ROM-Based Inexact Subdivision Methods for PDE-Constrained Multiobjective Optimization

The goal in multiobjective optimization is to determine the so-called Pareto set. Our optimization problem is governed by a parameter-dependent semi-linear elliptic partial differential equation (PDE). To solve it, we use a gradient-based set-oriented numerical method. The numerical solution of the PDE by standard discretization methods usually leads to high computational effort. To overcome this difficulty, reduced-order modeling (ROM) is developed utilizing the reduced basis method. These model simplifications cause inexactness in the gradients. For that reason, an additional descent condition is proposed. Applying a modified subdivision algorithm, numerical experiments illustrate the efficiency of our solution approach.