IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, Volume 29, Issue 4, August 2025

1) Genetic Programming With Flexible Region Detection for Fine-Grained Image Classification

Author(s): Qinyu Wang, Ying Bi, Bing Xue, Mengjie Zhang

Pages: 853 - 864

2) Learning to Expand/Contract Pareto Sets in Dynamic Multiobjective Optimization With a Changing Number of Objectives

Author(s): Gan Ruan, Leandro L. Minku, Stefan Menzel, Bernhard Sendhoff, Xin Yao

Pages: 865 - 879

3) Self-Adaptation of Multirecombinant Evolution Strategies on the Highly Multimodal Rastrigin Function

Author(s): Amir Omeradzic, Hans-Georg Beyer

Pages: 880 - 890

4) Approximation Guarantees for the Nondominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II (NSGA-II)

Author(s): Weijie Zheng, Benjamin Doerr

Pages: 891 - 905

5) Multiagent Swarm Optimization With Adaptive Internal and External Learning for Complex Consensus-Based Distributed Optimization

Author(s): Tai-You Chen, Wei-Neng Chen, Feng-Feng Wei, Xiao-Min Hu, Jun Zhang

Pages: 906 - 920

6) Computationally Expensive High-Dimensional Multiobjective Optimization via Surrogate-Assisted Reformulation and Decomposition

Author(s): Linqiang Pan, Jianqing Lin, Handing Wang, Cheng He, Kay Chen Tan, Yaochu Jin

Pages: 921 - 935

7) Exploratory Landscape Analysis for Mixed-Variable Problems

Author(s): Raphael Patrick Prager, Heike Trautmann

Pages: 936 - 947

8) Learning-Based Directional Improvement Prediction for Dynamic Multiobjective Optimization

Author(s): Yulong Ye, Songbai Liu, Junwei Zhou, Qiuzhen Lin, Min Jiang, Kay Chen Tan

Pages: 948 - 962

9) Virtual-Source and Virtual-Swarm-Based Particle Swarm Optimizer for Large-Scale Multisource Location via Robot Swarm

Author(s): Junqi Zhang, Yuxuan Lin, MengChu Zhou

Pages: 963 - 976

10) Transforming Combinatorial Optimization Problems in Fourier Space: Consequences and Uses

Author(s): Anne Elorza, Xabier Benavides, Josu Ceberio, Leticia Hernando, Jose A. Lozano

Pages: 977 - 989

11) Indexes-Based and Partial Restart-Based Constrained Multiobjective Optimization

Author(s): Zhen Yang, Tangxu Yao, Yunliang Jiang, Jun Zhang, Xiongtao Zhang

Pages: 990 - 1001

12) Superpixel Segmentation-Based Evolutionary Multitasking Algorithm for Feature Selection of Hyperspectral Images

Author(s): Lingjie Li, Yuze Zhang, Qiuzhen Lin, Zhong Ming, Carlos A. Coello Coello, Victor C. M. Leung

Pages: 1002 - 1016

13) A Divergence-Based Condition to Ensure Quantile Improvement in Black-Box Global Optimization

Author(s): Thomas Guilmeau, Emilie Chouzenoux, Víctor Elvira

Pages: 1017 - 1028

14) Feature Extraction With Genetic Programming for Root Cause Identification in Manufacturing With Interpretable Machine Learning

Author(s): Chan Gyu Lee, Sungbum Jun

Pages: 1029 - 1040

15) Solving High-Dimensional Expensive Multiobjective Optimization Problems by Adaptive Decision Variable Grouping

Author(s): Yingwei Li, Xiang Feng, Huiqun Yu

Pages: 1041 - 1054

16) Multitree Genetic Programming for Learning Color and Multiscale Features in Image Classification

Author(s): Qinglan Fan, Ying Bi, Bing Xue, Mengjie Zhang

Pages: 1055 - 1069

17) Multiobjective Optimization Problem With Hardly Dominated Boundaries: Benchmark, Analysis, and Indicator-Based Algorithm

Author(s): Zhenkun Wang, Kangnian Lin, Genghui Li, Weifeng Gao

Pages: 1070 - 1084

18) A Feedback Learning-Based Memetic Algorithm for Energy-Aware Distributed Flexible Job-Shop Scheduling With Transportation Constraints

Author(s): Jingjing Wang, Honggui Han, Ling Wang

Pages: 1085 - 1099

19) Active Learning in Genetic Programming: Guiding Efficient Data Collection for Symbolic Regression

Author(s): Nathan Haut, Wolfgang Banzhaf, Bill Punch

Pages: 1100 - 1111

20) Adversarial AutoEncoder-Based Large-Scale Dynamic Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm

Author(s): Chenyang Li, Gary G. Yen, Zhenan He

Pages: 1112 - 1126

21) SRBench++: Principled Benchmarking of Symbolic Regression With Domain-Expert Interpretation

Author(s): F. O. de Franca, M. Virgolin, M. Kommenda, M. S. Majumder, M. Cranmer, G. Espada, L. Ingelse, A. Fonseca, M. Landajuela, B. Petersen, R. Glatt, N. Mundhenk, C. S. Lee, J. D. Hochhalter, D. L. Randall, P. Kamienny, H. Zhang, G. Dick, A. Simon, B. Burlacu, Jaan Kasak, Meera Machado, Casper Wilstrup, W. G. La Cava

Pages: 1127 - 1137

22) Constrained Probabilistic Pareto Dominance for Expensive Constrained Multiobjective Optimization Problems

Author(s): Zhiyao Zhang, Yong Wang, Guangyong Sun, Tong Pang, Ke Tang

Pages: 1138 - 1152

23) A Branch-and-Bound Enhanced Cooperative Evolutionary Algorithm for the Hybrid Seru System Scheduling Considering Worker Heterogeneity

Author(s): Yuting Wu, Ling Wang, Jing-Fang Chen

Pages: 1153 - 1167

24) Riesz s-Energy as a Diversity Indicator in Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization

Author(s): Jesús Guillermo Falcón-Cardona, Lourdes Uribe, Pablo Rosas

Pages: 1168 - 1182

25) MQL-MM: A Meta-Q-Learning-Based Multiobjective Metaheuristic for Energy-Efficient Distributed Fuzzy Hybrid Blocking Flow-Shop Scheduling Problem

Author(s): Zhongshi Shao, Weishi Shao, Jianrui Chen, Dechang Pi

Pages: 1183 - 1198

26) A Dual Mutation-Based Evolutionary Algorithm for Dynamic Multiobjective Optimization With Undetectable Changes

Author(s): Yuanchao Liu, Lixin Tang, Jinliang Ding, Qingda Chen, Kanrong Liu, Jianchang Liu

Pages: 1199 - 1214

27) Many-Task Differential Evolutionary Algorithm Based on Bi-Space Similarity

Author(s): Ying Hou, Yanjie Shen, Honggui Han, Jingjing Wang

Pages: 1215 - 1226

28) Exact Calculation and Properties of the R2 Multiobjective Quality Indicator

Author(s): Andrzej Jaszkiewicz, Piotr Zielniewicz

Pages: 1227 - 1238

29) Evolutionary Multitasking Descriptor Optimization for Point Cloud Registration

Author(s): Yue Wu, Jinlong Sheng, Hangqi Ding, Peiran Gong, Hao Li, Maoguo Gong, Wenping Ma, Qiguang Miao

Pages: 1239 - 1253

30) Efficient Greedy Decremental Hypervolume Subset Selection Using Space Partition Tree

Author(s): Jingda Deng, Jianyong Sun, Qingfu Zhang, Hui Li

Pages: 1254 - 1268

31) Global and Local Search Experience-Based Evolutionary Sequential Transfer Optimization

Author(s): Chenming Cao, Kai Zhang, Xiaoming Xue, Kay Chen Tan, Jian Wang, Liming Zhang, Piyang Liu, Xia Yan

Pages: 1269 - 1283

32) Hyperbolic Neural Network-Based Preselection for Expensive Multiobjective Optimization

Author(s): Bingdong Li, Yanting Yang, Wenjing Hong, Peng Yang, Aimin Zhou

Pages: 1284 - 1297

33) A Fast Evaluation-Based Bacteria Colony Chemotaxis Algorithm for Dynamic Interval Multiobjective Optimization Problems

Author(s): Chen-Hao Xu, Zhi-Gang Lu, Er-Shun Du, Jiang-Feng Zhang, Xiao-Qiang Guo, Xue-Ping Li, Xiang-Xing Kong, Yan-Lin Li

Pages: 1298 - 1312

34) A Syntactic Problem Solver Learning Landscape Structures for Clinical Scheduling

Author(s): Keyao Wang, Bo Liu

Pages: 1313 - 1327

35) A Prediction and Weak Coevolution-Based Dynamic Constrained Multiobjective Optimization

Author(s): Dunwei Gong, Miao Rong, Na Hu, Yan Wang, Witold Pedrycz, Shengxiang Yang

Pages: 1328 - 1342

36) Evolutionary Art Attack for Black-Box Adversarial Example Generation

Author(s): Phoenix Neale Williams, Ke Li, Geyong Min

Pages: 1343 - 1355

37) Leader Prediction for Multiobjective Particle Swarm Optimization

Author(s): Shuai Wang, Aimin Zhou

Pages: 1356 - 1370

38) Deep Reinforcement Learning Assisted Genetic Programming Ensemble Hyper-Heuristics for Dynamic Scheduling of Container Port Trucks

Author(s): Xinan Chen, Ruibin Bai, Rong Qu, Jing Dong, Yaochu Jin

Pages: 1371 - 1385

39) Targeted Pareto Optimization for Subset Selection With Monotone Objective Function and Cardinality Constraint

Author(s): Ke Shang, Guotong Wu, Lie Meng Pang, Hisao Ishibuchi

Pages: 1386 - 1399

40) A Survey on Evolutionary Computation for Identifying Biomarkers of Complex Disease

Author(s): Jing Liang, Zhuo Hu, Ying Bi, Han Cheng, Kunjie Yu, Cai-Tong Yue, Xianfang Wang, Wei-Feng Guo

Pages: 1400 - 1418

41) Evolutionary Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers for Constrained Multiobjective Optimization With Unknown Constraints

Author(s): Shuang Li, Ke Li, Wei Li, Ming Yang

Pages: 1419 - 1433

42) A Comparison of Large Language Models and Genetic Programming for Program Synthesis

Author(s): Dominik Sobania, Justyna Petke, Martin Briesch, Franz Rothlauf

Pages: 1434 - 1448

43) Performance Metrics for Multiobjective Optimization Under Noise

Author(s): Juergen Branke

Pages: 1449 - 1455