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In a bi-criteria optimization problem, often the user is interested in a subset of solutions lying in the knee region. On the other hand in many problem-solving tasks, often one or a few methodologies are commonly used. In this paper, we argue that there is a link between the knee solutions in bi-criteria problems and the preferred methodologies when viewed from a conflicting bi-criterion standpoint. We illustrate our argument with the help of a number of popularly used problem-solving tasks. Each task, when perceived as a bicriteria problem, seems to exhibit a knee or a knee-region and the commonly-used methodology seems to lie within the knee-region. This linking is certainly an interesting finding and may have a long-term implication in the development of efficient solution methodologies for different scientific and other problem-solving tasks.
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Deb, K., Gupta, S. (2010). Towards a Link between Knee Solutions and Preferred Solution Methodologies. In: Panigrahi, B.K., Das, S., Suganthan, P.N., Dash, S.S. (eds) Swarm, Evolutionary, and Memetic Computing. SEMCCO 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6466. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17563-3_22
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