Application of MGDA to domain partitioning

This report is a sequel to several publications in which a {\em Multiple-Gradient Descent Algorithm (MGDA)} has been proposed and tested for the treatment of multi-objective differentiable optimization. The method was originally introduced in \cite{JAD09:MGDA}, and again formalized in \cite{JAD12:MGDA-CRAS}. Its efficacy to identify the Pareto front has been demonstrated in \cite{JAD11:MGDA-PAES}, in comparison with an evolutionary strategy. Finally, recently, a variant, {\em MGDA II}, has been proposed in which the descent direction is calculated by a direct procedure \cite{JAD12:MGDA2}. In this new report, the efficiency of the algorithm is tested in the context of a simulation by domain partitioning, as a technique to match the different interface components concurrently. For this, the very simple testcase of the finite-difference discretization of the Dirichlet problem over a square is considered. The study aims at assessing the performance of {\em MGDA} in a discretized functional setting. One of the main teachings is the necessiy, here found imperative, to normalize the gradients appropriately.

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Source https://inria.hal.science/hal-00694039
Author Désidéri, Jean-Antoine
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 17, 2026, 21:53 (UTC)
Created May 17, 2026, 21:53 (UTC)
Identifier Report N°: RR-7968
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contributor Optimization and control, numerical algorithms and integration of complex multidiscipline systems governed by PDE (OPALE) ; Centre Inria d'Université Côte d'Azur ; Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Laboratoire Jean Alexandre Dieudonné (LJAD) ; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UniCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UniCA)
creator Désidéri, Jean-Antoine
date 2012-05-21T00:00:00
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