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What is DESDEO?
DESDEO is an open source software framework for interactive multiobjective optimization. Interactive methods are tools to support decision-making in problems with multiple conflicting objective functions, or in other words, multiobjective optimization problems. These problems have multiple optimal solutions, known as Pareto optimal solutions, which are represented by numerical vectors, and are therefore incomparable on a mathematical basis alone. To find the best solution among the Pareto optimal ones, preferences from a decision maker can be utilized. The goal of interactive multiobjective optimization methods is to aid a decision maker in finding their most preferred solution among the Pareto optimal ones by leveraging the preferences expressed by the decision maker.
Where to go from here?
If none of the above made sense to you, then do not worry! This documentation provides a primer on multiobjective optimization to get anyone with a basic understanding on mathematics and optimization quickly up to date about interactive multiobjective optimization and interactive methods are. The primer can be accessed here.
If you are a seasoned veteran on multiobjective optimization, and you want to start contributing to DESDEO right away, this documentation provides a tutorial on that here.