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Papers

(The TQCC of IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation is 17. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
TechRxiv: Share Your Preprint Research with the World!	281
Data-Driven Evolutionary Computation Under Continuously Streaming Environments: A Drift-Aware Approach	223
Space Net Optimization for Single Objective Bound Constrained Problems	217
Dual Relational Surrogate-Assisted Evolution for Expensive Constrained Multiobjective Optimization	179
Surrogate-Assisted Efficient Grouping Evolutionary Search for Expensive Large-Scale Multi-Objective Optimization	172
Dynamic Multi-Objective Optimisation Based on Vector Autoregressive Evolution	162
Difficulties of the NSGA-II With the Many-Objective LeadingOnes Problem	154
Quality Indicators for Preference-Based Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization Using a Reference Point: A Review and Analysis	144
Multiagent Swarm Optimization With Adaptive Internal and External Learning for Complex Consensus-Based Distributed Optimization	142
ENERGIZE: A Neuroevolution Framework for Energy-Efficient Machine Learning	137
MORA-LLM: Enhancing Multi-Objective Optimization Recommendation Algorithm by Integrating Large Language Models	137
A Surrogate-Assisted Evolutionary Feature Selection Algorithm With Parallel Random Grouping for High-Dimensional Classification	135
Genetic Programming for Dynamic Flexible Job Shop Scheduling: Evolution With Single Individuals and Ensembles	119
Evolutionary Search for Complete Neural Network Architectures With Partial Weight Sharing	118
BIAS: A Toolbox for Benchmarking Structural Bias in the Continuous Domain	112
Knowledge Transfer With Mixture Model in Dynamic Multiobjective Optimization	112
Approximation Guarantees for the Nondominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II (NSGA-II)	104
Revisiting Implicit and Explicit Averaging for Noisy Optimization	102
Brain-Inspired Multiscale Evolutionary Neural Architecture Search for Deep Spiking Neural Networks	100
A Bi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm for Multimodal Multiobjective Optimization	96
A Correlation-Guided Layered Prediction Approach for Evolutionary Dynamic Multiobjective Optimization	95
A Deep Reinforcement Learning-Assisted Multimodal Multiobjective Bilevel Optimization Method for Multirobot Task Allocation	95
EDA++: Estimation of Distribution Algorithms With Feasibility Conserving Mechanisms for Constrained Continuous Optimization	93
Multipopulation Ant Colony System With Knowledge-Based Local Searches for Multiobjective Supply Chain Configuration	90
Bayesian Performance Analysis for Algorithm Ranking Comparison	89

Evolutionary Constrained Multiobjective Optimization: Scalable High-Dimensional Constraint Benchmarks and Algorithm	88
Survey on Genetic Programming and Machine Learning Techniques for Heuristic Design in Job Shop Scheduling	87
Adversarial AutoEncoder-Based Large-Scale Dynamic Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm	87
A Review on Evolutionary Multitask Optimization: Trends and Challenges	82
Table of Contents	80
Language Model Evolutionary Algorithms for Recommender Systems: Benchmarks and Algorithm Comparisons	79
Fitness Landscape Optimization Makes Stochastic Symbolic Search By Genetic Programming Easier	79
Unsupervised Band Selection for Hyperspectral Images Classification: Particle Swarm Optimization via Cross-Domain Knowledge Transfer	76
Table of Contents	76
Enhancing Dynamic Constrained Multiobjective Optimization With Multicenters-Based Prediction	75
Data-Driven Dynamic Multiobjective Optimization With Response to Stochastic Changes for Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Process	74
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Information for Authors	74
Controlling Functional Complexity for Overfitting Reduction and Improved Interpretability in GP	73
Enhancing 3-D Land Seismic Data Using Nonlinear Beamforming Based on the Efficiency-Improved Genetic Algorithm	73
Multitree Genetic Programming for Learning Color and Multiscale Features in Image Classification	71
A Subspace Sparsity-Driven Knowledge Transfer Strategy for Dynamic Constrained Multiobjective Optimization	71
Frequency Fitness Assignment: Optimization Without Bias for Good Solutions Can Be Efficient	71
Efficient Greedy Decremental Hypervolume Subset Selection Using Space Partition Tree	71
Many-to-Few Decomposition: Linking R2-Based and Decomposition-Based Multiobjective Efficient Global Optimization Algorithms	69
A Variable Granularity Search-Based Multiobjective Feature Selection Algorithm for High-Dimensional Data Classification	68
A Large-Scale Multiobjective Evolutionary Quantile Estimation Model for Wind Power Probabilistic Forecasting	68
Decomposition-Based Multiobjective Optimization Algorithms With Adaptively Adjusting Weight Vectors and Neighborhoods	68
Adaptive Multifactorial Evolutionary Optimization for Multitask Reinforcement Learning	68
Plotting Impossible? Surveying Visualization Methods for Continuous Multi-Objective Benchmark Problems	68
A Distributed Model Predictive Control-Based Method for Multidifferent-Target Search in Unknown Environments	68
Autoencoding With a Classifier System	68
A Unified Innovized Progress Operator for Performance Enhancement in Evolutionary Multi- and Many-Objective Optimization	67
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Publication Information	65
MedNAS: Multiscale Training-Free Neural Architecture Search for Medical Image Analysis	65
Introducing IEEE Collabratec	64
TechRxiv: Share Your Preprint Research with the World!	62
Table of contents	61
Learning-Based Temporal Sequence of Constrained Handling Selection for Constrained Multi-objective Evolutionary Optimization	61
Superpixel Segmentation-Based Evolutionary Multitasking Algorithm for Feature Selection of Hyperspectral Images	60
A Size-Imbalanced Dual Population with Complementary Search for Sparse Large-Scale Multi-Modal Multi-Objective Optimization	60
Evolutionary Computation for the Design and Enrichment of General-Purpose Artificial Intelligence Systems: Survey and Prospects	59
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Publication Information	59
Multitree Genetic Programming With New Operators for Transfer Learning in Symbolic Regression With Incomplete Data	58
An Efficient Adaptive Differential Grouping Algorithm for Large-Scale Black-Box Optimization	58
DG-SMOTE: A Distance-Angle-Based Genetic Synthetic Minority Over-Sampling Technique for Unbalanced Data Learning	58
Surrogate-Assisted Evolutionary Algorithm for Expensive Optimization with Equality and Inequality Constraints	58
Historical Information-Assisted Dynamic Response Integration and Adaptive Niche Methods for Dynamic Multimodal Optimization	58
Objective Space-Based Population Generation to Accelerate Evolutionary Algorithms for Large-Scale Many-Objective Optimization	56
A Global and Local Surrogate-Assisted Genetic Programming Approach to Image Classification	56
EGANS: Evolutionary Generative Adversarial Network Search for Zero-Shot Learning	56
Spatial-Temporal Knowledge Transfer for Dynamic Constrained Multiobjective Optimization	55
A Knowledge Guided Transfer Strategy for Evolutionary Dynamic Multiobjective Optimization	55
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Information for Authors	53
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Publication Information	52
An Interval Multiobjective Evolutionary Generation Algorithm for Product Design Change Plans in Uncertain Environments	51

IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Information for Auhtors	51
Conditional-Surrogate-Assisted Particle Swarm Optimization for Large-Scale Robust Optimization Over Time	51
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Information	51
Visualizing Population Dynamics to Examine Algorithm Performance	50
Gradual Innovative Transitional Solutions Improving Current to a Desired Target: Innovation Path	49
Optimal Transport-Based Distributional Pairing in Transfer Multiobjective Optimization	48
Benchmarking Feature-Based Algorithm Selection Systems for Black-Box Numerical Optimization	47
A Decomposition-Based Evolutionary Algorithm With Clustering and Hierarchical Estimation for Multi-Objective Fuzzy Flexible Jobshop Scheduling	47
Nonzero Degree-Based Multiobjective Cooperative Coevolutionary for Block Sparse Recovery	47
A Surrogate-Assisted Constrained Optimization Evolutionary Algorithm by Searching Multiple Kinds of Global and Local Regions	46
Distributed Co-Evolutionary Memetic Algorithm for Distributed Hybrid Differentiation Flowshop Scheduling Problem	45
An Evolutionary Algorithm Based on CMSA for Rooted Max Tree Coverage	45
Neural Architecture Search with Progressive Evaluation and Subpopulation Preservation	44
Objective-Constraint Mutual-Guided Surrogate-Based Particle Swarm Optimization for Expensive Constrained Multimodal Problems	44
Learning to Preselection: A Filter-Based Performance Predictor for Multiobjective Feature Selection in Classification	44
A Novel Dual-Stage Dual-Population Evolutionary Algorithm for Constrained Multiobjective Optimization	43
A Survey on Evolutionary Computation for Computer Vision and Image Analysis: Past, Present, and Future Trends	43
Evolutionary Multitasking for Costly Task Offloading in Mobile-Edge Computing Networks	43
Solving Multiobjective Feature Selection Problems in Classification via Problem Reformulation and Duplication Handling	43
A Multiobjective Multitask Optimization Algorithm Using Transfer Rank	42
Neural Architecture Search Based on a Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm With Probability Stack	41
Expensive Multiobjective Evolutionary Optimization Assisted by Dominance Prediction	41
A Tree-Based Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm for Energy-Efficient Hybrid Flow-Shop Scheduling	41
Elite Archive-Assisted Adaptive Memetic Algorithm for a Realistic Hybrid Differentiation Flowshop Scheduling Problem	40
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Information for Authors	39
Multiobjective-Based Constraint-Handling Technique for Evolutionary Constrained Multiobjective Optimization: A New Perspective	39
Semiparametric Estimation of Distribution Algorithms for Continuous Optimization	39
Thank You for Your Authorship	39
Active Learning in Genetic Programming: Guiding Efficient Data Collection for Symbolic Regression	38
Runtime Analysis of the Compact Genetic Algorithm on the LeadingOnes Benchmark	38
From Direct to Directional Variable Dependencies—Nonsymmetrical Dependencies Discovery in Real-World and Theoretical Problems	38
Learning to Approximate: Auto Direction Vector Set Generation for Hypervolume Contribution Approximation	38
Can Evolutionary Clustering Have Theoretical Guarantees?	38
Counterintuitive Experimental Results in Evolutionary Large-Scale Multiobjective Optimization	37
Table of Contents	37
A Quantum Evolutionary Learning Tracker for Video	36
Domain Generalization-Based Dynamic Multiobjective Optimization: A Case Study on Disassembly Line Balancing	36
Cross-Task Collaborative Optimization Based on Knowledge Transfer for Soft Robot Design	35
A Divergence-Based Condition to Ensure Quantile Improvement in Black-Box Global Optimization	35
Targeted Pareto Optimization for Subset Selection With Monotone Objective Function and Cardinality Constraint	35
A Multifidelity Approach for Bilevel Optimization With Limited Computing Budget	35
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Publication Information	34
A Voting-Mechanism-Based Ensemble Framework for Constraint Handling Techniques	34
Identifying Pareto Fronts Reliably Using a Multistage Reference-Vector-Based Framework	34
Balancing Different Optimization Difficulty Between Objectives in Multiobjective Feature Selection	33
Neural Architecture Search for Text Classification With Limited Computing Resources Using Efficient Cartesian Genetic Programming	33
Machine Learning-Assisted Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm for Routing and Packing	32
Automated Metaheuristic Algorithm Design With Autoregressive Learning	32
Leader Prediction for Multiobjective Particle Swarm Optimization	32
Run Time Analysis for Random Local Search on Generalized Majority Functions	32
Enhancing Fitness Evaluation in Genetic Algorithm-Based Architecture Search for AI-Aided Financial Regulation	32
Enhancing Diversity by Local Subset Selection in Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization	32
Correlation-Guided Updating Strategy for Feature Selection in Classification With Surrogate-Assisted Particle Swarm Optimization	31
A Divide-and-Conquer Genetic Programming Algorithm With Ensembles for Image Classification	31
Collaborative Evolutionary Multitasking Multiobjective Adversarial Attacks in Hyperspectral Image Classification	30
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Publication Information	30
Balancing Objective Optimization and Constraint Satisfaction in Expensive Constrained Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization	30
Together, we are advancing technology	30
TechRxiv: Share Your Preprint Research with the World!	30
Surrogate-Assisted Environmental Selection for Fast Hypervolume-Based Many-Objective Optimization	30
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Information for Authors	30
A Multimodal Ant Colony Optimization Framework for Multi-Solution Traveling Salesman Problem	30
Table of Contents	29
A Generative Adversarial Network Based Prediction Strategy for Evolutionary Dynamic Multiobjective Optimization	29
A Fitness Spatially Informed Evolutionary Algorithm for Deceptive Multi-Modal Multi-Objective Optimization	29
Evolutionary Multiobjective Clustering Over Multiple Conflicting Data Views	28
Analyzing Dominance Move (MIP-DoM) Indicator for Multiobjective and Many-Objective Optimization	28
An Efficient Data-Driven Framework for Detecting Infeasible Solutions in Multiobjective Evolutionary Bilevel Optimization	28
Feature Extraction for Recommendation of Constrained Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms	28
An Iterated Greedy Algorithm With Reinforcement Learning for Distributed Hybrid Flowshop Problems With Job Merging	27
A Multitask Bee Colony Band Selection Algorithm With Variable-Size Clustering for Hyperspectral Images	27
Differential Evolution With Domain Transform	27
Exact and Deep Q-Network Assisted Swarm Intelligence Methods for Scheduling Multiobjective Heterogeneous Unmanned Surface Vehicles	27
Protein Structure Prediction Using a New Optimization-Based Evolutionary and Explainable Artificial Intelligence Approach	27
Dynamic Cascaded Flow-Shop Scheduling Using an Evolutionary Greedy Algorithm	26
Evolutionary Reinforcement Learning With Late-Start Evolution and Clustering Archive	26
A Multiform Evolutionary Search Paradigm for Bilevel Multiobjective Optimization	26
A Data-Driven Evolutionary Transfer Optimization for Expensive Problems in Dynamic Environments	26
A Mahalanobis Distance-Based Approach for Dynamic Multiobjective Optimization With Stochastic Changes	26
Genetic Programming Hyper Heuristic With Elitist Mutation for Integrated Order Batching and Picker Routing Problem	26

Genetic Programming for Image Classification: A New Program Representation With Flexible Feature Reuse	26
Genetic Programming With Flexible Region Detection for Fine-Grained Image Classification	25
Posterior Decision Making Based on Decomposition-Driven Knee Point Identification	25
Multitask Shape Optimization Using a 3-D Point Cloud Autoencoder as Unified Representation	25
A Joint-Encoding Evolutionary Algorithm for Multimodal Multiobjective Feature Selection in Classification	25
A Feedback Learning-Based Memetic Algorithm for Energy-Aware Distributed Flexible Job-Shop Scheduling With Transportation Constraints	25
Dual-Tree Genetic Programming for Few-Shot Image Classification	25
A Multistage Algorithm for Solving Multiobjective Optimization Problems With Multiconstraints	25
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Publication Information	25
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Information	24
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Information for Authors	24
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Information	24
Light-EvoOPT: A Lightweight Evolutionary Optimization Framework for Ultra-Large-Scale Mixed Integer Linear Programs	24
A Two-stage Cooperative Discrete Differential Evolution With Q-Learning for Multi-Objective Energy-Efficient Distributed Blocking Flow-Shop Scheduling	23
ConCS: A Continual Classifier System for Continual Learning of Multiple Boolean Problems	23
A Knee-Guided Evolutionary Algorithm for Multi-Objective Air Traffic Flow Management	23
Solution Transfer in Evolutionary Optimization: An Empirical Study on Sequential Transfer	23
Incremental Recursive Ranking Grouping for Large-Scale Global Optimization	23
Table of Contents	23
Dealing With Structure Constraints in Evolutionary Pareto Set Learning	23
A Two-Individual Evolutionary Algorithm for Cumulative Capacitated Vehicle Routing With Single and Multiple Depots	22
A Scalable Many-Objective Pathfinding Benchmark Suite	22
Knowledge Transfer Genetic Programming With Auxiliary Population for Solving Uncertain Capacitated Arc Routing Problem	22
Correlation-Based Dynamic Allocation Scheme of Fitness Evaluations for Constrained Evolutionary Optimization	22
Region Purity-Based Local Feature Selection: A Multiobjective Perspective	21
Expensive Multiobjective Optimization by Relation Learning and Prediction	21
A Framework Based on Historical Evolution Learning for Dynamic Multiobjective Optimization	21
Computationally Expensive High-Dimensional Multiobjective Optimization via Surrogate-Assisted Reformulation and Decomposition	21
Tailoring Evolutionary Algorithms to Solve the Multiobjective Location-Routing Problem for Biomass Waste Collection	21
Optimizing Dynamic Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Using an Evolutionary Multitask Optimization Framework and Genetic Programming	21
Benchmarking Derivative-Free Global Optimization Algorithms Under Limited Dimensions and Large Evaluation Budgets	21
ACO-GA-Based Optimization to Enhance Global Path Planning for Autonomous Navigation in Grid Environments	21
(θl,θu)-Parametric Multi-Task Optimization: Joint Search in Solution and Infinite Task Spaces	20
Statistical Models for the Analysis of Optimization Algorithms With Benchmark Functions	20
Evolutionary Direction Learning With Multivariate Gaussian Probabilistic Model for Multiobjective Optimization	20
Table of Contents	20
Leader-Follower Disagreement Minimization in Social Networks	20
Nearest-Better Network for Visualizing and Analyzing Combinatorial Optimization Problems: A Potential Unified Tool	20
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Information for Authors	20
Co-Evolutionary Dual-Tree Genetic Programming for Fine-Grained Flower Image Classification	20
Quantum Acceleration of Black-Box Pseudo-Boolean Optimization Algorithms	19
Set Theory-Based Operator Design in Evolutionary Algorithms for Solving Knapsack Problems	19
Large-Scale Multimodal Multiobjective Optimization Based on Multiview Diversity Enhancement Mechanism	19
Bilevel Optimization via Collaborations Among Lower-Level Optimization Tasks	19
Accelerating Bilevel Optimization with Hierarchical Many-threaded Parallel Differential Evolution	19
Evolutionary Bilevel Optimization via Multiobjective Transformation-Based Lower-Level Search	19
Standardization and Data Augmentation in Genetic Programming	19
Determining Metaheuristic Similarity Using Behavioral Analysis	19
Dynamic In Vivo Computation for Learning-Based Nanobiosensing in Time-Varying Biological Landscapes	19
The Physical Cell Identity Assignment Problem: A Practical Optimization Approach	19
Riesz s-Energy as a Diversity Indicator in Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization	19
Offline Data-Driven Optimization at Scale: A Cooperative Coevolutionary Approach	19
A Semantic-Based Hoist Mutation Operator for Evolutionary Feature Construction in Regression	19
Fast Greedy Subset Selection From Large Candidate Solution Sets in Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization	18
Effects of Archive Size on Computation Time and Solution Quality for Multiobjective Optimization	18
Benchmarking Optimization Algorithms for Auto-Tuning GPU Kernels	18
An Enhanced Competitive Swarm Optimizer With Strongly Convex Sparse Operator for Large-Scale Multiobjective Optimization	18
Exploring the Performance-Reproducibility Trade-off in Quality-Diversity	18
A Streaming Feature Selection Method Based on Dynamic Feature Clustering and Particle Swarm Optimization	18
Privacy-Enhanced Multitasking Particle Swarm Optimization Based on Homomorphic Encryption	18
A Tractive Population-Assisted Dual-Population and Two-Phase Evolutionary Algorithm for Constrained Multiobjective Optimization	18
Discovering Infinite Recursive Conjectures Through Genetic Programming	17
Table of Contents	17
Evaluation of Frameworks That Combine Evolution and Learning to Design Robots in Complex Morphological Spaces	17
Speeding-Up Evolutionary Algorithms to Solve Black-Box Optimization Problems	17
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Publication Information	17
A Crowding Distance That Provably Solves the Difficulties of the NSGA-II in Many-Objective Optimization	17
Solving the Single-Row Facility Layout Problem by K-Medoids Memetic Permutation Group	17
Nanorobots-Assisted In Vivo Computational Methodology for Tumor Lesion Exploitation and Lesion Boundary Exploration	17
Optimization of an Implicit Acquisition Function for Federated Bayesian Many-Task Optimization	17
A Survey on Evolutionary Computation for Identifying Biomarkers of Complex Disease	17
Few for Many: Towards Efficient and Flexible Many-Objective Optimization	17
Using an Estimation of Distribution Algorithm to Achieve Multitasking Semantic Web Service Composition	17
A Large-scale Expensive Optimization Algorithm with a Multi-view Synthetic Sampling	17
On the Evolutionary Synthesis of Fault-Resilient Digital Circuits	17
An Evolution Strategy With Adaptive Fitness Sharing for Multimodal Multiobjective Optimization	17