assisted Cooperative Particle Swarm Optimization for Expensive Multimodal Problems	26
A Framework Based on Historical Evolution Learning for Dynamic Multiobjective Optimization	26
Survey on Genetic Programming and Machine Learning Techniques for Heuristic Design in Job Shop Scheduling	26
Enhancing Dynamic Constrained Multi-Objective Optimization With Multi-Centers Based Prediction	25
A Kriging-Assisted Two-Archive Evolutionary Algorithm for Expensive Many-Objective Optimization	25
Introducing IEEE Collabratec	25
Exploring the Performance-Reproducibility Trade-off in Quality-Diversity	25
A Novel Knowledge-Based Genetic Algorithm for Robot Path Planning in Complex Environments	25
Table of Contents	24
Clustering-Guided Particle Swarm Feature Selection Algorithm for High-Dimensional Imbalanced Data With Missing Values	24
A Variable Granularity Search-Based Multiobjective Feature Selection Algorithm for High-Dimensional Data Classification	23
Bilevel Evolutionary Multi-objective Algorithm with Multiple Lower-level Search Modes	23
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Publication Information	23
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Information for Authors	23
Table of Contents	23
IEEE Access	22
TechRxiv: Share Your Preprint Research with the World!	22

IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Publication Information	22
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Information for Authors	21
Automated Design of Metaheuristics Using Reinforcement Learning Within a Novel General Search Framework	21
Table of Contents	21
An Enhanced Competitive Swarm Optimizer With Strongly Convex Sparse Operator for Large-Scale Multiobjective Optimization	21
TechRxiv: Share Your Preprint Research with the World!	21
Table of Contents	21
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Information for Authors	20
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Information	20
Introducing IEEE Collabratec	20
Efficient Evolutionary Search of Attention Convolutional Networks via Sampled Training and Node Inheritance	20
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Information for Authors	19
Bridging Evolutionary Algorithms and Reinforcement Learning: A Comprehensive Survey on Hybrid Algorithms	19
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Information	19
Two-Stage Multiobjective Evolution Strategy for Constrained Multiobjective Optimization	19
Convolutional Neural Networks-Based Lung Nodule Classification: A Surrogate-Assisted Evolutionary Algorithm for Hyperparameter Optimization	19
Real-Time Federated Evolutionary Neural Architecture Search	18
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Publication Information	18
Table of Contents	18
Speeding up Local Search for the Indicator-Based Subset Selection Problem by a Candidate List Strategy	18
Few-Shots Parallel Algorithm Portfolio Construction via Co-Evolution	18
A Subspace Sparsity Driven Knowledge Transfer Strategy for Dynamic Constrained Multiobjective Optimization	18
Decomposition-Based Multiobjective Optimization Algorithms With Adaptively Adjusting Weight Vectors and Neighborhoods	18
A Classifier-Assisted Level-Based Learning Swarm Optimizer for Expensive Optimization	18
Expensive Optimization via Relation	18
Fitness Landscape Optimization Makes Stochastic Symbolic Search By Genetic Programming Easier	18
Many-Problem Surrogates for Transfer Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization With Sparse Transfer Stacking	17
A Survey of Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithm Based on Decomposition: Past and Future	17
A Memetic Algorithm for Vehicle Routing with Simultaneous Pickup and Delivery and Time Windows	16
Pareto Optimization for Fair Subset Selection: A Case Study on Personalized Recommendation	16
Multiobjective Many-Tasking Evolutionary Optimization using Diversified Gaussian-Based Knowledge Transfer	16
Quantum Acceleration of Black-Box Pseudo-Boolean Optimization Algorithms	16
Multi-Source Knowledge Fusion Based on Graph Attention Networks for Many-Task Optimization	16
A Genetic Algorithm Based on Deep Q-learning in Optimization of Remote Sensing Data Discretization	16
Moral Preferences Co-Evolve With Cooperation in Networked Populations	16
Transfer-Based Customized Bus Network Design With Holding Control and Heterogeneous Fleet	16
DPP-HSS: Towards Fast and Scalable Hypervolume Subset Selection for Many-objective Optimization	16
Robust Optimization Over Time: A Critical Review	15
A Multiform Many-objective Evolutionary Algorithm for Multi-label Feature Selection in Classification	15
Guest Editorial Special Issue on Multiobjective Evolutionary Optimization in Machine Learning	15
A Large-Scale Multi-Objective Evolutionary Quantile Estimation Model for Wind Power Probabilistic Forecasting	15
On a Population Sizing Model for Evolution Strategies in Multimodal Landscapes	14
Knee-Based Decision Making and Visualization in Many-Objective Optimization	14
A Unified Innovized Progress Operator for Performance Enhancement in Evolutionary Multi- and Many-Objective Optimization	14
Determining Metaheuristic Similarity Using Behavioral Analysis	14
Multi-Tree Genetic Programming for Learning Color and Multi-Scale Features in Image Classification	14
Fairness-Aware Multiobjective Evolutionary Learning	14
Riesz s-Energy as a Diversity Indicator in Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization	14
Offline Data-Driven Optimization at Scale: A Cooperative Coevolutionary Approach	14
Finding the Set of Nearly Optimal Solutions of a Multiobjective Optimization Problem	14
Evolutionary Instance Selection With Multiple Partial Adaptive Classifiers for Domain Adaptation	14
Efficient Greedy Decremental Hypervolume Subset Selection Using Space Partition Tree	14
Many-to-Few Decomposition: Linking R2-Based and Decomposition-Based Multiobjective Efficient Global Optimization Algorithms	14
Privacy-Enhanced Multitasking Particle Swarm Optimization Based on Homomorphic Encryption	14
A Semantic-Based Hoist Mutation Operator for Evolutionary Feature Construction in Regression	14
Knowledge Structure Preserving-Based Evolutionary Many-Task Optimization	14
Adaptive Multilevel Prediction Method for Dynamic Multimodal Optimization	13
An Ensemble Surrogate-Based Framework for Expensive Multiobjective Evolutionary Optimization	13
Merged Differential Grouping for Large-Scale Global Optimization	13
Guest Editorial Evolutionary Computation Meets Deep Learning	13
Robust Multimodal Representation Learning With Evolutionary Adversarial Attention Networks	13
Solving Mixed Pareto-Lexicographic Multiobjective Optimization Problems: The Case of Priority Levels	13
CDE-GAN: Cooperative Dual Evolution-Based Generative Adversarial Network	13
Multifactorial Evolutionary Algorithm Based on Improved Dynamical Decomposition for Many-Objective Optimization Problems	13
Statistical Models for the Analysis of Optimization Algorithms With Benchmark Functions	13
Set Theory-Based Operator Design in Evolutionary Algorithms for Solving Knapsack Problems	13
Static and Dynamic Multimodal Optimization by Improved Covariance Matrix Self-Adaptation Evolution Strategy With Repelling Subpopulations	13
Enhancing 3-D Land Seismic Data Using Nonlinear Beamforming Based on the Efficiency-Improved Genetic Algorithm	13
Promoting Transfer of Robot Neuro-Motion-Controllers by Many-Objective Topology and Weight Evolution	12
Strengthening Gradient Descent by Sequential Motion Optimization for Deep Neural Networks	12
Standardization and Data Augmentation in Genetic Programming	12
A Distributed Model Predictive Control-Based Method for Multidifferent-Target Search in Unknown Environments	12
A Novel Generalized Metaheuristic Framework for Dynamic Capacitated Arc Routing Problems	12
A Stochastic Simulation Optimization-Based Range Gate Pull-Off Jamming Method	12
A Large-Scale Combinatorial Many-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm for Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy Planning	12
A Stigmergy-Based Island Model for Dynamic Evaluation of Constraint-Handling Techniques and Differential Evolution Algorithms	12
Multi-SANA: Comparing Measures of Topological Similarity for Multiple Network Alignment	12
Cooperative Coevolution With Knowledge-Based Dynamic Variable Decomposition for Bilevel Multiobjective Optimization	12
Evolutionary Optimization of COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution With Evolutionary Demands	12
A Genetic Algorithm Approach to Automate Architecture Design for Acoustic Scene Classification	12
Plotting Impossible? Surveying Visualization Methods for Continuous Multi-Objective Benchmark Problems	11
Bilevel Optimization via Collaborations Among Lower-Level Optimization Tasks	11
Fast Greedy Subset Selection From Large Candidate Solution Sets in Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization	11
A Genetic Causal Explainer for Deep Knowledge Tracing	11
Discretization-Based Feature Selection as a Bilevel Optimization Problem	11
Counterexample-Driven Genetic Programming for Symbolic Regression With Formal Constraints	11
Adaptive Multifactorial Evolutionary Optimization for Multitask Reinforcement Learning	11
Multisource Heterogeneous User-Generated Contents-Driven Interactive Estimation of Distribution Algorithms for Personalized Search	11
A Tractive Population-Assisted Dual-Population and Two-Phase Evolutionary Algorithm for Constrained Multiobjective Optimization	11
MedNAS: Multiscale Training-Free Neural Architecture Search for Medical Image Analysis	11
Effects of Archive Size on Computation Time and Solution Quality for Multiobjective Optimization	11
Sparsity-Preserved Pareto Optimization for Subset Selection	11
Frames-of-Reference-Based Learning: Overcoming Perceptual Aliasing in Multistep Decision-Making Tasks	11
Gene Targeting Differential Evolution: A Simple and Efficient Method for Large-Scale Optimization	11
Evolutionary Bilevel Optimization via Multiobjective Transformation-Based Lower-Level Search	11