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To address these challenges, this paper proposes an innovative large-scale multi-objective evolutionary optimization algorithm. The algorithm utilizes clustering techniques to categorize decision variables and introduces a novel dominance relation to enhance optimization efficiency and performance. By dividing decision variables into convergence-related and diversity-related groups and applying distinct optimization strategies to each, the algorithm achieves a better balance between convergence and diversity. Additionally, the algorithm incorporates a new angle-based dominance relationship to reduce dominance resistance during the optimization process. 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