Twenty years of continuous multiobjective optimization in the twenty-first century

Abstract

The survey highlights some of the research topics which have attracted attention in the last two decades within the area of mathematical optimization of multiple objective functions. We give insights into topics where a huge progress can be seen within the last years. We give short introductions to the specific sub-fields as well as some selected references for further reading. Primarily, the survey covers the progress in the development of algorithms. In particular, we discuss publicly available solvers and approaches for new problem classes such as non-convex and mixed integer problems. Moreover, bilevel optimization problems and the handling of uncertainties by robust approaches and their relation to set optimization are presented. In addition, we discuss why numerical approaches which do not use scalarization techniques are of interest.