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Researcher

Amrit Pratap

Amrit Pratap is a researcher whose work spans evolutionary optimization and learning algorithms. He coauthored NSGA-II and a KanGAL report on constrained multi-objective test problems in 2000. His Caltech theses take up AlphaBoost and adaptive learning with data cloning, and he coauthored a 2005 paper on data categorization and generalization. By 2013, he was an emeritus member with a Caltech affiliation.

Works
16
Citations
55,960
h-index
8

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 18 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2000

    Co-authoring NSGA-II

    At IIT Kanpur, he works with Kalyanmoy Deb and fellow students to develop NSGA-II in 2000. NSGA-II is a fast, elitist multi-objective genetic algorithm.

  2. 2000

    Constrained test problems

    He coauthors a KanGAL report on constrained test problems for multi-objective evolutionary optimization in 2000.

  3. 2004

    An AlphaBoost thesis

    He completes a computer-science master's thesis at Caltech in 2004 titled ‘Maximum Drawdown of a Brownian Motion and AlphaBoost: a Boosting Algorithm.’

  4. 2005

    Data categorization paper

    He coauthors ‘Improving generalization by data categorization’ with Ling Li, Hsuan-Tien Lin, and Yaser S. Abu-Mostafa for PKDD in 2005.

  5. 2008

    Adaptive learning and data cloning

    He completes a Caltech PhD in 2008 with a dissertation titled ‘Adaptive Learning Algorithms and Data Cloning.’

  6. By 2013

    Emeritus membership

    By 2013, he is an emeritus member with a Caltech affiliation.

Career

  1. 2003–2008California Institute of TechnologyEmeritus member

Education

  1. 2008California Institute of TechnologyPhD
  2. 2004California Institute of TechnologyMaster's degree
  3. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. A fast and elitist multiobjective genetic algorithm: NSGA-II2002 · IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation · 49,723 citationsWith Kalyanmoy Deb
  2. A Fast Elitist Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm for Multi-objective Optimization: NSGA-II2000 · Lecture notes in computer science · 5,529 citationsWith Kalyanmoy Deb
  3. Constrained Test Problems for Multi-objective Evolutionary Optimization2001 · Lecture notes in computer science · 367 citationsWith Kalyanmoy Deb
  4. On the maximum drawdown of a Brownian motion2004 · Journal of Applied Probability · 180 citations
  5. Mechanical Component Design for Multiple Ojectives Using Elitist Non-dominated Sorting GA2000 · Lecture notes in computer science · 99 citationsWith Kalyanmoy Deb

From OpenAlex, as of 18 October 2026.

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Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. Biography | Kalyanmoy Deb kdeb.us. Checked 18 October 2026.
  2. Kalyanmoy Deb, Koenig Endowed Chair Professor egr.msu.edu. Checked 18 October 2026.
  3. Graduate Alumni - Computing + Mathematical Sciences cms.caltech.edu. Checked 18 October 2026.
  4. Hsuan-Tien Lin > Publications csie.ntu.edu.tw. Checked 18 October 2026.
  5. Kalyanmoy Deb, Koenig Endowed Chair Professor egr.msu.edu. Checked 18 October 2026.