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Struct Multidisc Optim DOI 10.1007/s00158-015-1275-3 RESEARCH PAPER A multi-objective differential evolution approach based on ε-elimination uniform-diversity for mechanism design I. Gholaminezhad 1 A. Jamali 1 Received: 3 May 2014 /Revised: 28 March 2015 /Accepted: 2 June 2015 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015 Abstract In this paper, a new multi-objective uniform-diver- 1 Introduction sity differential evolution (MUDE) algorithm is proposed and used for Pareto optimum design of mechanisms. The proposed One of the major challenges for researchers in engineering algorithm uses a diversity preserving mechanism called the ε- community is to develop methods which are able to solve elimination algorithm to improve the population diversity engineering problems optimally. Optimization is an insepara- among the obtained Pareto front. The proposed algorithm is ble part of engineering design which is so important in today ’s firstly tested on some constrained and unconstrained bench- industry. Genetic algorithms (GAs) and evolutionary algo- marks proposed for the special session and competition on rithms (EAs) are well-known methods which are used exten- multi-objective optimizers held under IEEE CEC 2009. The sively for optimization problems by researchers (Bouhaya inverted generational distance (IGD) measure is used to assess et al. 2014; EL-Kribi et al. 2013). EAs are well suited for the performance of the algorithm. Secondly, the proposed al- solving complex optimization problems where the traditional gorithm has been used for multi-objective optimization of two techniques like gradient based methods couldn’t produce sat- different combinatorial case studies. The first case contains a isfactory results. One of the evolutionary strategies which is two-degree of freedom leg mec