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Evolutionary Computation in Practice

Evolutionary Computation Techniques for Constraint Handling

Fourteenth International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems

Computational Intelligence on Consumer Games and Graphics Hardware (CIGPU)

Medical Applications of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (MedGEC)

Evolutionary Computation and Multi-Agent Systems and Simulation (ECoMASS) - Fifth Annual Workshop

1st Workshop on Evolutionary Computation for Designing Generic Algorithms

Bio-Inspired Solutions for Wireless Sensor Networks (GECCO BIS-WSN 2011)

3rd Symbolic Regression and Modeling Workshop for GECCO 2011

Optimization by Building and Using Probabilistic Models (OBUPM-2011)

Scaling Behaviours of Landscapes, Parameters and Algorithms

GreenIT Evolutionary Computation

Graduate Students Workshop


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Evolutionary Computation in Practice

Exploring Opportunity Spaces Efficiently for Fun and Profit (Page 271)
Ian Cox (SAS)

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Evolutionary Computation Techniques for Constraint Handling

Explorations on Template-Directed Genetic Repair using Ancient Ancestors and Other Templates (Page 325)
Donagh Hatton (National University of Ireland)
Diarmuid P. O'Donoghue (National University of Ireland)

Case Study: Constraint Handling in Evolutionary Optimization of Catalytic Materials (Page 333)
Martin Hole?a (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)
David Linke (Leibniz Institute for Catalysis)
Lukáš Bajer (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)

A Memetic Algorithm for Two-dimensional Multi-Objective Bin-packing with Constraints (Page 341)
Antonio Fernandez (University of Almeria)
Consolación Gil (University of Almeria)
Antonio Lopez Marquez (University of Almeria)
Raul Baños (University of Almeria)
Maria Gil Montoya (University of Almeria)
Maria Parra (University of Almeria)

Combining PSO and Local Search to Solve Scheduling Problems (Page 347)
Xue-Feng Zhang (Kyushu University)
Miyuki Koshimura (Kyushu University)
Hiroshi Fujita (Kyushu University)
Ryuzo Hasegawa (Kyushu University)

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Fourteenth International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems

Voting Based Learning Classifier System for Multi-Label Classification (Page 355)
Kaveh Ahmadi-Abhari (Shiraz University)
Ali Hamzeh (Shiraz University)
Sattar Hashemi (Shiraz University)

PCA for Improving the Performance of XCSF in Classification of High-dimensional Problems (Page 361)
Mohammad Behdad (University of Western Australia)
Tim French (University of Western Australia)
Luigi Barone (University of Western Australia)
Mohammed Bennamoun (University of Western Australia)

Random Artificial Incorporation of Noise in a Learning Classifier System Environment (Page 369)
Ryan J. Urbanowicz (Dartmouth College)
Nicholas A. Sinnott-Armstrong (Dartmouth College)
Jason H. Moore (Dartmouth College)

Automatically Defined Functions for Learning Classifier Systems (Page 375)
Muhammad Iqbal (Victoria University of Wellington)
Mengjie Zhang (Victoria University of Wellington)
Will Browne (Victoria University of Wellington)

XCSF with Local Deletion: Preventing Detrimental Forgetting (Page 383)
Martin V. Butz (University of Würzburg)
Olivier Sigaud (Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6)

Grid Data Mining by Means of Learning Classifier Systems and Distributed Model Induction (Page 391)
Manuel Santos (University of Minho)
Wesley Mathew (University of Minho)
Henrique Santos (University of Minho)

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Computational Intelligence on Consumer Games and Graphics Hardware (CIGPU)

Evolving CUDA PTX Programs by Quantum Inspired Linear Genetic Programming (Page 399)
Leandro Cupertino (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro)
Cleomar Silva (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro)
Douglas Dias (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro)
Marco Aurélio Pacheco (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro)
Cristiana Bentes (State University of Rio de Janeiro)

Acceleration of Genetic Algorithms for Sudoku Solution on Many-Core Processors (Page 407)
Yuji Sato (Hosei University)
Naohiro Hasegawa (Hosei University)
Mikiko Sato (TUAT)

Debugging CUDA (Page 415)
William B. Langdon (University College London)

Performing with CUDA (Page 423)
William B. Langdon (University College London)

Acceleration of Grammatical Evolution Using Graphics Processing Units (Page 431)
Petr Pospichal (Brno University of Technology)
Eoin Murphy (University College Dublin)
Michael O'Neill (University College Dublin)
Josef Schwarz (Brno University of Technology)
Jiri Jaros (Brno University of Technology)

Bitwise Operations for GPU Implementation of Genetic Algorithms (Page 439)
Martín Pedemonte (Universidad de la República Montevideo)
Enrique Alba (Universidad de Málaga)
Francisco Luna (Universidad de Málaga)

Identifying Similarities in TMBL Programs with Alignment to Quicken Their Compilation for GPUs (Page 447)
Tony E. Lewis (University of London)
George D. Magoulas (University of London)

TMBL Kernels for CUDA GPUs Compile Faster Using PTX (Page 455)
Tony E. Lewis (University of London)
George D. Magoulas (University of London)

Implementing Cartesian Genetic Programming Classifiers on Graphics Processing Units Using GPU.NET (Page 463)
Simon Harding (IDSIA, Switzerland & Memorial University Canada)
Wolfgang Banzhaf (Memorial University)

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Medical Applications of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (MedGEC)

Multi-Reward Policies for Medical Applications: Anthrax Attacks and Smart Wheelchairs (Page 471)
Harold Soh (Imperial College London)
Yiannis Demiris (Imperial College London)

Memetic Evolutionary Multi-Objective Neural Network Classifier to Predict Graft Survival in Liver Transplant Patients (Page 479)
Manuel Cruz-Ramírez (University of Córdoba)
Juan Carlos Fernández Caballero (University of Córdoba)
Francisco Fernández-Navarro (University of Córdoba)
Javier Briceño (Hospital Reina Sofía)
Manuel de la Mata (Hospital Reina Sofía)
César Hervás-Martínez (University of Córdoba)

Automatic Hippocampus Localization in Histological Images using PSO-Based Deformable Models (Page 487)
Roberto Ugolotti (University of Parma)
Pablo Mesejo (University of Parma)
Stefano Cagnoni (University of Parma)
Mario Giacobini (University of Torino)
Ferdinando Di Cunto (University of Torino)

An Adaptive Binary PSO to Learn Bayesian Classifier for Prognostic Modeling of Metabolic Syndrome (Page 495)
Satchidananda Dehuri (Fakir Mohan University)
Rahul Roy (KIIT University)
Sung-Bae Cho (Yonsei University)

Identification of Cancer Diagnosis Estimation Models Using Evolutionary Algorithms - A Case Study for Breast Cancer, Melanoma, and Cancer in the Respiratory System (Page 503)
Stephan M. Winkler (Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences)
Michael Affenzeller (Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences)
Witold Jacak (Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences)
Herbert Stekel (General Hospital Linz)

On the Performance of Evolutionary Algorithms in Biomedical Keyword Clustering (Page 511)
Viktoria Dorfer (Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences)
Stephan M. Winkler (Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences)
Thomas Kern (Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences)
Sophie A. Blank (Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences)
Gerald Petz (Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences)
Patrizia Faschang (Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences)

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Evolutionary Computation and Multi-Agent Systems and Simulation (ECoMASS) - Fifth Annual Workshop

Road Traffic Optimisation Using an Evolutionary Game (Page 519)
Syed Md. Galib (Swinburne University of Technology)
Irene Moser (Swinburne University of Technology)

A Social Behaviour Evolution Approach for Evolutionary Optimisation (Page 527)
Mikdam Turkey (University of Essex)
Riccardo Poli (University of Essex)

An Agent-Based Model of the Effects of a Primate Social Structure on the Speed of Natural Selection (Page 535)
Gideon M. Gluckman (University of Bath)
Joanna J. Bryson (University of Bath)

Sociotechnical Simulation and Evolutionary Algorithm Optimization for Routing Siren Vehicles in a Water Distribution Contamination Event (Page 543)
M. Ehsan Shafiee (Texas A&M University)
Emily M. Zechman (Texas A&M University)

Evolution for Modeling - A Genetic Programming Framework for SeSAm (Page 551)
Robert Junges (Örebro University)
Franziska Klügl (Örebro University)

Estimating Functional Agent-Based Models: An Application to Bid Shading in Online Markets Format (Page 559)
Wei Guo (University of Maryland)
Wolfgang Jank (University of Maryland)
William Rand (University of Maryland)

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1st Workshop on Evolutionary Computation for Designing Generic Algorithms

Towards the Automatic Design of Decision Tree Induction Algorithms (Page 567)
Rodrigo C. Barros (University of São Paulo)
André C. P. L. F. de Carvalho (University of São Paulo)
Marcio P. Basgalupp (Universidade Federal de São Paulo)
Alex A. Freitas (University of Kent)

Self-Configuring Crossover (Page 575)
Brian W. Goldman (Missouri University of Science and Technology)
Daniel R. Tauritz (Missouri University of Science and Technology)

Automatically Designing Selection Heuristics (Page 583)
John Woodward (The University of Nottingham, China)
Jerry Swan (The University of Nottingham)

Instance-Based Parameter Tuning for Evolutionary AI Planning (Page 591)
Mátyás Brendel (Université Paris-Sud)
Marc Schoenauer (INRIA Saclay)

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Bio-Inspired Solutions for Wireless Sensor Networks (GECCO BIS-WSN 2011)

Robot Routing in Sparse Wireless Sensor Networks with Continuous Ant Colony Optimization (Page 599)
Giovanni Comarela (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
Kênia Gonçalves (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
Gisele L. Pappa (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
Jussara Almeida (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
Virgílio Almeida (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)

A Cooperative Coevolutionary Algorithm for the Design of Wireless Sensor Networks (Page 607)
André Siqueira Ruela (Universidade Federal de Ouro)
André L. L. Aquino (Universidade Federal de Alagoas)
Frederico G. Guimarães (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)

Implementing a Model of Japanese Tree Frogs' Calling Behavior in Sensor Networks: A Study of Possible Improvements (Page 615)
Hugo Hernández (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
Christian Blum (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)

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3rd Symbolic Regression and Modeling Workshop for GECCO 2011

Separating the Wheat from the Chaff: On Feature Selection and Feature Importance in Regression Random Forests and Symbolic Regression (Page 623)
Sean Stijven (University of Antwerp)
Wouter Minnebo (University of Antwerp)
Katya Vladislavleva (University of Antwerp)

Overfitting Detection and Adaptive Covariant Parsimony Pressure for Symbolic Regression (Page 631)
Gabriel Kronberger (Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences)
Michael Kommenda (Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences)
Michael Affenzeller (Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences)

A Symbolic Regression Approach to Manage Femtocell Coverage Using Grammatical Genetic Programming (Page 639)
Erik Hemberg (University College Dublin)
Lester Ho (Bell Laboratories)
Michael O'Neill (University College Dublin)
Holger Claussen (Bell Laboratories)

Symbolic Regression Using ?, ? Operators and Estimation of Distribution Algorithms: Preliminary Results (Page 647)
Luis M. Torres-Treviño (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León)

Automatic Pyrolysis Mass Loss Modeling from Thermo-Gravimetric Analysis Data Using Genetic Programming (Page 655)
Kenneth Holladay (Southwest Research Institute)
J. Marshall Sharp (Southwest Research Institute)
Marc Janssens (Southwest Research Institute)

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Optimization by Building and Using Probabilistic Models (OBUPM-2011)

The Roles of Local Search, Model Building and Optimal Mixing in Evolutionary Algorithms from a BBO Perspective (Page 663)
Peter A. N. Bosman (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica)
Dirk Thierens (Utrecht University)

Second Order Heuristics in ACGP (Page 671)
Cezary Z. Janikow (University of Missouri - St. Louis)
John Aleshunas (University of Missouri - St. Louis)
Mark W. Hauschild (University of Missouri - St. Louis)

Estimation of Distribution Algorithms: From Available Implementations to Potential Developments (Page 679)
Roberto Santana (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)

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Scaling Behaviours of Landscapes, Parameters and Algorithms

Covariance-based Parameters Adaptation in Differential Evolution (Page 687)
Valentino Santucci (University of Perugia)
Alfredo Milani (University of Perugia)

Using Landscape Measures for the Online Tuning of Heterogeneous Distributed GAs (Page 691)
Carolina Salto (Universidad Nacional de la Pampa)
Enrique Alba (Universidad de Málaga)
Francisco Luna (Universidad de Málaga)

Are Evolutionary Algorithm Competitions Characterizing Landscapes Appropriately? (Page 695)
Pilar Caamaño (Universidade da Coruña)
Jose A. Becerra (Universidade da Coruña)
Francisco Bellas (Universidade da Coruña)
Richard J. Duro (Universidade da Coruña)

Tuning Parameters across Mixed Dimensional Instances: A Performance Scalability Study of Sep-G-CMA-ES (Page 703)
Tianjun Liao (IRIDIA, CoDE, Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Marco A. Montes de Oca (IRIDIA, CoDE, Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Thomas Stützle (IRIDIA, CoDE, Université Libre de Bruxelles)

Evaluating Optimization Algorithms: Bounds on the Performance of Optimizers on Unseen Problems (Page 707)
David Corne (Heriot-Watt University)
Alan Reynolds (Heriot-Watt University)

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GreenIT Evolutionary Computation

Open Source Tool for Energy Saving and Efficient System Management (Page 711)
Consolación Gil (Universidad de Almería)
Pedro Sánchez (Universidad de Almería)
Francisco G. Montoya (Universidad de Almería)
Antonio L. Márquez (Universidad de Almería)

An Efficient Routing Protocol for Green Communications in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (Page 719)
Jamal Toutouh (University of Málaga)
Enrique Alba (University of Málaga)

Optimizing Architectural and Structural Aspects of Buildings towards Higher Energy Efficiency (Page 727)
Álvaro Fialho (LIX, École Polytechnique)
Youssef Hamadi (Microsoft Research, Cambridge & École Polytechnique)
Marc Schoenauer (INRIA Saclay & Microsoft Research, France)

Load Balancing for Sustainable ICT (Page 733)
Alexandru-Adrian Tantar (University of Luxembourg)
Emilia Tantar (University of Luxembourg)
Pascal Bouvry (University of Luxembourg)

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Graduate Students Workshop

Evolving Board-Game Players with Genetic Programming (Page 739)
Amit Benbassat (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
Moshe Sipper (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

Extracting Adaptation Strategies for E-Learning Programs with XCS (Page 743)
Anke Endler (University of Würzburg)
Martin V. Butz (University of Würzburg)
Günter Daniel Rey (University of Würzburg)

Investigating a New Paradigm for Designing Evolutionary Optimisation Algorithms Using Social Behaviour Evolution (Page 747)
Mikdam Turkey (University of Essex)
Riccardo Poli (University of Essex)

A Multiobjective Optimization Algorithm for Discovering Driving Strategies (Page 751)
Erik Dovgan (Jožef Stefan Institute)
Matjaž Gams (Jožef Stefan Institute)
Bogdan Filipič (Jožef Stefan Institute)

Cardiac Myocyte Model Parameter Sensitivity Analysis and Model Transformation Using a Genetic Algorithm (Page 755)
Armen R. Kherlopian (Weill Cornell Medical College)
Francis A. Ortega (Weill Cornell Medical College)
David J. Christini (Weill Cornell Medical College)

Finite State Machine Induction using Genetic Algorithm based on Testing and Model Checking (Page 759)
Fedor Tsarev (St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics)
Kirill Egorov (St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics)

Generation of Tests for Programming Challenge Tasks Using Evolution Algorithms (Page 763)
Maxim Buzdalov (St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics)

Discrete Dynamics of Cellular Machines: Specification and Interpretation (Page 767)
Stefano Nichele (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

Swarm Intelligence Guided by Multi-Objective Mathematical Programming Techniques (Page 771)
Saúl Zapotecas Martínez (CINVESTAV-IPN)
Carlos A. Coello Coello (CINVESTAV-IPN)

Genetic Algorithm for Induction of Finite Automata with Continuous and Discrete Output Actions (Page 775)
Anton Alexandrov (St. Petersburg State University of Info Technologies, Mechanics and Optics)
Alexey Sergushichev (St. Petersburg State University of Info Technologies, Mechanics and Optics)
Sergey Kazakov (St. Petersburg State University of Info Technologies, Mechanics and Optics)
Fedor Tsarev (St. Petersburg State University of Info Technologies, Mechanics and Optics)

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Examining Grammars and Grammatical Evolution in Dynamic Environments (Page 779)
Eoin Murphy (University College Dublin)

Genotype-Phenotype Mapping in Dynamic Environments with Grammatical Evolution (Page 783)
David Fagan (University College Dublin)

Design Knowledge Extraction in Multi-objective Optimization Problems (Page 787)
Sunith Bandaru (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur)
Kalyanmoy Deb (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur)

MuGA - Multiset Genetic Algorithm (Page 791)
António Manso (Instituto Politécnico de Tomar & Universidade de Lisboa)
Luís Correia (Universidade de Lisboa)

Estimation of Distribution Algorithms based on Copula Functions (Page 795)
Rogelio Salinas-Gutiérrez (Center for Research in Mathematics)
Arturo Hernández-Aguirre (Center for Research in Mathematics)
Enrique R. Villa-Diharce (Center for Research in Mathematics)

Size-Based Tournaments for Node Selection (Page 799)
Thomas Helmuth (University of Massachusetts)
Lee Spector (Hampshire College)
Brian Martin (Hampshire College)