Using Different Approaches to Approximate a Pareto Front for a Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm : Optimal Thinning Regimes for Eucalyptus fastigata

Abstract EN

A stand-level, multiobjective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA) for determining a set of efficient thinning regimes satisfying two objectives, that is, value production for sawlog harvesting and volume production for a pulpwood market, was successfully demonstrated for a Eucalyptus fastigata trial in Kaingaroa Forest, New Zealand.

The MOEA approximated the set of efficient thinning regimes (with a discontinuous Pareto front) by employing a ranking scheme developed by Fonseca and Fleming (1993), which was a Pareto-based ranking (a.k.a Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm—MOGA).

In this paper we solve the same problem using an improved version of a fitness sharing Pareto ranking algorithm (a.k.a Nondominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm—NSGA II) originally developed by Srinivas and Deb (1994) and examine the results.

Our findings indicate that NSGA II approximates the entire Pareto front whereas MOGA only determines a subdomain of the Pareto points.