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Editors, Companion Publication of the 2012 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO'12 Companion, July 7–11, 2012, Philadelphia, PA, USA. ACM 2012, ISBN 978-1-4503-1178-6.


Table of Contents

Welcome from General Chair
Jason H. Moore (Dartmouth College)

A Word from the Chair of SIGEVO
Wolfgang Banzhaf (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

GECCO 2012 Companion Editors 

GECCO'12 Conference Organizers

GECCO'12 Program Committee Members

ACM SIGEVO Officers and Executive Committee

Companion Author Index

 

Green and Efficient Energy Applications of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (GreenGEC) Workshop

Green and Efficient Energy Applications of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (Page 1)
Pascal Bouvry (University of Luxembourg)

Alexandru Tantar (University of Luxembourg)

Emilia Tantar (University of Luxembourg)

Peter A.N. Bosman (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica)

Samee U. Khan (North Dakota State University)

Bernabé Dorronsoro (University of Luxembourg)

Grégoire Danoy (University of Luxembourg)

GreenGEC Workshop Organization (Page 2)

Evolutionary Optimization of Multi-Agent Control Strategies for Electric Vehicle Charging (Page 3)
Stephan Hutterer (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Michael Affenzeller (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Franz Auinger (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Green OLSR in VANETs with Differential Evolution (Page 11)
Jamal Toutouh (University of Malaga)

Enrique Alba (University of Malaga)

Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization for Green Clouds (Page 19)
Dung H. Phan (University of Massachusetts, Boston)

Junichi Suzuki (University of Massachusetts, Boston)

Raymond Carroll (TSSG, Waterford Institute of Technology)

Sasitharan Balasubramaniam (TSSG, Waterford Institute of Technology)

William Donnelly (TSSG, Waterford Institute of Technology)

Dmitri Botvich (TSSG, Waterford Institute of Technology)

Roadside Unit Deployment for Information Dissemination in a VANET: An Evolutionary Approach (Page 27)
Evellyn S. Cavalcante (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)

André L. L. Aquino (Universidade Federal de Alagoas)

Gisele L. Pappa (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)

Antonio A. F. Loureiro (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)

Evolutionary Prediction of Photovoltaic Power Plant Energy Production (Page 35)
Pavel Krömer (VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava)

Lukáš Prokop (VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava)

Václav Snášel (VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava)

Stanislav Mišák (VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava)

Jan Platoš (VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava)

Ajith Abraham (VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava)

 

 

Real World Applications of Evolutionary Computation Workshop

Evolutionary Approaches for Real World Applications in 21st Century (Page 43)
Nikhil Padhye (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Automated Design of Algorithms Workshop

Welcome Message from Workshop Chairs (Page 49)
Gisele L. Pappa (Federal University of Minas Gerais)

John Woodward (University of Nottingham)

Jerry Swam (University of Stirling)

Matthew Hyde (University of Nottingham)

Evolving Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 51)
Nuno Lourenço (University of Coimbra)

Francisco B. Pereira (University of Coimbra)

Ernesto Costa (University of Coimbra)

Supportive Coevolution (Page 59)
Brian W. Goldman (Missouri University of Science and Technology)

Daniel R. Tauritz (Missouri University of Science and Technology)

The Automatic Generation of Mutation Operators for Genetic Algorithms (Page 67)
John Woodward (The University of Nottingham in China)

Jerry Swan (University of Stirling)

Autoconstructive Evolution for Structural Problems (Page 75)
Kyle I. Harrington (Brandeis University)

Lee Spector (Hampshire College)

Jordan B. Pollack (Brandeis University)

Una-May O'Reilly (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

 

Evolutionary Computation Software Systems Workshop

Message from the EvoSoft Workshop Chairs (Page 83)
Stefan Wagner (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Michael Affenzeller (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

EuroSoft Workshop Organization (Page 84)

DEAP: A Python Framework for Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 85)
François-Michel De Rainville (Université Laval)

Félix-Antoine Fortin (Université Laval)

Marc-André Gardner (Université Laval)

Marc Parizeau (Université Laval)

Christian Gagné (Université Laval)

EpochX: Genetic Programming in Java with Statistics and Event Monitoring (Page 93)
Fernando E.B. Otero (University of Kent)

Tom Castle (University of Kent)

Colin G. Johnson (University of Kent)

On the Architecture and Implementation of Tree-Based Genetic Programming in HeuristicLab (Page 101)
Michael Kommenda (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Gabriel Kronberger (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Stefan Wagner (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Stephan Winkler (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Michael Affenzeller (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

SofEA, A Pool-Based Framework for Evolutionary Algorithms using CouchDB (Page 109)
Juan J. Merelo (University of Granada)

Antonio M. Mora (University of Granada)

Carlos M. Fernandes (University of Granada)

Anna I. Esparcia-Alcázar (S2 Grupo)

libCudaOptimize: An Open Source Library of GPU-Based Metaheuristics (Page 117)
Youssef S. G. Nashed (University of Parma)

Roberto Ugolotti (University of Parma)

Pablo Mesejo (University of Parma)

Stefano Cagnoni (University of Parma)

Integration of Flexible Interfaces in Optimization Software Frameworks for Simulation-Based Optimization (Page 125)
Andreas Beham (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Erik Pitzer (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Stefan Wagner (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Michael Affenzeller (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Klaus Altendorfer (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Thomas Felberbauer (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Martin Bäck (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

The SEEDS Platform for Evolutionary and Ecological Simulations (Page 133)
Brian D. Connelly (Michigan State University)

Luis Zaman (Michigan State University)

Philip K. McKinley (Michigan State University)

Optimization Knowledge Base: An Open Database for Algorithm and Problem Characteristics and Optimization Results (Page 141)
Andreas Scheibenpflug (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Stefan Wagner (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Erik Pitzer (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Michael Affenzeller (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

INPUT: The Intelligent Parameter Utilization Tool (Page 149)
Felix Dobslaw (Mid Sweden University)

 

Black Box Optimization Benchmarking 2012 (BBOB 2012) Workshop

GECCO'12 Black-Box Optimization Workshop Chairs' Welcome Message (Page 157)
Anne Auger (INRIA Saclay-Ile-de-France)

Alexandre Chotard (INRIA Saclaay-Iie-de-France)

Verena Heidrich-Meisner (INRIA Saclay-Ile-de-France)

Nikolaus Hansen (INRIA Saclay-Ile-de-France)

Olaf Mersmann (Technische Universität Dortmund)

Petr Pošík (Czech Technical University in Prague)

Mike Preuß (Technische Universität Dortmund)

An ACO Algorithm Benchmarked on the BBOB Noiseless Function Testbed (Page 159)
Tianjun Liao (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

Daniel Molina (University of Cadiz)

Thomas Stützle (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

Marco A. Montes de Oca (University of Delaware)

Marco Dorigo (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

Black-Box Optimization Benchmarking for Noiseless Function Testbed Using a Direction-Based RCGA (Page 167)
Yao-Chen Chuang (Feng Chia University)

Chyi-Tsong Chen (Feng Chia University)

Black-Box Optimization Benchmarking of IPOP-SaACM-ES and Bipop-SaACM-ES on the BBOB-2012 Noiseless Testbed (Page 175)
Ilya Loshchilov (TAO, INRIA-Saclay)

Marc Schoenauer (TAO, INRIA-Saclay)

Michèle Sebag (CNRS)

Benchmarking the Multi-View Differential Evolution on the Noiseless BBOB-2012 Function Testbed (Page 183)
Vinícius Veloso de Melo (Federal University of São Paulo)

Benchmarking the Differential Evolution with Adaptive Encoding on Noiseless Functions (Page 189)
Petr Pošík (Czech Technical University in Prague)

Václav Klemš (Czech Technical University in Prague)

JADE, an Adaptive Differential Evolution Algorithm, Benchmarked on the BBOB Noiseless Testbed (Page 197)
Petr Pošík (Czech Technical University in Prague)

Václav Klemš (Czech Technical University in Prague)

Benchmarking Separable Natural Evolution Strategies on the Noiseless and Noisy Black-Box Optimization Testbeds (Page 205)
Tom Schaul (New York University)

Benchmarking Exponential Natural Evolution Strategies on the Noiseless and Noisy Black-Box Optimization Testbeds (Page 213)
Tom Schaul (New York University)

Investigating the Impact of Adaptation Sampling in Natural Evolution Strategies on Black-Box Optimization Testbeds (Page 221)
Tom Schaul (New York University)

Benchmarking Natural Evolution Strategies with Adaptation Sampling on the Noiseless and Noisy Black-Box Optimization Testbeds (Page 229)
Tom Schaul (New York University)

Comparing Natural Evolution Strategies to BIPOP-CMA-ES on Noiseless and Noisy Black-Box Optimization Testbeds (Page 237)
Tom Schaul (New York University)

MEMPSODE: An Empirical Assessment of Local Search Algorithm Impact on a Memetic Algorithm Using Noiseless Testbe (Page 245)
Costas Voglis (University of Ioannina)
Grigoris S. Piperagkas (University of Ioannina)
Konstantinos E. Parsopoulos (University of Ioannina)
Dimitris G. Papageorgiou (University of Ioannina)
Isaac E. Lagaris (University of Ioannina)

MEMPSODE: Comparing Particle Swarm Optimization and Differential Evolution Within a Hybrid Memetic Global Optimization Framework (Page 253)
Costas Voglis (University of Ioannina)

Grigoris S. Piperagkas (University of Ioannina)

Konstantinos E. Parsopoulos (University of Ioannina)

Dimitris G. Papageorgiou (University of Ioannina)

Isaac E. Lagaris (University of Ioannina)

Black-box Optimization Benchmarking of IPOP-saACM-ES on the BBOB-2012 Noisy Testbed (Page 261)
Ilya Loshchilov (Université Paris Sud)

Marc Schoenauer (Université Paris Sud)

Michèle Sebag (Université Paris Sud)

Black-box Optimization Benchmarking of NIPOP-aCMA-ES and NBIPOP-aCMA-ES on the BBOB-2012 Noiseless Testbed (Page 269)
Ilya Loshchilov (Université Paris Sud)

Marc Schoenauer (Université Paris Sud)

Michèle Sebag (CNRS)

On the Effect of Mirroring in the IPOP Active CMA-ES on the Noiseless BBOB Testbed (Page 277)
Dimo Brockhoff (INRIA Lille - Nord Europe)

Anne Auger (Université Paris Sud)

Nikolaus Hansen (Université Paris Sud)

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)
Dimo Brockhoff (INRIA Lille - Nord Europe)

Anne Auger (Université Paris Sud)

Nikolaus Hansen (Université Paris Sud)

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)
Dimo Brockhoff (INRIA Lille - Nord Europe)

Anne Auger (Université Paris Sud)

Nikolaus Hansen (Université Paris Sud)

Comparing Mirrored Mutations and Active Covariance Matrix Adaptation in the IPOP-CMA-ES on the Noiseless BBOB Testbed (Page 297)
Dimo Brockhoff (INRIA Lille - Nord Europe)

Anne Auger (Université Paris Sud)

Nikolaus Hansen (Université Paris Sud)

 

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

ECoMASS 2012 Workshop Welcome Message (Page 305)
Forrest Stonedahl (Centre College)

Rick Riolo (University of Michigan)

Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization and Convergence Analysis for Scheduling Problems (Page 307)
Xue-Feng Zhang (Kyushu University)

Miyuki Koshimura (Kyushu University)

Hiroshi Fujita (Kyushu University)

Ryuzo Hasegawa (Kyushu University)

Integrating Evolutionary Computation and Sociotechnical Simulation for Flushing Contaminated Water Distribution Systems (Page 315)
M. Ehsan Shafiee (North Carolina State University)

Emily M. Zechman (North Carolina State University)

Modeling Technology Evolution Using Generalized Genotype-Phenotype Maps (Page 323)
C. Jason Woodard (Singapore Management University)

Eric K. Clemons (University of Pennsylvania)

Evolutionary Synthesis of Multi-Agent Systems for Dynamic Dial-a-Ride Problems (Page 331)
Rinde R.S. van Lon (KU Leuven)

Tom Holvoet (KU Leuven)

Greet Vanden Berghe (KaHo Sint-Lieven)

Tom Wenseleers (KU Leuven)

Juergen Branke (The University of Warwick)

Automatic Discovery of Algorithms for Multi-Agent Systems (Page 337)
Sjors van Berkel (Delft University of Technology)

Dániel Turi (Delft University of Technology)

Andrei Pruteanu (Delft University of Technology)

Stefan Dulman (Delft University of Technology)

The Effects of Tags on the Evolution of Honest Signaling (Page 345)
A. Pinar Ozisik (Brandeis University)

Kyle I. Harrington (Brandeis University)

 

Evolutionary Developmental Robotics Workshop

Message from the Evo-Devo-Robo Workshop's Chairs (Page 353)
Stéphane Doncieux (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)

Yaochu Jin (University of Surrey)

Jean-Baptiste Mouret (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)

Evo-Devo-Robo Workshop Program (Page 355)
Stephane Doncieux (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)

Yaochu Jin (University of Surrey)

Jean-Baptiste Mouret (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)

Evolving Morphologies and Controllers for Soft-Bodied Multicellular Animats Using Gene Regulatory Networks and Artificial Embryogenesis (Page 357)
Michał Joachimczak (Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences)

Taras Kowaliw (Complex Systems Institute Paris Ile-de-France)

Rene Doursat (University of Málaga)

Borys Wróbel (Adam Mickiewicz University & ETH Zurich)

An Artificial Visual Cortex Drives Behavioral Evolution in Co-Evolved Predator and Prey Robots (Page 361)
Michael E. Palmer (Stanford University)

Andrew K. Chou (Stanford University)

Empirical Mode Decomposition for Saliency Detection (Page 365)
Maja Rudinac (Delft University of Technology)

Boris Lenseigne (Delft University of Technology)

Pieter P. Jonker (Delft University of Technology)

Emergence of Memory in Neuroevolution: Impact of Selection Pressures (Page 369)
Charles Ollion (Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris)

Tony Pinville (Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris)

Stéphane Doncieux (Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris)

 

15th International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems (ICWLS) Workshop

Message from the Organizers of IWLCS 2012 (Page 373)
Daniele Loiacono (Politecnico di Milano)

Alberto Orriols-Puig (Google Inc.)

Ryan Urbanowicz (Dartmouth College)

IWLCS 2012 Organization (Page 374)

XCSF for Prediction on Emotion Induced by Image Based on Dimensional Theory of Emotion (Page 375)
Poming Lee (National Chiao Tung University)

Yun Teng (National Chiao Tung University)

Tzu-Chien Hsiao (National Chiao Tung University)

 

Understanding Problems (GECCO-UP) Workshop

1st Understanding Problems Workshop (GECCO-UP) (Page 383)
Kent McClymont (University of Exeter)

Edward Keedwell (University of Exeter)

Analysing Fitness Landscape Changes in Evolutionary Robots (Page 385)
Renato Tinós (University of São Paulo)

Generic Hardness Estimation Using Fitness and Parameter Landscapes Applied to Robust Taboo Search and the Quadratic Assignment Problem (Page 393)
Erik Pitzer (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Andreas Beham (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Michael Affenzeller (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Assessment of Problem Modality by Differential Performance of Lexicase Selection in Genetic Programming: A Preliminary Report (Page 401)
Lee Spector (Hampshire College)

A Call for Collaborative Landscape Analysis (Page 409)
Deon Garrett (Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines & Reykjavik University)

Achieving COSMOS: A Metric for Determining When to Give up and When to Reach for the Stars (Page 417)
Emma Tosch (University of Massachusetts)

Lee Spector (Hampshire College)

The Lay of the Land: A Brief Survey of Problem Understanding (Page 425)
Kent McClymont (University of Exeter)

David Walker (University of Exeter)

Max Dupenois (University of Exeter)

 

Visualisation Methods for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (VizGEC) Workshop

Visualisation in Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (VizGEC 2012) (Page 433)
David Walker (University of Exeter)

Richard Everson (University of Exeter)

Jonathan Fieldsend (University of Exeter)

Generating Colored 2-Dimensional Representations of Sleep EEG with the KANTS Clustering Algorithm (Page 435)
Carlos M. Fernandes (Technical University of Lisbon)

Antonio M. Mora (University of Granada)

J. J. Merelo (University of Granada)

Francisco Fernández (University of Extremadura)

Agostinho C. Rosa (Technical University of Lisbon & University of Granada)

Biaxial Box Plots and Ordered Trial Ranks for Visualizing Large Sets of Experimental Results (Page 443)
Kent McClymont (University of Exeter)

Visualising Many-Objective Populations (Page 451)
David J. Walker (University of Exeter)

Jonathan E. Fieldsend (University of Exeter)

Richard M. Everson (University of Exeter)

 

Evolutionary Music Workshop

Evolutionary Music No. 2 @ GECCO 2012 (Page 459)
Francisco Fernández de Vega (Universidad de Extremadura)

Carlos Cotta (Universidad de Málaga)

Genetic Evolution of L and FL-Systems for the Production of Rhythmic Sequences (Page 461)
Maximos A. Kaliakatsos-Papakostas (University of Patras)

Andreas Floros (Ionian University)

Nikolaos Kanellopoulos (Ionian University)

Michael N. Vrahatis (University of Patras)

An Adaption of the Schema Theorem to Various Crossover and Mutation Operators for a Music Segmentation Problem (Page 469)
Brigitte Rafael (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Michael Affenzeller (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Stefan Wagner (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Evolutionary Algorithms and Automatic Transcription of Music (Page 477)
Gustavo Reis (Polytechnic Institute of Leiria)

Francisco Fernandéz (University of Extremadura)

Aníbal Ferreira (University of Porto)

 

Symbolic Regression and Modeling Workshop

Fourth Symbolic Regression and Modeling Workshop (Page 485)
Steven Gustafson (GE Global Research)

Ekaterina Vladislavleva (Evolved Analytics Europe)

A New Framework for Scalable Genetic Programming (Page 487)
Nassima Aleb (The University of Science and Technology - Houari Boumediene)

Samir Kechid (The University of Science and Technology - Houari Boumediene)

Graphical Models and What They Reveal bout GP When it Solves a Symbolic Regression Problem (Page 493)
Erik Hemberg (University College Dublin)

Kalyan Veeramachaneni (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Una-May O'Reilly (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Sequential Parameter Optimization for Symbolic Regression (Page 495)
Thomas Bartz-Beielstein (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)

Oliver Flasch (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)

Martin Zaefferer (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)

Robust Function Discovery and Feature Selection for Life Sciences and Engineering (Page 497)
Mark Kotanchek (Evolved Analytics LLC)

 

Medical Applications of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (MedGEC) Workshop

Message from the Medical Applications Workshop - MedGEC2012 - Program Chairs (Page 499)
Stephen L. Smith (The University of York)

Stefano Cagnoni (Università degli Studi di Parma)

Robert Patton (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Interactive Differential Evolution for Prostate Ultrasound Image Thresholding (Page 501)
Arman Darvish (University of Ontario)

Shahryar Rahnamayan (University of Ontario)

Zaid S. Mohamad (University of Ontario)

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

Oscar Cordón (University of Granada)

Pablo Mesejo (University of Parma)

Youssef S. G. Nashed (University of Parma)

Roberto Ugolotti (University of Parma)

An Optimal Reconstruction of the Human Arterial Tree from Doppler Echotracking Measurements (Page 517)
Laurent Dumas (Université de Versailles)

Pierre Boutouyrie (Université Paris Descartes)

Erwan Bozec (Université Paris Descartes)

Bézier Control Parameterization for Evolutionary Optimization in Disease Models (Page 523)
Tim Rogalsky (Canadian Mennonite University)

Early Diagnosis of Lung Tumors by Genetically Optimized 3D-Metaball Malignancy Metric (Page 531)
Vitoantonio Bevilacqua (Politecnico di Bari)

Giuseppe Filograno (Politecnico di Bari)

Michele Fiorentino (Politecnico di Bari)

Antonio E. Uva (Politecnico di Bari)

Analysis of a Feature-Deselective Neuroevolution Classifier (FD-NEAT) in a Computer-Aided Lung Nodule Detection System for CT Images (Page 539)
Maxine Tan (Vrije Universiteit Brussel & Interdisciplinary Institute for Broadband Technology)

Rudi Deklerck (Vrije Universiteit Brussel & Interdisciplinary Institute for Broadband Technology)

Bart Jansen (Vrije Universiteit Brussel & Interdisciplinary Institute for Broadband Technology)

Jan p. Cornelis (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

 

Undergraduate Student Workshop

Welcome to the 2012 GECCO Undergraduate Student Workshop (Page 547)
Sherri Goings (Carleton College)

John Rieffel (Union College)

Flea Market Simulator: A Market Simulator for Experiments on the Computational Evolution of Trading Strategies for Economic Agents (Page 549)
Omri Bernstein (Hampshire College)

GAMIV: A Genetic Algorithm for Identifying Variable-Length Motifs in Noncoding DNA (Page 555)
David J. Gagne (University of Southern Maine)

Grammatical Evolution Decision Trees for Trio Designs (Page 559)
Amanda English (North Carolina State University)

Holly Petruso (North Carolina State University)

Chong Wang (North Carolina State University)

Trade-offs Using GAMID for the Inference of DNA Motifs That Are Represented in Only a Subset of Sequences of Interest (Page 563)
Jeffrey A. Thompson (University of Southern Maine)

Evolving Software Applications Using Genetic Programming - PushCalc: The Evolved Calculator (Page 569)
Kwaku Yeboah-Antwi (Hampshire College)

Principal Coordinate Strategy: A Novel Adaptive Control Strategy for Differential Evolution (Page 573)
Yifeng Gao (Xidian University)

Dan Lv (Xidian University)

Evolutionary Fabrication: A System of Autonomous Invention (Page 579)
Timothy J. Kuehn (Union College)

 

Graduate Workshop

Message from the Workshops' & Program Chairs (Page 585)
Alison Motsinger-Reif (North Carolina State University)

Discrete vs. Continuous Multiobjective Optimization of Continuous Casting of Steel (Page 587)
Miha Mlakar (Jožef Stefan Institute and Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School)

Tea Tušar (Jožef Stefan Institute and Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School)

Bogdan Filipič (Jožef Stefan Institute and Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School)

Evolving EFSMs Solving a Path-Planning Problem by Genetic Programming (Page 591)
Maxim Buzdalov (Saint-Petersburg National Research University of IT)

Andrey Sokolov (Saint-Petersburg National Research University of IT)

Grammatical Evolution Support Vector Machines for Predicting Human Genetic Disease Association (Page 595)
Skylar Marvel (North Carolina State University)

Alison Motsinger-Reif (North Carolina State University)

Batting Order Optimization by Genetic Algorithm (Page 599)
Sen Han (St. Cloud State University)

Test-Based Extended Finite-State Machines Induction with Evolutionary Algorithms and Ant Colony Optimization (Page 603)
Daniil Chivilikhin (St. Petersburg National Research University of IT, Mechanics and Optics)

Vladimir Ulyantsev (St. Petersburg National Research University of IT, Mechanics and Optics)

Fedor Tsarev (St. Petersburg National Research University of IT, Mechanics and Optics)

Robotic Swarm Cooperation by Co-adaptation (Page 607)
François-Michel De Rainville (Université Laval)

A Comparison of GE Optimized Neural Networks and Decision Trees (Page 611)
Kristopher Hoover (North Carolina State University Institute for Advanced Analytics)

David Reif (North Carolina State University)

Rachel Marceau (North Carolina State University)

Tyndall Harris (North Carolina State University)

Alison Motsinger-Reif (North Carolina State University)

 

Late Breaking Abstracts Workshop

Message of the LBA Workshop Chairs (Page 615)
Katya Rodríguez (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

Christian Blum (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)

Comparison of Scoring Methods for Interactive Evolutionary Computation Based Image Retouching System (Page 617)
Du-Mim Yoon (Sejong University)

Kyung-Joong Kim (Sejong University)

GeDEA-II: A Simplex-Crossover Based Multi Objective Evolutionary Algorithm Including the Genetic Diversity as Objective (Page 619)
Claudio Comis Da Ronco (HIT09 S.r.l.)

Ernesto Benini (University of Padova)

Application of Evolutionary Algorithms for Model Calibration (Page 621)
Mikhail A. Semenov (Rothamsted Research)

Pierre Stratonovitch (Rothamsted Research)

Experiences on Memetic Computation for Locating Transition States in Biochemical Applications (Page 623)
Mostafa M. H. Ellabaan (Nanyang Technological University)

Yew Soon Ong (Nanyang Technological University)

Differential Evolution of Constants in Genetic Programming Improves Efficacy and Bloat (Page 625)
Shreya Mukherjee (University of Vermont)

Margaret J. Eppstein (University of Vermont)

Interactive Simulated Robot Construction and Controller Evolution (Page 627)
Paul Beliveau (University of Vermont)

Greg Hornby (University of California)

Josh Bongard (University of Vermont)

On the Effect of Using Multiple GPUs in Solving QAPs with CUDA (Page 629)
Shigeyoshi Tsutsui (Hannan University)

Noriyuki Fujimoto (Osaka Prefecture University)

Evolving Players That Use Selective Game-Tree Search with Genetic Programming (Page 631)
Amit Benbassat (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

Moshe Sipper (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

A Surrogate Multiobjective Evolutionary Strategy with Local Search and Pre-Selection (Page 633)
Martin Pilát (Charles University in Prague)

Roman Neruda (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)

The Evolutionary Algorithm SAMOA with Use of Dynamic Constraints (Page 635)
Susanne Zaglauer (BMW AG)

The Evolutionary Algorithm SAMOA with Use of Design of Experiments (Page 637)
Susanne Zaglauer (BMW AG)

Evolving Instances of Unconstrained Binary Quadratic Programming that Challenge a Tabu Search Heuristic (Page 639)
Michael Porta (St. Cloud State University)

Bryant A. Julstrom (St. Cloud State University)

Automatic Python Programming Using Stack-Based Genetic Programming (Page 641)
Hyun Soo Park (Sejong University)

Kyung Joong Kim (Sejong University)

Combining Programs to Counter Code Disruption (Page 643)
Cyril Fonlupt (Universite du Littoral)

Denis Robilliard (Universite du Littoral)

SPOT Applied to Non-Stochastic Optimization Problems - An Experimental Study (Page 645)
Thomas Bartz-Beielstein (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)

Martina Friese (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)

Boris Naujoks (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)

Martin Zaefferer (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)

Generalized Compressed Network Search (Page 647)
Rupesh Kumar Srivastava (USI-SUPSI)

Jürgen Schmidhuber (USI-SUPSI)

Faustino Gomez (USI-SUPSI)

A Linkage-Learning Niching in Estimation of Distribution Algorithm (Page 649)
Tsung-Yu Ho (National Taiwan University)

Tian-Li Yu (National Taiwan University)

Density-Based Evolutionary Outlier Detection (Page 651)
Amit Banerjee (Penn State University)

3-D Modeling Using Collaborative Evolution (Page 653)
Juan C. Quiroz (University of Nevada)

Amit Banerjee (The Pennsylvania State University)

Sushil J. Louis (University of Nevada)

Evolving Mixed Nash Equilibria for Bimatrix Games (Page 655)
David Iclănzan (Babeş-Bolyai University)

Gaskó Noémi (Babeş-Bolyai University)

D. Dumitrescu (Babeş-Bolyai University)

Evolving Data Sets to Highlight the Performance Differences between Machine Learning Classifiers (Page 657)
Thomas Raway (Binghamton University)

J. David Schaffer (Binghamton University)

Kenneth J. Kurtz (Binghamton University)

Hiroki Sayama (Binghamton University)

Not All Physics Simulators Can be Wrong in the Same Way (Page 659)
Shane Celis (University of Vermont)

Josh Bongard (University of Vermont)

A New Interactive Evolutionary Algorithm for the Vehicle Routing Problem (Page 661)
Sahbi Ben Ismail (Télécom Bretagne/Lab-STICC)

François Legras (Deev Interaction)

Gilles Coppin (Télécom Bretagne/Lab-STICC)

 

 

 

Tutorials

Message from the Tutorials Chair (Page 669)
Gabriela Ochoa (University of Stirling)

Introductory Tutorials

Introduction to Genetic Algorithms (Page 671)
Erik D. Goodman (Michigan State University)

Genetic Programming: A Tutorial Introduction: Introduction to Genetic Programming (Page 693)
Una-May O'Reilly (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Evolution Strategies: Basic Introduction (Page 711)
Thomas Baeck (Leiden University)

Evolutionary Computation: A Unified Approach (Page 737)
Kenneth De Jong (George Mason University)

GECCO 2012 Tutorial on Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization (Page 751)
Dimo Brockhoff (INRIA Lille - Nord Europe)

Kalyanmoy Deb (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur)

Probabilistic Model-Building Genetic Algorithms (Page 777)
Martin Pelikan (University of Missouri)

Evolving Neural Networks (Page 805)
Kenneth O. Stanley (University of Central Florida)

 

Advanced Tutorials

Tutorial CMA-ES - Evolution Strategies and Covariance Matrix Adaptation (Page 827)
Anne Auger (INRIA, Research Centre Saclay & University Paris-Sud)

Nikolaus Hansen (INRIA, Research Centre Saclay & University Paris-Sud)

Constraint-Handling Techniques Used with Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 849)
Carlos A. Coello (CINVESTAV-IPN)

Representations for Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 873)
Franz Rothlauf (University of Mainz)

Statistical Analysis for Evolutionary Computation: An Introduction (Page 895)
Mark Wineberg (University of Guelph)

Genetic Algorithm Theory (Page 917)
Jonathan E. Rowe (University of Birmingham)

Elementary Landscapes: Theory and Applications (Page 941)
L. Darrell Whitley (Colorado State University)

Andrew M. Sutton (University of Adelaide)

Generative and Developmental Systems (Page 961)
Kenneth O. Stanley (University of Central Florida)

Expressive Genetic Programming: Tutorial: 2012 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2012) (Page 983)
Lee Spector (Hampshire College)

Fitness Landscapes and Graphs: Multimodularity, Ruggedness and Neutrality (Page 1013)
Sébastien Verel (University of Nice Sophia Antipolis & CNRS)

Bioinspired Computation in Combinatorial Optimization - Algorithms and Their Computational Complexity (Page 1035)
Frank Neumann (The University of Adelaide)

Carsten Witt (Technical University of Denmark)

 

Specialized Techniques and Applications Tutorials

Artificial Immune Systems for Optimisation (Page 1059)
Thomas Jansen (University College Cork)

Christine Zarges (University of Warwick)

Black-Box Complexity: from Complexity Theory to Playing Mastermind (Page 1079)
Benjamin Doerr (Max Planck Institute for Informatics)

GECCO 2012 Tutorial: Cartesian Genetic Programming (Page 1093)
Julian F. Miller (University of York)

Simon Harding (IDSIA)

Evolutionary Computation With GPUs (Page 1117)
Pierre Collet (Université de Strasbourg)

Simon Harding (IDSIA)

Computational Intelligence in Games (Page 1139)
Daniele Loiacono (Politecnico di Milano)

Mike Preuß (Technische Universität Dortmund)

Introduction to Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (Page 1141)
William S. Bush (Vanderbilt University)

Large Scale Data Mining using Genetics-Based Machine Learning (Page 1171)
Jaume Bacardit (University of Nottingham)

Xavier Llorà (Google Inc.)

Hyper-Heuristics and Cross-Domain Optimization (Page 1197)
Gabriela Ochoa (University of Stirling)

Theory of Swarm Intelligence (Page 1215)
Dirk Sudholt (University of Sheffield)

Drift Analysis (Page 1239)
Per Kristian Lehre (University of Nottingham)

Statistical Analysis of Optimization Algorithms with R (Page 1259)
Thomas Bartz-Beielstein (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)

Mike Preuß (Technische Universität Dortmund)

Martin Zaefferer (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)

Algorithm and Experiment Design with HeuristicLab: An Open Source Optimization Environment for Research and Education (Page 1287)
Stefan Wagner (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Gabriel Kronberger (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Geometry of Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 1317)
Alberto Moraglio (University of Birmingham)

Evolutionary Software Repair (Page 1345)
Stephanie Forrest (University of New Mexico)

Claire LeGoues (University of Virginia)

Real-World Data Modeling (Page 1349)
Mark Kotanchek (Evolved Analytics LLC)

 

Keynote Talks

No Entailing Laws, but Enablement in the Evolution of the Biosphere (Page 1379)
Giuseppe Longo (CREA - Polytechnique & Ecole Normale Sup.)

Maël Montévil (CREA - Polytechnique & Ecole Normale Sup.)

Stuart Kauffman (Tampere University of Technology, University of Vermont, & Calgary University)

How to Look Inside the Brain (Page 1393)
Carl Edward Schoonover (Columbia University)

 

Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence Track Posters

Improving the Performance of MAX-MIN Ant System on the TSP Using Stubborn Ants (Page 1395)
Ashraf M. Abdelbar (American University in Cairo)

Donald C. Wunsch II (Missouri University of Science and Technology)

Particle Swarm with Self-Organized Criticality (Page 1397)
Carlos M. Fernandes (Technical University of Lisbon)

J. J. Merelo (University of Granada)

Francisco Fernández (University of Extremadura)

Agostinho C. Rosa (Technical University of Lisbon)

μABC: A Micro Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for Large Scale Global Optimization (Page 1399)
Anguluri Rajasekhar (National Institute of Technology, India)
Swagatam Das (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata)
Sanjoy Das (Kansas State University)

Swarm-Based Path Creation in Dynamic Environments for Search and Rescue (Page 1401)
William K. Richard (BBN Technologies)

Stephen M. Majercik (Bowdoin College)

A Spatial Random-Meaningful Neighbourhood Topology in PSO for Edge Detection in Noisy Images (Page 1403)
Mahdi Setayesh (Victoria University of Wellington)

Mengjie Zhang (Victoria University of Wellington)

Mark Johnston (Victoria University of Wellington)

 

Artificial Life/Robotics/Evolvable HardwareTrack Posters

Avoiding Local Optima with Interactive Evolutionary Robotics (Page 1405)
Josh C. Bongard (University of Vermont)

Paul Beliveau (University of Vermont)

Gregory S. Hornby (University of California, Santa Cruz & NASA Ames Research Center)

Exploring the Evolution of Internal Control Structure using Digital Enzymes (Page 1407)
Chad M. Byers (Michigan State University)

Betty H.C. Cheng (Michigan State University)

Philip K. McKinley (Michigan State University)

Co-Adapting Mobile Sensor Networks to Maximize Coverage in Dynamic Environments (Page 1409)
François-Michel De Rainville (Université Laval)

Christian Gagné (Université Laval)

Denis Laurendeau (Université Laval)

Policy Transfer in Mobile Robots using Neuro-Evolutionary Navigation (Page 1411)
Matt Knudson (Carnegie Mellon University)

Kagan Tumer (Oregon State University)

A Species-Based Approach to Brain-Body Co-Evolution of Modular Robots (Page 1413)
Yuyang Zhang (Stevens Institute of Technology)

Yan Meng (Stevens Institute of Technology)

 

Bioinformatics, Computational, Systems and Synthetic BiologyTrack Posters

A Genetic Approach for Synthesizing Metabolic Models from Time Series (Page 1415)
Alberto Castellini (University of Verona)

Vincenzo Manca (University of Verona)

Mauro Zucchelli (University of Verona)

Mirko Busato (University of Verona)

A Dynamical Model of Cancer Chemotherapy with Disturbance (Page 1417)
Henri C. Jimbo (American University of the Middle East)

Matthew J. Craven (University of Abertay, Dundee)

The Search for Robust Topologies of Oscillatory Gene Regulatory Networks by Evolutionary Computation (Page 1419)
Kazuki Komiya (University of Tokyo)

Nasimul Noman (University of Tokyo)

Hitoshi Iba (University of Tokyo)

Estimating Reaction Constants in Stochastic Biological Systems with a Multi-Swarm PSO Running on GPUs (Page 1421)
Marco S. Nobile (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca)

Daniela Besozzi (Università degli Studi di Milano)

Paolo Cazzaniga (Università degli Studi di Bergamo)

Giancarlo Mauri (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca)

Dario Pescini (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca)

Gene Regulatory Network Reverse Engineering using Population Based Incremental Learning and K-means (Page 1423)
Leon Palafox (The University of Tokyo)

Iba Hitoshi (The University of Tokyo)

Checkpoint Oriented Cell-Cycle Simulation - Critical Role for Age Distribution Initialization (Page 1425)
Jonathan Pascalie (University of Toulouse)

Valérie Lobjois (CNRS - ITAV - UMS3039)

Hervé Luga (University of Toulouse)

Bernard Ducommun (CNRS - ITAV - UMS3039)

Yves Duthen (University of Toulouse)

 

 

 

Digital Entertainment Technologies and ArtsTrack Poster

Affective Content Based Music Video Pairing System Using Real Coded GA (Page 1427)
Chung-Hsiang Hsueh (National Taiwan University)

Tian-Li Yu (National Taiwan University)

Estimation of Distribution AlgorithmsTrack Poster

Linkage Learning Using the Maximum Spanning Tree of the Dependency Graph (Page 1429)
B. Hoda Helmi (University of Missouri at St. Louis)

Martin Pelikan (University of Missouri at St. Louis)

Adel T. Rahmani (Iran University of Science and Technology)

Evolution Strategies and Evolutionary ProgrammingTrack Poster

Surrogate-Assisted Evolutionary Programming for High Dimensional Constrained Black-Box Optimization (Page 1431)
Rommel G. Regis (Saint Joseph's University)

 

Evolutionary Combinatorial Optimization and MetaheuristicsTrack Posters

Synchronous Cellular Automata Scheduler with Construction Heuristic to Static Task Scheduling in Multiprocessors (Page 1433)
Murillo G. Carneiro (Universidade Federal de Uberlândia)

Gina M. B. Oliveira (Universidade Federal de Uberlândia)

Evolving Optimal Agendas and Strategies for Negotiation in Dynamic Environments (Page 1435)
Ahmed Kattan (Loughborough University)

Shaheen Fatima (Loughborough University)

An Evaluation of Cellular Population Model for Improving Quantum-Inspired Evolutionary Algorithm (Page 1437)
Nija Mani (Dayalbagh Educational Institute)

Gursaran Srivastava (Dayalbagh Educational Institute)

Arun K. Sinha (Dayalbagh Educational Institute)

Ashish Mani (Dayalbagh Educational Institute)

A Discrete Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for the Multi-Objective Redistricting Problem (Page 1439)
Eric A. Rincón García (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Azcapotzalco)

Antonin Ponsich (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Azcapotzalco)

Roman A. Mora Gutiérrez (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Azcapotzalco)

Pedro Lara Velázquez (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Azcapotzalco)

Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Andrade (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa)

Sergio G. De Los Cobos Silva (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa)

An Efficient GPU Implementation of a Multi-Start TSP Solver for Large Problem Instances (Page 1441)
Kamil Rocki (The University of Tokyo)

Reiji Suda (The University of Tokyo)

 

Evolutionary Multiobjective OptimizationTrack Posters

Configuration of Sensors on a 3-D Terrain: An Approach Based on Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization (Page 1443)
Md Nasir (Jadavpur University)

Soumyadip Sengupta (Jadavpur University)

Swagatam Das (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata)

Sanjoy Das (Kansas State University)

A Multiobjective Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm for Clustering in Social Networks (Page 1445)
Babak Amiri (The University of Sydney)

Liaquat Hossain (The University of Sydney)

John Crawford (The University of Sydney)

New Evolutionary Approaches to High-Dimensional Data (Page 1447)
Luis Matoso (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)

Felipe Junior (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)

Adriano Pereira (Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais)

Adriano Veloso (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)

Wagner Meira Jr. (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)

Multi-objective Artificial Immune Algorithm for Security-constrained Multi-Application NoC Mapping (Page 1449)
Johanna Sepúlveda (University of São Paulo)

Guy Gogniat (Université Bretagne Sud)

Cesar Pedraza (Santo Tomás University)

Ricardo Pires (University of São Paulo)

Wang Chau (University of São Paulo)

Marius Strum (University of São Paulo)

Multi-Criteria Optimization for Hard Problems Under Limited Budgets (Page 1451)
Martin Zaefferer (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)

Thomas Bartz-Beielstein (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)

Martina Friese (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)

Boris Naujoks (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)

Oliver Flasch (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)

 

Generative and Developmental SystemsTrack Posters

Dynamic Behavioral Diversity (Page 1453)
Stéphane Doncieux (Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6)

Jean-Baptiste Mouret (Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6)

Complexity Search for Compressed Neural Networks (Page 1455)
Faustino Gomez (IDSIA, USI-SUPSI)

Jan Koutník (IDSIA, USI-SUPSI)

Jürgen Schmidhuber (IDSIA, USI-SUPSI)

Growing and Evolving Soft Robots with a Face-Encoding Tetrahedral Grammar (Page 1457)
John Rieffel (Union College)

Schuyler Smith (Union College)

 

Genetic AlgorithmsTrack Posters

Affine Image Registration Transformation Estimation Using a Real Coded Genetic Algorithm with SBX (Page 1459)
Mosab Bazargani (Universidade do Algarve)

António Anjos (Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes)

Fernando G. Lobo (Universidade do Algarve)

Ali Mollahosseini (Universidade do Algarve)

Hamid Reza Shahbazkia (Universidade do Algarve)

Explaining Adaptation in Genetic Algorithms with Uniform Crossover: The Hyperclimbing Hypothesis (Page 1461)
Keki M. Burjorjee (Zynga Inc.)

Clans and Cooperation in the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma (Page 1463)
Bryant A. Julstrom (St. Cloud State University)

Naive and Heuristic Permutation-Coded Genetic Algorithms for the Quadratic Knapsack Problem (Page 1465)
Bryant A. Julstrom (St. Cloud State University)

A Surrogate-Assisted and Informed Linkage Aware GA (Page 1467)
Tomasz Oliwa (The University of Georgia)

Khaled Rasheed (The University of Georgia)

Evaluating Coevolution on a Multimodal Problem (Page 1469)
Tirtha Ranjeet (Edith Cowan University)

Philip Hingston (Edith Cowan University)

Chiou Peng Lam (Edith Cowan University)

Martin Masek (Edith Cowan University)

Meaningful Representation and Recombination of Variable Length Genomes (Page 1471)
Matt Ryerkerk (Michigan State University)

Ron Averill (Michigan State University)

Kalyanmoy Deb (Michigan State University)

Erik Goodman (Michigan State University)

Evolving NK-Complexity for Evolutionary Solvers (Page 1473)
Roberto Santana (University of the Basque Country)

Alexander Mendiburu (University of the Basque Country)

Jose A. Lozano (University of the Basque Country)

Continuous Space Pattern Reduction for Genetic Clustering Algorithm (Page 1475)
Chun-Wei Tsai (Chia Nan University of Pharmacy & Science)

Tzu-Yuan Lin (National Sun Yat-sen University)

Ming-Chao Chiang (National Sun Yat-sen University)

Chu-Sing Yang (National Cheng Kung University)

Tzung-Pei Hong (National University of Kaohsiung)

 

Genetic ProgrammingTrack Posters

Automatic Generation of Regular Expressions from Examples with Genetic Programming (Page 1477)
Alberto Bartoli (University of Trieste)

Giorgio Davanzo (University of Trieste)

Andrea De Lorenzo (University of Trieste)

Marco Mauri (University of Trieste)

Eric Medvet (University of Trieste)

Enrico Sorio (University of Trieste)

Improving Haar Cascade Classifiers Through the Synthesis of New Training Examples (Page 1479)
João Correia (University of Coimbra)

Penousal Machado (University of Coimbra)

Juan Romero (University of A Coruña)

Towards Adaptive Mutation in Grammatical Evolution (Page 1481)
David Fagan (University College Dublin)

Erik Hemberg (University College Dublin)

Michael O'Neill (University College Dublin)

Miguel Nicolau (University College Dublin)

Sean McGarraghy (University College Dublin)

Genetic Programming for Edge Detection Based on Figure of Merit (Page 1483)
Wenlong Fu (Victoria University of Wellington)

Mark Johnston (Victoria University of Wellington)

Mengjie Zhang (Victoria University of Wellington)

Empirical Investigation of Size-Based Tournaments for Node Selection in Genetic Programming (Page 1485)
Thomas Helmuth (University of Massachusetts)

Lee Spector (Hampshire College)

Locally Geometric Semantic Crossover (Page 1487)
Krzysztof Krawiec (Poznan University of Technology)

Tomasz Pawlak (Poznan University of Technology)

A Comparative Study of an Evolvability Indicator and a Predictor of Expected Performance for Genetic Programming (Page 1489)
Leonardo Trujillo (Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana)

Yuliana Martínez (Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana)

Edgar Galván López (University of Essex)

Pierrick Legrand (Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2)

 

Genetics Based Machine LearningTrack Posters

An Information-Based Approach Towards Neuro-Evolution (Page 1491)
Behzad Behzadan (University College London)

Robert Elliott Smith (University College London)

Stay Real! XCS with Rule Combining for Real Values (Page 1493)
Nugroho Fredivianus (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Kais Kara (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Hartmut Schmeck (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Multiobjective Optimization of Co-Clustering Ensembles (Page 1495)
Francesco Gullo (Yahoo! Research Barcelona)

AKM Khaled Ahsan Talukder (George Mason University)

Sean Luke (George Mason University)

Carlotta Domeniconi (George Mason University)

Andrea Tagarelli (University of Calabria)

An Evolutionary Subspace Clustering Algorithm for High-Dimensional Data (Page 1497)
Seyednaser N. Nourashrafeddin (Dalhousie University)

Dirk V. Arnold (Dalhousie University)

Evangelos Milios (Dalhousie University)

Maximizing the Number of Polychronous Groups in Spiking Networks (Page 1499)
Roberto Santana (University of the Basque Country)

Concha Bielza (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)

Pedro Larrañaga (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)

Generic Prognosis with Evolutionary Approaches (Page 1501)
Nicolas Schneider (EADS Innovation Works)

Nicolas Schneider (EADS Innovation Works)

Nicolas Schneider (EADS Innovation Works)

Full Model Selection in the Space of Data Mining Operators (Page 1503)
Quan Sun (The University of Waikato)

Bernhard Pfahringer (The University of Waikato)

Michael Mayo (The University of Waikato)

 

Integrative Genetic and Evolutionary ComputationTrack Posters

The Effects of Training Set Size and Keeping Rules on the Emergent Selection Pressure of Learnable Evolution Model (Page 1505)
Mark Coletti (George Mason University)

Genetic Fuzzy Rules for DOPs (Page 1507)
Khalid Jebari (Mohammed V-Agdal University)

Abdelaziz Bouroumi (Mohammed V-Agdal University)

Aziz Ettouhami (Mohammed V-Agdal University)

Differential Evolution Algorithm with PCA-Based Crossover (Page 1509)
Yuan-long Li (Sun Yat-sen University)

Wei-neng Chen (Sun Yat-sen University)

Jun Zhang (Sun Yat-sen University)

Improving Clonal Colony Optimization to Evolve Robust Solutions (Page 1511)
Jorge Maturana (Universidad Austral de Chile)

Fernando Vergara (Universidad Austral de Chile)

Cristian Rojas (Universidad Austral de Chile)

Frédéric Saubion (Université d'Angers)

Felipe Vargas (Universidad Austral de Chile)

Daniel Vidal (Universidad Austral de Chile)

Enhance Differential Evolution with Random Walk (Page 1513)
Zhi-hui Zhan (Sun Yat-sen University)

Jun Zhang (Sun Yat-sen University)

A Winner-Take-All Methodology: Finding the Best Evolutionary Algorithm for the Global Optimization of Functions (Page 1515)
Tiantian Zhang (University of Central Florida)

Giselle Borrero (University of Central Florida)

Michael Georgiopoulos (University of Central Florida)

 

Parallel Evolutionary Systems Track Posters

Validating Design Choices in a Pool-Based Distributed Evolutionary Algorithms Architecture (Page 1517)
Juan-Julián Merelo (University of Granada)

Antonio M. Mora (University of Granada)

Carlos M. Fernandes (University of Granada)

Anna I. Esparcia-Alcázar (S2 Grupo)

Alpinist CellularDE: A Cellular Based Optimization Algorithm for Dynamic Environments (Page 1519)
Vahid Noroozi (Amirkabir University of Technology)

Ali B. Hashemi (University of Toronto)

Mohammad Reza Meybodi (Amirkabir University of Technology)

 

Real World Applications Track Posters

Analyzing the Cross-Generalization Ability of a Hybrid Genetic & Evolutionary Application for Multibiometric Feature Weighting and Selection (Page 1521)
Aniesha Alford (North Carolina A&T State University)

Joshua Adams (North Carolina A&T State University)

Joseph Shelton (North Carolina A&T State University)

Kelvin Bryant (North Carolina A&T State University)

John Kelly (North Carolina A&T State University)

Gerry Dozier (North Carolina A&T State University)

Co-Evolution of the Dynamics in Population Games: The Case of Traffic Flow Assignment (Page 1523)
Ana L. C. Bazzan (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)

Comparing the Robustness of Grammatical Genetic Programming Solutions for Femtocell Algorithms (Page 1525)
Erik Hemberg (University College Dublin)

Lester Ho (Bell Laboratories)

Michael O'Neill (University College Dublin)

Holger Clausssen (Bell Laboratories)

New Malware Detection System Using Metric-Based Method and Hybrid Genetic Algorithm (Page 1527)
Jinhyun Kim (Seoul National University)

Byung-Ro Moon (Seoul National University)

User-System Cooperative Evolution for Japanese Anagram Sentence Generation (Page 1529)
Satoshi Ono (Kagoshima University)

Shigeru Nakayama (Kagoshima University)

Automated Passive Filter Design Using Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithms with Variable Parameters (Page 1531)
José Matias Pinto (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)

Nuno Horta (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)

Forex Trading Using Geometry Sensitive Neural Networks (Page 1533)
Gene I. Sher (University of Central Florida)

Optimization of Technical Indicators in Real Time with Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 1535)
Francisco J. Soltero (CES Felipe II Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

Diego J. Bodas-Sagi (CES Felipe II Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

J. Ignacio Hidalgo (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

Pablo Fernández-Blanco (CES Felipe II Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

Francisco Fernández-de-Vega (Universidad de Extremadura)

Equitable Solutions in QoS-aware Service Optimization (Page 1537)
Mihai Suciu (Babes Boliay University of Cluj-Napoca)

Marcel Cremene (Technical University of Cluj-Napoca)

Florin-Claudiu Pop (Technical University of Cluj-Napoca)

Dumitru Dumitrescu (Babes Boliay University of Cluj-Napoca)

An Evolutionary Approach to Define Investment Strategies Based on Macroeconomic Indicators and Vix Data (Page 1539)
Oleksandr Yefimochkin (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)

Rui Neves (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)

Nuno Horta (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)

 

Search-Based Software EngineeringTrack Poster

Multiobjective Optimization for Project Portfolio Selection (Page 1541)
Marcio de O. Barros (Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)

Hélio R. Costa (The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)

Fábio V. Figueiredo (Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)

Ana Regina C. da Rocha (The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)

 

 

Self-* SearchTrack Posters

Adaptive Genetic Algorithm Based on Density Distribution of Population (Page 1543)
Ni Chen (Sun Yat-sen University)

Jun Zhang (Sun Yat-sen University)

Ou Liu (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

The Impact of the Bin Packing Problem Structure in Hyper-Heuristic Performance (Page 1545)
Eunice López-Camacho (Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey)

Hugo Terashima-Marín (Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey)

Santiago Enrique Conant-Pablos (Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey)

Evolutionary Mining for Multivariate Associations in Large Time-Varying data sets: A Healthcare Network Application (Page 1547)
Narine Manukyan (University of Vermont)

Margaret J. Eppstein (University of Vermont)

Jeffrey D. Horbar (University of Vermont, Vermont Oxford Network)

Kathleen A. Leahy (University of Vermont, Vermont Oxford Network)

Michael J. Kenny (University of Vermont, Vermont Oxford Network)

Shreya Mukherjee (University of Vermont)

Donna M. Rizzo (University of Vermont)

 

TheoryTrack Posters

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