1.多模态多目标优化简介

如果一个多目标优化问题满足以下条件之一就属于多模态多目标优化

（1）存在至少一个局部最优解；

（2）存在两个以上全局最优解。

局部最优解不被邻域内任意一个解支配；全局最优解不被可行域内任意一个解支配。

图1给出了一个多模态双目标优化问题，该问题有两个全局最优解集。注：一个多模态多目标优化问题可能有多个全局或局部最优解集。

▲ 多模态多目标优化问题示意图

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