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• f(x (1) ) ≥ f(x (2) ) fi(x (1) ) ≥ fi(x (2) ) : ⇔ i ∈ {1, 2, . . . , M}<br />

• f(x (1) ) > f(x (2) ) ⇔ f(x (1) ) ≥ f(x (2) ) ∧ f(x (1) ) = f(x (2) )<br />

While comparing the multi-objective scenario with the single objective<br />

case [5], in contrast we find that for two solutions in the objective space<br />

there are three possibilities with respect to the ≥ relation. These possibilities<br />

are: f(x (1) ) ≥ f(x (2) ), f(x (2) ) ≥ f(x (1) ) or f(x (1) ) f(x (2) ) ∧ f(x (2) ) <br />

f(x (1) ). If any of the first two possibilities are met, it allows to rank or<br />

order the solutions independent of any preference information (or a decision<br />

maker). On the other hand, if the first two possibilities are not met,<br />

the solutions cannot be ranked or ordered without incorporating preference<br />

information (or involving a decision maker). Drawing analogy from<br />

the above discussion, the relations < and ≤ can be extended in a similar<br />

way.<br />

1.2 Domination Concept and Optimality<br />

1.2.1 Domination Concept<br />

Based on the established binary relations for two vectors in the previous<br />

section, the following domination concept [14] can be constituted,<br />

• x (1) strongly dominates x (2) ⇔ f(x (1) ) > f(x (2) ),<br />

• x (1) weakly dominates x (2) ⇔ f(x (1) ) ≥ f(x (2) ),<br />

• x (1) and x (2) are non-dominated with respect to each other⇔ f(x (1) ) <br />

f(x (2) ) ∧ f(x (2) ) f(x (1) ).<br />

The above domination concept is also explained in Figure 1.1 for a two<br />

objective maximization case. In Figure 1.1 two shaded regions have been<br />

shown in reference to point A. The shaded region in the north-east corner<br />

(excluding the lines) is the region which strongly dominates point A, the<br />

shaded region in the south-west corner (excluding the lines) is strongly<br />

dominated by point A and the unshaded region is the non-dominated region.<br />

Therefore, point A strongly dominates point B, points A, E and D are<br />

non-dominated with respect to each other, and point A weakly dominates<br />

point C.<br />

Most of the existing evolutionary multi-objective optimization algorithms<br />

use the domination principle to converge towards the optimal set<br />

of solutions. The concept allows us to order two decision vectors based<br />

on the corresponding objective vectors in the absence of any preference<br />

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