Evolutionary multi-task optimization with hybrid knowledge transfer strategy

Yiqiao Cai, Deming Peng, Peizhong Liu, Jing-Ming Guo

Abstract: Highlights•A population distribution-based measure (PDM) is used to estimate task relatedness.•A multi-knowledge transfer (MKT) mechanism is adopted to conduct knowledge transfer.•A hybrid knowledge transfer (HKT) strategy is presented with PDM and MKT.•EMTO with HKT is proposed to adaptively transfer knowledge as the evolution proceeds.