MetaBox-v2统一优化平台,支持多种算法高效评估
MetaBox-v2: A Unified Benchmark Platform for Meta-Black-Box Optimization
- 整合强化学习、进化与梯度方法的统一框架
- 18类任务共1900+实例,覆盖单/多目标等场景
- 提速10-40倍,适合算法研究者快速实验
元黑箱优化(MetaBBO)通过元学习实现优化算法设计自动化,通常采用双层结构:元层策略经元训练以减少低层优化任务中的人工投入。原始MetaBox(2023)首次提供了基于强化学习的单目标MetaBBO开源框架,但其范围较窄,已难以跟上该领域快速发展。本文提出MetaBox-v2(https://github.com/MetaEvo/MetaBox),作为里程碑式升级,具备四大新特性:1)统一架构支持强化学习、进化与梯度方法,复现23个最新基线;2)高效并行化方案,将训练/测试时间缩短10-40倍;3)涵盖18种合成/现实任务(共1900+实例)的全面基准套件,覆盖单目标、多目标、多模型及多任务优化场景;4)丰富可扩展接口,支持自定义分析、可视化及对接外部优化工具/基准。为验证其价值,我们系统性地评估内置基线在优化性能、泛化能力与学习效率上的表现,为从业者和新人提供深刻洞见。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Meta-Black-Box Optimization (MetaBBO) streamlines the automation of optimization algorithm design through meta-learning. It typically employs a bi-level structure: the meta-level policy undergoes meta-training to reduce the manual effort required in developing algorithms for low-level optimization tasks. The original MetaBox (2023) provided the first open-source framework for reinforcement learning-based single-objective MetaBBO. However, its relatively narrow scope no longer keep pace with the swift advancement in this field. In this paper, we introduce MetaBox-v2 (https://github.com/MetaEvo/MetaBox) as a milestone upgrade with four novel features: 1) a unified architecture supporting RL, evolutionary, and gradient-based approaches, by which we reproduce $23$ up-to-date baselines; 2) efficient parallelization schemes, which reduce the training/testing time by $10-40$x; 3) a comprehensive benchmark suite of $18$ synthetic/realistic tasks ($1900$+ instances) spanning single-objective, multi-objective, multi-model, and multi-task optimization scenarios; 4) plentiful and extensible interfaces for custom analysis/visualization and integrating to external optimization tools/benchmarks. To show the utility of MetaBox-v2, we carry out a systematic case study that evaluates the built-in baselines in terms of the optimization performance, generalization ability and learning efficiency. Valuable insights are concluded from thorough and detailed analysis for practitioners and those new to the field.
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