<scp>MaOAOA</scp> : A Novel Many‐Objective Arithmetic Optimization Algorithm for Solving Engineering Problems

ABSTRACT Currently, the use of multi‐objective optimization algorithms has been applied in many fields to find the efficient solution of the multiple objective optimization problems (MOPs). However, this reduces their efficiency when addressing MaOPs, which are problems that contain more than three objectives; this is because the portion of the Pareto frontier solutions tends to increase exponentially with the number of objectives. This paper aims at overcoming this problem by proposing a new Many‐Objective Arithmetic Optimization Algorithm (MaOAOA) that incorporates a reference point, niche preservation, and an information feedback mechanism (IFM). They did this in a manner that splits the convergence and the diversity phases in the middle of the cycle. The first phase deals with the convergence using a reference point approach, which aims to move the population towards the true Pareto Front. However, the diversity phase of the MaOAOA uses a niche preserve to the archive truncation method in the population, thus guaranteeing that the population is spread out properly along the actual Pareto front. These stages are mutual; that is, the convergence stage supports the diversity stage, and they are balanced by an (IFM) approach. The experimental results show that MaOAOA outperforms several approaches, including MaOTLBO, NSGA‐III, MaOPSO, and MOEA/D‐DRW, in terms of GD, IGD, SP, SD, HV, and RT metrics. This can be seen from the MaF1‐MaF15 test problems, especially with four, seven, and nine objectives, and five real‐world problems that include RWMaOP1 to RWMaOP5. The findings indicate that MaOAOA outperforms the other algorithms in most of the test cases analyzed in this study.