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GECCO 2012 Companion Author Index

Abdelbar, Ashraf M.

Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence ~ Improving the Performance of MAX-MIN Ant System on the TSP Using Stubborn Ants (Page 1395)

Abraham, Ajith

GreenGEC ~ Evolutionary Prediction of Photovoltaic Power Plant Energy Production (Page 35)

Adams, Joshua

Real World Applications ~ Analyzing the Cross-Generalization Ability of a Hybrid Genetic & Evolutionary Application for Multibiometric Feature Weighting and Selection (Page 1521)

Affenzeller, Michael

Evolutionary Music ~ An Adaption of the Schema Theorem to Various Crossover and Mutation Operators for a Music Segmentation Problem (Page 469)

GreenGEC ~ Evolutionary Optimization of Multi-Agent Control Strategies for Electric Vehicle Charging (Page 3)

GECCO-UP ~ Generic Hardness Estimation Using Fitness and Parameter Landscapes Applied to Robust Taboo Search and the Quadratic Assignment Problem (Page 393)

Evolutionary Computation Software Systems ~ Integration of Flexible Interfaces in Optimization Software Frameworks for Simulation-Based Optimization (Page 125)

Evolutionary Computation Software Systems ~ Message from the EvoSoft Workshop Chairs (Page 83)

Evolutionary Computation Software Systems ~ On the Architecture and Implementation of Tree-Based Genetic Programming in HeuristicLab (Page 101)

Evolutionary Computation Software Systems ~ Optimization Knowledge Base: An Open Database for Algorithm and Problem Characteristics and Optimization Results (Page 141)

Alba, Enrique

GreenGEC ~ Green OLSR in VANETs with Differential Evolution (Page 11)

Aleb, Nassima

Symbolic Regression and Modeling ~ A New Framework for Scalable Genetic Programming (Page 487)

Alford, Aniesha

Real World Applications ~ Analyzing the Cross-Generalization Ability of a Hybrid Genetic & Evolutionary Application for Multibiometric Feature Weighting and Selection (Page 1521)

Altendorfer, Klaus

Evolutionary Computation Software Systems ~ Integration of Flexible Interfaces in Optimization Software Frameworks for Simulation-Based Optimization (Page 125)

Amiri, Babak

Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization ~ A Multiobjective Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm for Clustering in Social Networks (Page 1445)

Anjos, António

Genetic Algorithms ~ Affine Image Registration Transformation Estimation Using a Real Coded Genetic Algorithm with SBX (Page 1459)

Aquino, André L. L.

GreenGEC ~ Roadside Unit Deployment for Information Dissemination in a VANET: An Evolutionary Approach (Page 27)

Arnold, Dirk V.

Genetics Based Machine Learning ~ An Evolutionary Subspace Clustering Algorithm for High-Dimensional Data (Page 1497)

Auger, Anne

BBOB 2012 ~ Comparing Mirrored Mutations and Active Covariance Matrix Adaptation in the IPOP-CMA-ES on the Noiseless BBOB Testbed (Page 297)

BBOB 2012 ~ GECCO'12 Black-Box Optimization Workshop Chairs' Welcome Message (Page 157)

BBOB 2012 ~ On the Effect of Mirroring in the IPOP Active CMA-ES on the Noiseless BBOB Testbed (Page 277)

BBOB 2012 ~ On the Impact of a Small Initial Population Size in the IPOP Active CMA-ES with Mirrored Mutations on the Noiseless BBOB Testbed (Page 285)

BBOB 2012 ~ On the Impact of Active Covariance Matrix Adaptation in the CMA-ES with Mirrored Mutations and Small Initial Population Size on the Noiseless BBOB Testbed (Page 291)

Advanced Tutorials ~ Tutorial CMA-ES - Evolution Strategies and Covariance Matrix Adaptation (Page 827)

Auinger, Franz

GreenGEC ~ Evolutionary Optimization of Multi-Agent Control Strategies for Electric Vehicle Charging (Page 3)

Averill, Ron

Genetic Algorithms ~ Meaningful Representation and Recombination of Variable Length Genomes (Page 1471)

Bacardit, Jaume

Specialized Techniques and Applications Tutorials ~ Large Scale Data Mining using Genetics-Based Machine Learning (Page 1171)

Bäck, Martin

Evolutionary Computation Software Systems ~ Integration of Flexible Interfaces in Optimization Software Frameworks for Simulation-Based Optimization (Page 125)

Baeck, Thomas

Introductory Tutorials ~ Evolution Strategies: Basic Introduction (Page 711)

Balasubramaniam, Sasitharan

GreenGEC ~ Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization for Green Clouds (Page 19)

Banerjee, Amit

Late Breaking Abstracts ~ 3-D Modeling Using Collaborative Evolution (Page 653)

Late Breaking Abstracts ~ Density-Based Evolutionary Outlier Detection (Page 651)

Barros, Marcio de O.

Search-Based Software Engineering ~ Multiobjective Optimization for Project Portfolio Selection (Page 1541)

Bartoli, Alberto

Genetic Programming ~ Automatic Generation of Regular Expressions from Examples with Genetic Programming (Page 1477)

Bartz-Beielstein, Thomas

Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization ~ Multi-Criteria Optimization for Hard Problems Under Limited Budgets (Page 1451)

Symbolic Regression and Modeling ~ Sequential Parameter Optimization for Symbolic Regression (Page 495)

Late Breaking Abstracts ~ SPOT Applied to Non-Stochastic Optimization Problems - An Experimental Study (Page 645)

Specialized Techniques and Applications Tutorials ~ Statistical Analysis of Optimization Algorithms
with R (Page 1259)

Bazargani, Mosab

Genetic Algorithms ~ Affine Image Registration Transformation Estimation Using a Real Coded Genetic Algorithm with SBX (Page 1459)

Bazzan, Ana L. C.

Real World Applications ~ Co-Evolution of the Dynamics in Population Games: The Case of Traffic Flow Assignment (Page 1523)

Beham, Andreas

GECCO-UP ~ Generic Hardness Estimation Using Fitness and Parameter Landscapes Applied to Robust Taboo Search and the Quadratic Assignment Problem (Page 393)

Evolutionary Computation Software Systems ~ Integration of Flexible Interfaces in Optimization Software Frameworks for Simulation-Based Optimization (Page 125)

Behzadan, Behzad

Genetics Based Machine Learning ~ An Information-Based Approach Towards Neuro-Evolution (Page 1491)

Beliveau, Paul

Artificial Life/Robotics/Evolvable Hardware ~ Avoiding Local Optima with Interactive Evolutionary Robotics (Page 1405)

Late Breaking Abstracts ~ Interactive Simulated Robot Construction and Controller Evolution (Page 627)

Ben Ismail, Sahbi

Late Breaking Abstracts ~ A New Interactive Evolutionary Algorithm for the Vehicle Routing Problem (Page 661)

Benbassat, Amit

Late Breaking Abstracts ~ Evolving Players That Use Selective Game-Tree Search with Genetic Programming (Page 631)

Benini, Ernesto

Late Breaking Abstracts ~ GeDEA-II: A Simplex-Crossover Based Multi Objective Evolutionary Algorithm Including the Genetic Diversity as Objective (Page 619)

Bernstein, Omri

Undergraduate Student ~ Flea Market Simulator: A Market Simulator for Experiments on the Computational Evolution of Trading Strategies for Economic Agents (Page 549)

Besozzi, Daniela

Bioinformatics, Computational, Systems and Synthetic Biology ~ Estimating Reaction Constants in Stochastic Biological Systems with a Multi-Swarm PSO Running on GPUs (Page 1421)

Bevilacqua, Vitoantonio

MedGEC ~ Early Diagnosis of Lung Tumors by Genetically Optimized 3D-Metaball Malignancy Metric (Page 531)

Bielza, Concha

Genetics Based Machine Learning ~ Maximizing the Number of Polychronous Groups in Spiking Networks (Page 1499)

Blum, Christian

Late Breaking Abstracts ~ Message of the LBA Workshop Chairs (Page 615)

Bodas-Sagi, Diego J.

Real World Applications ~ Optimization of Technical Indicators in Real Time with Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 1535)

Bongard, Josh C.

Artificial Life/Robotics/Evolvable Hardware ~ Avoiding Local Optima with Interactive Evolutionary Robotics (Page 1405)

Late Breaking Abstracts ~ Interactive Simulated Robot Construction and Controller Evolution (Page 627)

Late Breaking Abstracts ~ Not All Physics Simulators Can be Wrong in the Same Way (Page 659)

Borrero, Giselle

Integrative Genetic and Evolutionary Computation ~ A Winner-Take-All Methodology: Finding the Best Evolutionary Algorithm for the Global Optimization of Functions (Page 1515)

Bosman, Peter A.N.

GreenGEC ~ Green and Efficient Energy Applications of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (Page 1)

Botvich, Dmitri

GreenGEC ~ Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization for Green Clouds (Page 19)

Bouroumi, Abdelaziz

Integrative Genetic and Evolutionary Computation ~ Genetic Fuzzy Rules for DOPs (Page 1507)

Boutouyrie, Pierre

MedGEC ~ An Optimal Reconstruction of the Human Arterial Tree from Doppler Echotracking Measurements (Page 517)

Bouvry, Pascal

GreenGEC ~ Green and Efficient Energy Applications of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (Page 1)

Bozec, Erwan

MedGEC ~ An Optimal Reconstruction of the Human Arterial Tree from Doppler Echotracking Measurements (Page 517)

Branke, Juergen

ECoMASS ~ Evolutionary Synthesis of Multi-Agent Systems for Dynamic Dial-a-Ride Problems (Page 331)

Brockhoff, Dimo

BBOB 2012 ~ Comparing Mirrored Mutations and Active Covariance Matrix Adaptation in the IPOP-CMA-ES on the Noiseless BBOB Testbed (Page 297)

Introductory Tutorials ~ GECCO 2012 Tutorial on Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization (Page 751)

BBOB 2012 ~ On the Effect of Mirroring in the IPOP Active CMA-ES on the Noiseless BBOB Testbed (Page 277)

BBOB 2012 ~ On the Impact of a Small Initial Population Size in the IPOP Active CMA-ES with Mirrored Mutations on the Noiseless BBOB Testbed (Page 285)

BBOB 2012 ~ On the Impact of Active Covariance Matrix Adaptation in the CMA-ES with Mirrored Mutations and Small Initial Population Size on the Noiseless BBOB Testbed (Page 291)

Bryant, Kelvin

Real World Applications ~ Analyzing the Cross-Generalization Ability of a Hybrid Genetic & Evolutionary Application for Multibiometric Feature Weighting and Selection (Page 1521)

Burjorjee, Keki M.

Genetic Algorithms ~ Explaining Adaptation in Genetic Algorithms with Uniform Crossover: The Hyperclimbing Hypothesis (Page 1461)

Busato, Mirko

Bioinformatics, Computational, Systems and Synthetic Biology ~ A Genetic Approach for Synthesizing Metabolic Models from Time Series (Page 1415)

Bush, William S.

Specialized Techniques and Applications Tutorials ~ Introduction to Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (Page 1141)

Buzdalov, Maxim

Graduate ~ Evolving EFSMs Solving a Path-Planning Problem by Genetic Programming (Page 591)

Byers, Chad M.

Artificial Life/Robotics/Evolvable Hardware ~ Exploring the Evolution of Internal Control Structure using Digital Enzymes (Page 1407)

Cagnoni, Stefano

MedGEC ~ First Results and Future Developments of the MIBISOC Project in the IBISlab of the University of Parma (Page 509)

Evolutionary Computation Software Systems ~ libCudaOptimize: An Open Source Library of GPU-Based Metaheuristics (Page 117)

MedGEC ~ Message from the Medical Applications Workshop - MedGEC2012 - Program Chairs (Page 499)

Carneiro, Murillo G.

Evolutionary Combinatorial Optimization and Metaheuristics ~ Synchronous Cellular Automata Scheduler with Construction Heuristic to Static Task Scheduling in Multiprocessors (Page 1433)

Carroll, Raymond

GreenGEC ~ Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization for Green Clouds (Page 19)

Castellini, Alberto

Bioinformatics, Computational, Systems and Synthetic Biology ~ A Genetic Approach for Synthesizing Metabolic Models from Time Series (Page 1415)

Castle, Tom

Evolutionary Computation Software Systems ~ EpochX: Genetic Programming in Java with Statistics and Event Monitoring (Page 93)

Cavalcante, Evellyn S.

GreenGEC ~ Roadside Unit Deployment for Information Dissemination in a VANET: An Evolutionary Approach (Page 27)

Cazzaniga, Paolo

Bioinformatics, Computational, Systems and Synthetic Biology ~ Estimating Reaction Constants in Stochastic Biological Systems with a Multi-Swarm PSO Running on GPUs (Page 1421)

Celis, Shane

Late Breaking Abstracts ~ Not All Physics Simulators Can be Wrong in the Same Way (Page 659)

Chau, Wang

Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization ~ Multi-objective Artificial Immune Algorithm for Security-constrained Multi-Application NoC Mapping (Page 1449)

Chen, Chyi-Tsong

BBOB 2012 ~ Black-Box Optimization Benchmarking for Noiseless Function Testbed Using a Direction-Based RCGA (Page 167)

Chen, Ni

Self-* Search ~ Adaptive Genetic Algorithm Based on Density Distribution of Population (Page 1543)

Chen, Wei-neng

Integrative Genetic and Evolutionary Computation ~ Differential Evolution Algorithm with PCA-Based Crossover (Page 1509)

Cheng, Betty H.C.

Artificial Life/Robotics/Evolvable Hardware ~ Exploring the Evolution of Internal Control Structure using Digital Enzymes (Page 1407)

Chiang, Ming-Chao

Genetic Algorithms ~ Continuous Space Pattern Reduction for Genetic Clustering Algorithm (Page 1475)

Chivilikhin, Daniil

Graduate ~ Test-Based Extended Finite-State Machines Induction with Evolutionary Algorithms and Ant Colony Optimization (Page 603)

Chotard, Alexandre

BBOB 2012 ~ GECCO'12 Black-Box Optimization Workshop Chairs' Welcome Message (Page 157)

Chou, Andrew K.

Evolutionary Developmental Robotics ~ An Artificial Visual Cortex Drives Behavioral Evolution in Co-Evolved Predator and Prey Robots (Page 361)

Chuang, Yao-Chen

BBOB 2012 ~ Black-Box Optimization Benchmarking for Noiseless Function Testbed Using a Direction-Based RCGA (Page 167)

Clausssen, Holger

Real World Applications ~ Comparing the Robustness of Grammatical Genetic Programming Solutions for Femtocell Algorithms (Page 1525)

Clemons, Eric K.

ECoMASS ~ Modeling Technology Evolution Using Generalized Genotype-Phenotype Maps (Page 323)

Coello, Carlos A.

Advanced Tutorials ~ Constraint-Handling Techniques Used with Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 849)

Coletti, Mark

Integrative Genetic and Evolutionary Computation ~ The Effects of Training Set Size and Keeping Rules on the Emergent Selection Pressure of Learnable Evolution Model (Page 1505)

Collet, Pierre

Specialized Techniques and Applications Tutorials ~ Evolutionary Computation With GPUs (Page 1117)

Comis Da Ronco, Claudio

Late Breaking Abstracts ~ GeDEA-II: A Simplex-Crossover Based Multi Objective Evolutionary Algorithm Including the Genetic Diversity as Objective (Page 619)

Conant-Pablos, Santiago Enrique

Self-* Search ~ The Impact of the Bin Packing Problem Structure in Hyper-Heuristic Performance (Page 1545)

Connelly, Brian D.

Evolutionary Computation Software Systems ~ The SEEDS Platform for Evolutionary and Ecological Simulations (Page 133)

Coppin, Gilles

Late Breaking Abstracts ~ A New Interactive Evolutionary Algorithm for the Vehicle Routing Problem (Page 661)

Cordón, Oscar

MedGEC ~ First Results and Future Developments of the MIBISOC Project in the IBISlab of the University of Parma (Page 509)

Cornelis, Jan P..

MedGEC ~ Analysis of a Feature-Deselective Neuroevolution Classifier (FD-NEAT) in a Computer-Aided Lung Nodule Detection System for CT Images (Page 539)

Correia, João

Genetic Programming ~ Improving Haar Cascade Classifiers Through the Synthesis of New Training Examples (Page 1479)

Costa, Ernesto

Automated Design of Algorithms ~ Evolving Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 51)

Costa, Hélio R.

Search-Based Software Engineering ~ Multiobjective Optimization for Project Portfolio Selection (Page 1541)

Cotta, Carlos

Evolutionary Music ~ Evolutionary Music No. 2 @ GECCO 2012 (Page 459)

Craven, Matthew J.

Bioinformatics, Computational, Systems and Synthetic Biology ~ A Dynamical Model of Cancer Chemotherapy with Disturbance (Page 1417)

Crawford, John

Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization ~ A Multiobjective Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm for Clustering in Social Networks (Page 1445)

Cremene, Marcel

Real World Applications ~ Equitable Solutions in QoS-aware Service Optimization (Page 1537)

da Rocha, Ana Regina C.

Search-Based Software Engineering ~ Multiobjective Optimization for Project Portfolio Selection (Page 1541)

Danoy, Grégoire

GreenGEC ~ Green and Efficient Energy Applications of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (Page 1)

Darvish, Arman

MedGEC ~ Interactive Differential Evolution for Prostate Ultrasound Image Thresholding (Page 501)

Das, Sanjoy

Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization ~ Configuration of Sensors on a 3-D Terrain: An Approach Based on Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization (Page 1443)

Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence ~ μABC: A Micro Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for Large Scale Global Optimization (Page 1399)

Das, Swagatam

Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization ~ Configuration of Sensors on a 3-D Terrain: An Approach Based on Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization (Page 1443)

Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence ~ μABC: A Micro Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for Large Scale Global Optimization (Page 1399)

Davanzo, Giorgio

Genetic Programming ~ Automatic Generation of Regular Expressions from Examples with Genetic Programming (Page 1477)

De Jong, Kenneth

Introductory Tutorials ~ Evolutionary Computation: A Unified Approach (Page 737)

De Lorenzo, Andrea

Genetic Programming ~ Automatic Generation of Regular Expressions from Examples with Genetic Programming (Page 1477)

De Los Cobos Silva, Sergio G.

Evolutionary Combinatorial Optimization and Metaheuristics ~ A Discrete Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for the Multi-Objective Redistricting Problem (Page 1439)

De Rainville, François-Michel

Artificial Life/Robotics/Evolvable Hardware ~ Co-Adapting Mobile Sensor Networks to Maximize Coverage in Dynamic Environments (Page 1409)

De Rainville, François-Michel

Evolutionary Computation Software Systems ~ DEAP: A Python Framework for Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 85)

Graduate ~ Robotic Swarm Cooperation by Co-adaptation (Page 607)

Deb, Kalyanmoy

Introductory Tutorials ~ GECCO 2012 Tutorial on Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization (Page 751)

Genetic Algorithms ~ Meaningful Representation and Recombination of Variable Length Genomes (Page 1471)

Deklerck, Rudi

MedGEC ~ Analysis of a Feature-Deselective Neuroevolution Classifier (FD-NEAT) in a Computer-Aided Lung Nodule Detection System for CT Images (Page 539)

Dobslaw, Felix

Evolutionary Computation Software Systems ~ INPUT: The Intelligent Parameter Utilization Tool (Page 149)

Doerr, Benjamin

Specialized Techniques and Applications Tutorials ~ Black-Box Complexity: from Complexity Theory to Playing Mastermind (Page 1079)

Domeniconi, Carlotta

Genetics Based Machine Learning ~ Multiobjective Optimization of Co-Clustering Ensembles (Page 1495)

Doncieux, Stéphane

Evolutionary Developmental Robotics ~ Evo-Devo-Robo Workshop Program (Page 355)

Generative and Developmental Systems ~ Dynamic Behavioral Diversity (Page 1453)

Evolutionary Developmental Robotics ~ Emergence of Memory in Neuroevolution: Impact of Selection Pressures (Page 369)

Evolutionary Developmental Robotics ~ Message from the Evo-Devo-Robo Workshop's Chairs (Page 353)

Donnelly, William

GreenGEC ~ Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization for Green Clouds (Page 19)

Dorigo, Marco

BBOB 2012 ~ An ACO Algorithm Benchmarked on the BBOB Noiseless Function Testbed (Page 159)

Dorronsoro, Bernabé

GreenGEC ~ Green and Efficient Energy Applications of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (Page 1)

Doursat, Rene

Evolutionary Developmental Robotics ~ Evolving Morphologies and Controllers for Soft-Bodied Multicellular Animats Using Gene Regulatory Networks and Artificial Embryogenesis (Page 357)

Dozier, Gerry

Real World Applications ~ Analyzing the Cross-Generalization Ability of a Hybrid Genetic & Evolutionary Application for Multibiometric Feature Weighting and Selection (Page 1521)

Ducommun, Bernard

Bioinformatics, Computational, Systems and Synthetic Biology ~ Checkpoint Oriented Cell-Cycle Simulation - Critical Role for Age Distribution Initialization (Page 1425)

Dulman, Stefan

ECoMASS ~ Automatic Discovery of Algorithms for Multi-Agent Systems (Page 337)

Dumas, Laurent

MedGEC ~ An Optimal Reconstruction of the Human Arterial Tree from Doppler Echotracking Measurements (Page 517)

Dumitrescu, Dumitru

Late Breaking Abstracts ~ Evolving Mixed Nash Equilibria for Bimatrix Games (Page 655)

Real World Applications ~ Equitable Solutions in QoS-aware Service Optimization (Page 1537)

Dupenois, Max

GECCO-UP ~ The Lay of the Land: A Brief Survey of Problem Understanding (Page 425)

Duthen, Yves

Bioinformatics, Computational, Systems and Synthetic Biology ~ Checkpoint Oriented Cell-Cycle Simulation - Critical Role for Age Distribution Initialization (Page 1425)

Ellabaan, Mostafa M. H.

Late Breaking Abstracts ~ Experiences on Memetic Computation for Locating Transition States in Biochemical Applications (Page 623)

English, Amanda

Undergraduate Student ~ Grammatical Evolution Decision Trees for Trio Designs (Page 559)

Eppstein, Margaret J.

Late Breaking Abstracts ~ Differential Evolution of Constants in Genetic Programming Improves Efficacy and Bloat (Page 625)

Self-* Search ~ Evolutionary Mining for Multivariate Associations in Large Time-Varying data sets: A Healthcare Network Application (Page 1547)

Esparcia-Alcázar, Anna I.

Evolutionary Computation Software Systems ~ SofEA, A Pool-Based Framework for Evolutionary Algorithms using CouchDB (Page 109)

Parallel Evolutionary Systems ~ Validating Design Choices in a Pool-Based Distributed Evolutionary Algorithms Architecture (Page 1517)

Ettouhami, Aziz

Integrative Genetic and Evolutionary Computation ~ Genetic Fuzzy Rules for DOPs (Page 1507)

Everson, Richard M.

VizGEC ~ Visualisation in Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (VizGEC 2012) (Page 433)

VizGEC ~ Visualising Many-Objective Populations (Page 451)