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GECCO 2013 Companion

Editors, Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion, GECCO'13, July 6–10, 2013, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ACM 2013, ISBN 978-1-4503-1964-5.


Table of Contents

Welcome from General Chair
Enrique Alba (University of Málaga)

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

GECCO 2013 Editors

GECCO 2013 Conference Organizers

GECCO 2013 Program Committee Members

GECCO 2013 Sponsor and Supporters


Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence

Introductory Tutorials

Artificial Life/Robotics/Evolvable Hardware

Advanced Tutorials

Biological and Biomedical Applications

Specialized Techniques and Applications Tutorials

Digital Entertainment Technologies and Arts

Workshop on Problem Understanding and Real-World Optimisation

Estimation of Distribution Algorithms

Symbolic Regression and Modeling Workshop

Evolution Strategies and Evolutionary Programming

Black Box Optimization Benchmarking 2013 (BBOB 2013)

Evolutionary Combinatorial Optimization and Metaheuristics

Sixteenth International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems

Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization

Evolutionary Computation Software Systems (EvoSoft'13)

Generative and Developmental Systems

Visualisation in Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (VizGEC 2013)

Genetic Algorithms

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

Genetic Programming

Medical Applications of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (MedGEC'13)

Genetics Based Machine Learning

3rd Workshop on Evolutionary Computation for the Automated Design of Algorithms

Integrative Genetic and Evolutionary Computation

Green and Efficient Energy Applications of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Workshop

Parallel Evolutionary Systems

International Workshop on Evolutionary Computation in Bioinformatics

Real World Applications

Stack-based Genetic Programming Workshop

Search-Based Software Engineering

Student Workshop

Self-* Search

Late-Breaking Abstracts

Theory

Keynote Talks

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Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence

Information Sharing in Bee Colony for Detecting Multiple Niches in Non-Stationary Environments (Page 1)
Subhodip Biswas (Jadavpur University)
Souvik Kundu (Jadavpur University)
Swagatam Das (Indian Statistical Institute)
Athanasios Vasilakos (Kuwait University)

Ant Colony Optimization with Adaptive Heuristics Design (Page 3)
Ying Lin (Sun Yat-sen University)
Jun Zhang (Sun Yat-sen Univerisity)

Towards a Repulsive and Adaptive Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm (Page 5)
Simone A. Ludwig (North Dakota State University)

Simultaneous Gene Selection and Cancer Classification Using a Hybrid Group Search Optimizer (Page 7)
Dattatraya Magatrao (University of Pune)
Shameek Ghosh (C-DAC, Pune & Shiv Nadar University)
Jayaraman Valadi (C-DAC, Pune & Shiv Nadar University)
Patrick Siarry (Université Paris-Est Créteil)

Steep Gradients as a Predictor of PSO Failure (Page 9)
Katherine M. Malan (University of Pretoria)
Andries P. Engelbrecht (University of Pretoria)

Partially Connected Topologies for Particle Swarm (Page 11)
Carlos M. Fernandes (University of Granada)
Juan Julián Merelo (University of Granada)
Juan L.J. Laredo (University of Luxembourg)
Carlos Cotta (University of Málaga)
Agostinho C. Rosa (Technical University of Lisbon)

Ant Colony Optimisation and the Traveling Salesperson Problem - Hardness, Features and Parameter Settings: Extended Abstract (Page 13)
Samadhi Nallaperuma (The University of Adelaide)
Markus Wagner (The University of Adelaide)
Frank Neumann (The University of Adelaide)

Evaluating the Use of Different Measure Functions in the Predictive Quality of ABC-Miner (Page 15)
Khalid M. Salama (University of Kent)
Alex A. Freitas (University of Kent)

Particles Prefer Walking Along the Axes: Experimental Insights into the Behavior of a Particle Swarm (Page 17)
Manuel Schmitt (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)
Rolf Wanka (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)

Space-Based Initialization Strategy for Particle Swarm Optimization (Page 19)
Liang Yin (Sun Yat-sen University)
Xiao-Min Hu (Sun Yat-sen University)
Jun Zhang (Sun Yat-sen University)

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Artificial Life/Robotics/Evolvable Hardware

Evolutionary Optimization of Robotic Fish Control and Morphology (Page 21)
Anthony J. Clark (Michigan State University)
Philip K. McKinley (Michigan State University)

Summary of "The Evolutionary Origins of Modularity" (Page 23)
Jeff Clune (University of Wyoming)
Jean-Baptiste Mouret (Pierre & Marie Curie University-Paris 6, CNRS UMR 7222)
Hod Lipson (Cornell University)

Natural Selection Fails to Optimize Mutation Rates for Long-Term Adaptation on Rugged Fitness Landscapes (Page 25)
Jeff Clune (Michigan State University, Universidad Politecnica de València, & University of Wyoming)
Dusan Misevic (ETH Zurich)
Charles Ofria (Michigan State University)
Richard E. Lenski (Michigan State University)
Santiago F. Elena (Universidad Politecnica de Valéncia)
Rafael Sanjuán (Universidad Politecnica de Valéncia)

Using Reinforcement Learning and Artificial Evolution for the Detection of Group Identities in Complex Adaptive Artificial Societies (Page 27)
Corrado Grappiolo (IT University of Copenhagen)
Julian Togelius (IT University of Copenhagen)
Georgios N. Yannakakis (University of Malta)

Dynamic Memory for Robot Control via Delay Neural Networks (Page 29)
Francis Jeanson (Carleton University)
Anthony White (Carleton University)

High Resilience in Robotics with a Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm (Page 31)
Sylvain Koos (ISIR, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, CNRS UMR 7222)
Antoine Cully (ISIR, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, CNRS UMR 7222)
Jean-Baptiste Mouret (ISIR, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, CNRS UMR 7222)

Evolution of Altruism: Spatial Dispersion and Consumption Strategies (Page 33)
Jean-Marc Montanier (NTNU)
Nicolas Bredeche (ISIR, CNRS, UPMC)

Sensitivity Analysis of a Crawl Gait Multi-Objective Optimization System (Page 35)
Miguel Oliveira (University of Minho)
Pedro Silva (University of Minho)
Cristina Santos (University of Minho)
Lino Costa (University of Minho)

Distributed Embodied Evolution for Collective Tasks: Parametric Analysis of a Canonical Algorithm (Page 37)
Pedro Trueba (University of Coruña)
Abraham Prieto (University of Coruña)
Francisco Bellas (University of Coruña)

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Biological and Biomedical Applications

Leveraging Ensemble Information of Evolving Populations in Genetic Algorithms to Identify Incomplete Metabolic Pathways (Page 39)
Eddy J. Bautista (University of Connecticut)
Ranjan Srivastava (University of Connecticut)

Using Evolutionary Algorithms in Finding of Optimized Nucleotide Substitution Matrices (Page 41)
Paweł Błażej (University of Wrocław)
Paweł Mackiewicz (University of Wrocław)
Stanisław Cebrat (University of Wrocław)
Małgorzata Wańczyk (University of Wrocław)

NABEECO Biological Network Alignment with Bee Colony Optimization Algorithm (Page 43)
Rashid Ibragimov (Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik)
Jan Martens (Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik)
Jiong Guo (Universität des Saarlandes)
Jan Baumbach (University of Southern Denmark)

Analysis of Relationship Between Amino Acid Composition of Proteins and Environmental Features of Microorganisms Using Evolutionary Algorithm and Self-Organizing Maps (Page 45)
Maciej Sobczyński (University of Wrocław)
Paweł Mackiewicz (University of Wrocław)

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Digital Entertainment Technologies and Arts

Comparing Coevolution, Genetic Algorithms, and Hill-Climbers for Finding Real-Time Strategy Game Plans (Page 47)
Christopher Ballinger (University of Nevada, Reno)
Sushil Louis (University of Nevada, Reno)

Multi-Feature Visualisations of Phenotypic Behaviour for Creative Interactive Evolution (Page 49)
Oliver Bown (University of Sydney)
Rob Saunders (University of Sydney)

Sonification of Population Behavior in Particle Swarm Optimization (Page 51)
Tiago F. Tavares (University of Campinas)
Alan Godoy (University of Campinas)

 

Estimation of Distribution Algorithms

Estimation of Distribution Algorithm Based on Hidden Markov Models for Combinatorial Optimization (Page 53)
Marc-André Gardner (Université Laval)
Christian Gagné (Université Laval)
Marc Parizeau (Université Laval)

Factor Graph Based Factorization Distribution Algorithm (Page 55)
B. Hoda Helmi (Iran University of Science and Technology)
Adel T. Rahamani (Iran University of Science and Technology)
Martin Pelikan (Google)

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Evolution Strategies and Evolutionary Programming

Fitness Tracking Based Evolutionary Programming: A Novel Approach for Function Optimization (Page 57)
Md. Tanvir Alam Anik (Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology)
Saif Ahmed (Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology)
Md. Monirul Islam (Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology)

Analysis of Generalised Tit-For-Tat Strategies in Evolutionary Spatial N-Player Prisoner Dilemmas (Page 59)
Menglin Li (NUI, Galway)
Colm O'Riordan (NUI, Galway)

A Linear Time Natural Evolution Strategy for Non-Separable Functions (Page 61)
Yi Sun (Google Inc.)
Tom Schaul (New York University)
Faustino Gomez (IDSIA)
Juergen Schmidhuber (IDSIA)

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Evolutionary Combinatorial Optimization and Metaheuristics

A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm with Local Search Approach for E/T Scheduling Problems on Identical Parallel Machines (Page 63)
Rainer Amorim (Federal University of Amazonas )
Bruno Dias (Federal University of Amazonas )
Rosiane de Freitas (Federal University of Amazonas )
Eduardo Uchoa (Fluminense Federal University )

Dimension Reduction in the Search for Online Bin Packing Policies (Page 65)
Shahriar Asta (University of Nottingham)
Ender Özcan (University of Nottingham)
Andrew J. Parkes (University of Nottingham)

Characterising Fitness Landscapes Using Predictive Local Search (Page 67)
Marius Gheorghita (Swinburne University of Technology)
Irene Moser (Swinburne University of Technology)
Aldeida Aleti (Monash University)

Bio-Inspired and Evolutionary Algorithms Applied to a Bi-Objective Network Design Problem (Page 69)
María Alejandra Guzmán (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)
Gustavo Alfredo Bula (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)

A Set-Based Locally Informed Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization (Page 71)
Yun-yang Ma (Sun Yat-sen University)
Yue-jiao Gong (Sun Yat-sen University)
Wei-neng Chen (Sun Yat-sen University)
Jun Zhang (Sun Yat-sen University)

A Hybrid Evolutionary Simulated Annealing Algorithm with Incorporation of Preferences (Page 73)
Eunice Oliveira (Polytechnic Institute of Leiria and R&D Unit INESC Coimbra)
Carlos Henggeler Antunes (University of Coimbra and R&D Unit INESC Coimbra)
Álvaro Gomes (University of Coimbra and R&D Unit INESC Coimbra)

An Approach to Solve Winner Determination in Combinatorial Reverse Auctions Using Genetic Algorithms (Page 75)
Shubhashis Kumar Shil (University of Regina)
Malek Mouhoub (University of Regina)
Samira Sadaoui (University of Regina)

A Statistical Study of Discrete Differential Evolution Approaches for the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (Page 77)
Andre Luis Silva (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
Jaime Arturo Ramírez (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
Felipe Campelo (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)

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Biased Random-Key Genetic Algorithm for Linearly-Constrained Global Optimization (Page 79)
Ricardo M. A. Silva (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)
Mauricio G. C. Resende (AT&T Labs Research)
Panos M. Pardalos (University of Florida)
João L. Facó (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)

Simulated Annealing Based Resource Allocation for Cloud Data Centers (Page 81)
Wenbo Wang (Beijing Jiaotong University)
Xiaolin Chang (Beijing Jiaotong University)
Jiqiang Liu (Beijing Jiaotong University)
Bin Wang (Beijing Jiaotong University)

On Composing an (Evolutionary) Algorithm Portfolio (Page 83)
Shiu Yin Yuen (City University of Hong Kong)
Xin Zhang (City University of Hong Kong)

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Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization

Population Size and Scalability in the AεSεH Evolutionary Many-Objective Algorithm (Page 85)
Hernán Aguirre (Shinshu University)
Arnaud Liefooghe (Université Lille 1)
Sebastién Verel (Université Nice Sophia-Antipolis)
Kiyoshi Tanaka (Shinshu University)

Improving Uniformity of Solution Spacing in Biobjective Evolution (Page 87)
Karim J. Chichakly (University of Vermont)
Margaret J. Eppstein (University of Vermont)

Influence of Relaxed Dominance Criteria in Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 89)
Fillipe Goulart (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
Lucas S. Batista (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
Felipe Campelo (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)

MOEA for Clustering: Comparison of Mutation Operators (Page 91)
Oliver Kirkland (University of East Anglia)
Beatriz de la Iglesia (University of East Anglia)

A Memetic Algorithm for Multiobjective Problems (Page 93)
Laurent Moalic (Universite de technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard )
Sid Lamrous (Universite de technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard )
Alexandre Caminada (Universite de technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard )

Finding a Diverse Set of Decision Variables in Evolutionary Many-Objective Optimization (Page 95)
Kaname Narukawa (Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH)

Multiobjectivization for Classifier Parameter Tuning (Page 97)
Martin Pilát (Charles University in Prague)
Roman Neruda (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)

Exploring Some Scalarization Techniques for EMOAs (Page 99)
Mihai Suciu (Babes Bolyai University)
Marcel Cremene (Technical University)
Dumitru Dumitrescu (Babes Bolyai University)

Preference-Inspired Co-Evolutionary Algorithm Using Weights for Many-Objective Optimization (Page 101)
Rui Wang (The University of Sheffield)
Robin C. Purshouse (The University of Sheffield)
Peter J. Fleming (The University of Sheffield)

Optimization of Assignment of Tasks to Teams Using Multi-Objective Metaheuristics (Page 103)
Irfan Younas (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
Farzad Kamrani (Swedish Defence Research Agency)
Rassul Ayani (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

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Generative and Developmental Systems

Mixed Geometric-Topological Representation for Electromechanical Design (Page 105)
Jacob Beal (Raytheon BBN Technologies)
Aaron Adler (Raytheon BBN Technologies)
Hala Mostafa (Raytheon BBN Technologies)

Morphogen-Based Self-Generation of Evolving Artificial Multicellular Structures with Millions of Cells (Page 107)
Alessandro Fontana (Adam Mickiewicz University)
Borys Wrobel (Adam Mickiewicz University)

Extending the Growing Point Language to Self-Organise Patterns in Three Dimensions (Page 109)
Alyssa Morgan (The University of the West Indies)
Daniel Coore (The University of the West Indies)

Artificial Development of Connections in SHRUTI Networks Using a Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm (Page 111)
Joe Townsend (University of Exeter)
Ed Keedwell (University of Exeter)
Antony Galton (University of Exeter)

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Genetic Algorithms

An Efficient Constraint Handling Approach for Optimization Problems with Limited Feasibility and Computationally Expensive Constraint Evaluations (Page 113)
Md Asafuddoula (University of New South Wales)
Tapabrata Ray (University of New South Wales)
Ruhul Sarker (University of New South Wales)

An EA for Portfolio Selection over Multiple Investment Periods with Exponential Transaction Costs (Page 115)
Matthew J. Craven (University of Abertay Dundee)
Henri C. Jimbo (American University of the Middle East)

Coevolution of Rules and Topology in Cellular Automata (Page 117)
Christian Darabos (Dartmouth College)
Craig O. Mackenzie (Dartmouth College)
Marco Tomassini (University of Lausanne)
Mario Giacobini (University of Torino)
Jason H. Moore (Dartmouth College)

Evolutionary Algorithms for the Detection of Structural Breaks in Time Series (Page 119)
Benjamin Doerr (Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik)
Paul Fischer (Technical University of Denmark)
Astrid Hilbert (Linnaeus University)
Carsten Witt (Technical University of Denmark)

A Novel Pheromone-Based Evolutionary Algorithm for Solving Degree-Constrained Minimum Spanning Tree Problem (Page 121)
Xiao-ma Huang (Sun Yat-sen University)
Yue-jiao Gong (Sun Yat-sen University)
Jun Zhang (Sun Yat-sen University)

Differential Evolution Enhanced with Evolution Path Vector (Page 123)
Yuan-Long Li (Sun Yat-sen University)
Zhi-Hui Zhan (Sun Yat-sen University)
Jun Zhang (Sun Yat-sen University)

A Priority Based Parental Selection Method for Genetic Algorithm (Page 125)
Rumana Nazmul (Monash University)
Madhu Chetty (Monash University)

An Overlapping Variable Linkage Benchmark Suite (Page 127)
Tomasz Oliwa (The University of Georgia)
Khaled Rasheed (The University of Georgia)

Automated Abstract Planning with Use of Genetic Algorithms (Page 129)
Jaroslaw Skaruz (University of Natural Sciences and Humanities)
Artur Niewiadomski (University of Natural Sciences and Humanities)
Wojciech Penczek (Polish Academy of Sciences)

An Attraction Basin Estimating Genetic Algorithm for Multimodal Optimization (Page 131)
Zhuoran Xu (Hokkaido University)
Mikko Polojärvi (University of Oulu)
Masahito Yamamoto (Hokkaido University)
Masashi Furukawa (Hokkaido University)

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Genetic Programming

Segment-Based Genetic Programming (Page 133)
Nailah AL-Madi (North Dakota State University)
Simone A. Ludwig (North Dakota State University)

Comparing Ensemble Learning Approaches in Genetic Programming for Classification with Unbalanced Data (Page 135)
Urvesh Bhowan (Trinity College Dublin)
Mark Johnston (Victoria University of Wellington)
Mengjie Zhang (Victoria University of Wellington)

An Efficient Implementation of Geometric Semantic Genetic Programming for Anticoagulation Level Prediction in Pharmacogenetics (Page 137)
Mauro Castelli (Universidade Nova de Lisboa & INESC-ID)
Davide Castaldi (Università di Milano-Bicocca)
Leonardo Vanneschi (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Università di Milano-Bicocca, & Consorzio Milano Ricerche)
Ilaria Giordani (Consorzio Milano Ricerche)
Francesco Archetti (Consorzio Milano Ricerche)
Daniele Maccagnola (Consorzio Milano Ricerche)

An Evolutionary Methodology for Automatic Design of Finite State Machines (Page 139)
J. Manuel Colmenar (Complutense University of Madrid)
Alfredo Cuesta-Infante (Complutense University of Madrid)
José L. Risco-Martín (Complutense University of Madrid)
J. Ignacio Hidalgo (Complutense University of Madrid)

Bootstrapping to Reduce Bloat and Improve Generalisation in Genetic Programming (Page 141)
Jeannie Fitzgerald (University of Limerick)
R. Muhammad Atif Azad (University of Limerick)
Conor Ryan (University of Limerick)

Automatic Identification of Hierarchy in Multivariate Data (Page 143)
Ilknur Icke (University of Vermont)
Joshua C. Bongard (University of Vermont)

Numerical Optimization by Multi-Gene Genetic Programming (Page 145)
Adriano Soares Koshiyama (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro)
Douglas Mota Dias (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro)
André Vargas Abs da Cruz (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro)
Marco Aurélio Cavalcanti Pacheco (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro)

Function Optimization Using Cartesian Genetic Programming (Page 147)
Julian F. Miller (University of York)
Maktuba Mohid (University of York)

Guiding Function Set Selection in Genetic Programming Based on Fitness Landscape Analysis (Page 149)
Nguyen Quang Uy (Military Technical Academy, Hanoi)
Truong Cong Doan (Hanoi Open University)
Nguyen Xuan Hoai (Hanoi University)
Michael O'Neill (University College Dublin)

Towards a Dynamic Benchmark for Genetic Programming (Page 151)
Clíodhna Tuite (University College Dublin)
Michael O'Neill (University College Dublin)
Anthony Brabazon (University College Dublin)

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Genetics Based Machine Learning

Imprecise Selection and Fitness Approximation in a Large-Scale Evolutionary Rule Based System for Blood Pressure Prediction (Page 153)
Erik Hemberg (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Kalyan Veeramachaneni (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Franck Dernoncourt (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Mark Wagy (University of Vermont)
Una-May O'Reilly (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Extended Rule-Based Genetic Network Programming (Page 155)
Xianneng Li (Waseda University)
Kotaro Hirasawa (Waseda University)

Adaptive Artificial Datasets to Discover the Effects of Domain Features for Classification Tasks (Page 157)
Syahaneim Marzukhi (Victoria University of Wellington)
Will N. Browne (Victoria University of Wellington)
Mengjie Zhang (Victoria University of Wellington)

Label Free Change Detection on Streaming Data with Cooperative Multi-Objective Genetic Programming (Page 159)
Sara Rahimi (Dalhousie University)
Andrew R. McIntyre (Dalhousie University)
Malcolm I. Heywood (Dalhousie University)
Nur Zincir-Heywood (Dalhousie University)

Flat vs. Symbiotic Evolutionary Subspace Clusterings (Page 161)
Ali Vahdat (Dalhousie University)
Malcolm I. Heywood (Dalhousie University)

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Integrative Genetic and Evolutionary Computation

A New Data Pre-Processing Approach for the Dendritic Cell Algorithm Based on Fuzzy Rough Set Theory (Page 163)
Zeineb Chelly (University of Tunis, Institut Supérieur de Gestion of Tunis)
Zied Elouedi (University of Tunis, Institut Supérieur de Gestion of Tunis)

A Fuzzy Evolutionary Simulation Model (FESModel) for Fleet Combat Strategies (Page 165)
Pablo Rangel (Brazilian Navy Research Institute & PEC - COPPE - UFRJ)
José Ricardo Potier de Oliveira (Brazilian Navy Research Institute & PEC - COPPE - UFRJ)
José Gomes de Carvalho Jr. (Brazilian Navy Research Institute)
Beatriz de Souza Leite Pires de Lima (PEC - COPPE - UFRJ)
Solange Guimarães (PEC - COPPE - UFRJ)

3DMIA: A Multi-Objective Artificial Immune Algorithm for 3D-MPSoC Multi-Application 3D-NoC Mapping (Page 167)
Johanna Sepúlveda (University of São Paulo)
Guy Gogniat (Université Bretagne Sud)
Daniel Sepúlveda (University of Los Andes)
Ricardo Pires (University of São Paulo)
Wang Chau (University of São Paulo)
Marius Strum (University of São Paulo)

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Parallel Evolutionary Systems

Towards a Scalable Intrusion Detection System Based on Parallel PSO Clustering Using MapReduce (Page 169)
Ibrahim Aljarah (North Dakota State University)
Simone A. Ludwig (North Dakota State University)

Understanding the Efficient Parallelisation of Cellular Automata on CPU and GPGPU Hardware (Page 171)
Mike J. Gibson (University of Exeter)
Ed C. Keedwell (University of Exeter)
Dragan Savić (University of Exeter)

Dynamic Selection of Migration Flows in Island Model Differential Evolution (Page 173)
Rodolfo A. Lopes (Federal University of Minas Gerais)
Rodrigo C. Pedrosa Silva (McGill University)
Felipe Campelo (Federal University of Minas Gerais)
Frederico G. Guimarães (Federal University of Minas Gerais)

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Real World Applications

The Discovery and Quantification of Risk in High Dimensional Search Spaces (Page 175)
Kester Clegg (University of York)
Rob Alexander (University of York)

Improving Recruitment Effectiveness Using Genetic Programming Techniques (Page 177)
Douglas A. Augusto (Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica)
Heder S. Bernardino (Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora)
Helio J.C. Barbosa (Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica)

Multi-Dimensional Pattern Discovery in Financial Time Series Using SAX-GA with Extended Robustness (Page 179)
António Canelas (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)
Rui Neves (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)
Nuno Horta (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)

Tool Sequence Optimisation Using Preferential Multi-Objective Search (Page 181)
Alexander W. Churchill (University of Sussex)
Phil Husbands (University of Sussex)
Andrew Philippides (University of Sussex)

Partitioning Agents and Shaping Their Evaluation Functions in Air Traffic Problems with Hard Constraints (Page 183)
William Curran (Oregon State University)
Adrian Agogino (NASA Ames Research Center)
Kagan Tumer (Oregon State University)

Aero Engine Health Management System Architecture Design Using Multi-Criteria Optimization (Page 185)
Rajesh Kudikala (The University of Sheffield)
Andrew R. Mills (The University of Sheffield)
Peter J. Fleming (The University of Sheffield)
Graham F. Tanner (Rolls-Royce plc)
Jonathan E. Holt (Rolls-Royce plc)

Multiobjective Optimization for Reducing Delays and Congestion in Air Traffic Management (Page 187)
Gaétan Marceau (Thales Air Systems & INRIA Saclay Ile de France)
Pierre Savéant (Thales Research & Technology)
Marc Schoenauer (INRIA Saclay Ile de France,Université Paris Sud)

Self-Adaptive Niching Differential Evolution and Its Application to Semi-Fragile Watermarking for Two-Dimensional Barcodes on Mobile Phone Screen (Page 189)
Satoshi Ono (Kagoshima University)
Takeru Maehara (Kagoshima University)
Hirokazu Sakaguchi (Kagoshima University)
Daisuke Taniyama (Kagoshima University)
Ryo Ikeda (Kagoshima University)
Shigeru Nakayama (Kagoshima University)

Evolving Cryptographically Sound Boolean Functions (Page 191)
Stjepan Picek (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Unska & Zagreb)
Domagoj Jakobovic (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Unska & Zagreb)
Marin Golub (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Unska & Zagreb)

Incorporating Emissions Models within a Multi-Objective Vehicle Routing Problem (Page 193)
Neil Urquhart (Edinburgh Napier University)
Catherine Scott (Edinburgh Napier University)
Emma Hart (Edinburgh Napier University)

A Multi-Agent Genetic Algorithm for Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Problems (Page 195)
Xiaoxiao Yuan (Xidian University)
Chuanfu Xiao (Xidian University)
Xiyu Lv (Xidian University)
Jing Liu (Xidian University)

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Search-Based Software Engineering

Using Portfolio Theory to Diversify the Dynamic Allocation of Web Services in the Cloud (Page 197)
Faisal ALRebeish (University of Birmingham)
Rami Bahsoon (University of Birmingham)

Search-Based Construction of Finite-State Machines with Real-Valued Actions: New Representation Model (Page 199)
Igor Buzhinsky (St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics)
Vladimir Ulyantsev (St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics)
Fedor Tsarev (St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics)
Anatoly Shalyto (St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics)

Multi-Objective Evolutionary Auto-Tuning for Optimising Algorithm Speed and Cache Memory Usage (Page 201)
Darren M. Chitty (University of Bristol)

Self-Focusing Genetic Programming for Software Optimisation (Page 203)
Brendan Cody-Kenny (Trinity College Dublin)
Stephen Barrett (Trinity College Dublin)

Search-Based Refactoring Detection (Page 205)
Rim Mahouachi (Missouri University of Science and Technology)
Marouane Kessentini (Missouri University of Science and Technology)
Mel Ó Cinnéide (University College Dublin)

Applying Genetic Algorithms to Data Selection for SQL Mutation Analysis (Page 207)
Ana C. L. Monção (Federal University of Goias)
Celso G. Camilo-Jr (Federal University of Goias)
Leonardo T. Queiroz (Federal University of Goias)
Cássio L. Rodrigues (Federal University of Goias)
Plínio de Sá Leitão-Jr (Federal University of Goias)
Auri M. R. Vincenzi (Federal University of Goias)

A Novel Component Identification Approach Using Evolutionary Programming (Page 209)
Aurora Ramírez (University of Córdoba)
José Raúl Romero (University of Córdoba)
Sebastián Ventura (University of Córdoba)

Automated Test Generation for Multi-State Systems (Page 211)
Pedro Reales Mateo (University of Castilla-La Mancha)
Macario Polo Usaola (University of Castilla-La Mancha)

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Self-* Search

Evolutionary Generation of Neural Network Update Signals for the Topology Optimization of Structures (Page 213)
Nikola Aulig (Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH)
Markus Olhofer (Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH)

Parameter Control: Strategy or Luck? (Page 215)
Giorgos Karafotias (VU University)
Mark Hoogendoorn (VU University)
A.E. Eiben (VU University)

Math Oracles: A New Way of Designing Efficient Self-Adaptive Algorithms (Page 217)
Gabriel Luque (University of Málaga)
Enrique Alba (University of Málaga)

Evolutionary Hyperheuristic for Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (Page 219)
Jaromir Mlejnek (Czech Technical University in Prague)
Jiří Kubalík (Czech Technical University in Prague)

Algorithm Configuration Using GPU-Based Metaheuristics (Page 221)
Roberto Ugolotti (University of Parma)
Youssef S.G. Nashed (University of Parma)
Pablo Mesejo (University of Parma)
Stefano Cagnoni (University of Parma)

 

Theory

Noisy Optimization Convergence Rates (Page 223)
Sandra Astete Morales (University of Paris Sud)
Jialin Liu (University of Paris Sud)
Olivier Teytaud (University of Paris Sud & IDF)

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Introductory Tutorials

Introduction to Genetic Algorithms (Page 225)
Erik D. Goodman (Michigan State University)

Genetic Programming: A Tutorial Introduction (Page 247)
Una May O'Reilly (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Evolution Strategies: Basic Introduction (Page 265)
Thomas Bäck (Leiden University)

Evolutionary Computation: A Unified Approach (Page 293)
Kenneth De Jong (George Mason University)

GECCO 2013 Tutorial on Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization (Page 307)
Dimo Brockhoff (INRIA Lille - Nord Europe)

Representations for Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 335)
Franz Rothlauf (University of Mainz)

Evolving Neural Networks (Page 357)
Risto Miikkulainen (The University of Texas at Austin)

Model-Based Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 377)
Dirk Thierens (Utrecht University)
Peter A.N. Bosman (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica)

An Introduction to Statictics for Experimental Analysis (Page 405)
Mark Wineberg (University of Guelph)

Learning Classifier Systems: Introducing the User-Friendly Textbook (Page 439)
Will Browne (Victoria University of Wellington, NZ)
Ryan Urbanowicz (Dartmouth College)

Runtime Analysis of Evolutionary Algorithms: Basic Introduction (Page 469)
Per Kristian Lehre (University of Nottingham)
Pietro S. Oliveto (University of Birmingham)

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Advanced Tutorials

Tutorial CMA-ES - Evolution Strategies and Covariance Matrix Adaptation (Page 499)
Anne Auger (INRIA Research Centre Saclay)
Nikolaus Hansen (INRIA Research Centre Saclay)

Constraint-Handling Techniques Used with Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 521)
Carlos A. Coello Coello (CINVESTAV-IPN)

Elementary Landscapes: Theory and Applications (Page 545)
L. Darrell Whitley (Colorado State University)
Andrew M. Sutton (Colorado State University)

Bioinspired Computation in Combinatorial Optimization - Algorithms and Their Computational Complexity (Page 567)
Frank Neumann (The University of Adelaide)
Carsten Witt (Technical University of Denmark)

Fitness Landscapes and Graphs: Multimodularity, Ruggedness and Neutrality (Page 591)
Sébastien Verel (Université Nice Sophia Antipolis & INRIA Lille-Nord Europe)

Black-Box Complexity: From Complexity Theory to Playing Mastermind (Page 617)
Benjamin Doerr (Max Planck Institute for Informatics)
Carola Doerr (Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik & Université Paris Diderot)

Advances on Many-Objective Evolutionary Optimization (Page 641)
Hernán Aguirre (Shinshu University)

Evolutionary Computation for Dynamic Optimization Problems (Page 667)
Shengxiang Yang (De Montfort University)

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Specialized Techniques and Applications Tutorials

Expressive Genetic Programming (Page 683)
Lee Spector (Hampshire College)

GECCO 2013 Tutorial: Cartesian Genetic Programming (Page 715)
Julian F. Miller (University of York)

Large Scale Data Mining Using Genetics-Based Machine Learning (Page 741)
Jaume Bacardit (University of Nottingham)
Xavier Llorà (Google Inc.)

Introduction to Evolutionary Game Theory (Page 765)
Marco Tomassini (University of Lausanne)

Artificial Immune Systems for Optimisation (Page 779)
Thomas Jansen (Aberystwyth University)
Christine Zarges (University of Birmingham)

Generative and Developmental Systems (Page 797)
Kenneth O. Stanley (University of Central Florida)

Evolutionary Computation for Supervised Learning (Page 827)
Christian Gagné (Université Laval)

Differential Evolution: Recent Advances (Page 845)
Ponnuthurai N. Suganthan (Nanyang Technological University)

Evolutionary Bilevel Optimization (Page 877)
Ankur Sinha (Aalto University School of Business)
Pekka Malo (Aalto University School of Business)
Kalyanmoy Deb (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Aalto University School of Business, Michigan State University, & University of Skovde)

Automatic (Offline) Configuration of Algorithms (Page 893)
Thomas Stützle (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Manuel López-Ibáñez (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

Designing and Building Powerful, Inexpensive Robots for Evolutionary Research (Page 919)
Terence Soule (University of Idaho)

Industrial Applications of Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 935)
Giovanni Squillero (Politecnico di Torino)

Computational Intelligence in Games (Page 957)
Daniele Loiacono (Politecnico di Milano)
Mike Preuss (TU Dortmund)

How to Create Meaningful and Generalizable Results (Page 979)
Thomas Bartz-Beielstein (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)
Martin Zaefferer (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)
Boris Naujoks (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)

Computational Aesthetic Evaluation: Automated Fitness Functions for Evolutionary Art, Design, and Music (Page 1005)
Philip Galanter (Texas A&M University)

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Workshop on Problem Understanding and Real-World Optimisation

Workshop on Problem Understanding and Real-World Optimisation Chair's Welcome (Page 1045)
Emma Hart (Edinburgh Napier University)
Kevin Sim (Edinburgh Napier University)
Kent McClymont (University of Exeter)
Ed Keedwell (University of Exeter)

A Behavior-Based Analysis of Modal Problems (Page 1047)
Leonardo Trujillo (Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana)
Enrique Naredo (Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana)
Yuliana Martínez (Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana)
Lee Spector (Hampshire College)

Problem Understanding Through Landscape Theory (Page 1055)
Francisco Chicano (University of Málaga)
Gabriel Luque (University of Málaga)
Enrique Alba (University of Málaga)

EA-Based Parameter Tuning of Multimodal Optimization Performance by Means of Different Surrogate Models (Page 1063)
Catalin Stoean (University of Craiova)
Mike Preuss (TU Dortmund)
Ruxandra Stoean (University of Craiova)

Recent Advances in Problem Understanding: Changes in the Landscape a Year On (Page 1071)
Kent McClymont (University of Exeter)

Missing from the Model: Orders, Drivers, Tractors and Trailers and Non-Linear Loading (Page 1079)
Tim Pigden (Optrak Distribution Software Ltd.)

Search Methodologies in Real-World Software Engineering (Page 1085)
Gabriela Ochoa (University of Stirling)

Liger - An Open Source Integrated Optimization Environment (Page 1089)
Ioannis Giagkiozis (The University of Sheffield)
Robert J. Lygoe (Ford Motor Company Ltd.)
Peter J. Fleming (The University of Sheffield)

Using Graphical Information Systems to Improve Vehicle Routing Problem Instances (Page 1097)
Neil Urquhart (Edinburgh Napier University)
Catherine Scott (Edinburgh Napier University)
Emma Hart (Edinburgh Napier University)

Challenges of Applying Optimization Methodology in Industry (Page 1103)
Bogdan Filipič (Jožef Stefan Institute)
Tea Tušar (Jožef Stefan Institute)

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Symbolic Regression and Modeling Workshop

5th Workshop on Symbolic Regression and Modeling at GECCO-2013: Chairs' Welcome (Page 1105)
Steven Gustafson (GE Global Research)
Ekaterina Vladislavleva (Evolved Analytics, Belgium)

An Interpolation Based Crossover Operator for Genetic Programming (Page 1107)
Nassima Aleb (USTHB-FEI)
Samir Kechid (USTHB-FEI)

A Bootstrapping Approach to Reduce Over-Fitting in Genetic Programming (Page 1113)
Jeannie Fitzgerald (University of Limerick)
R. Muhammad Atif Azad (University of Limerick)
Conor Ryan (University of Limerick)

Effects of Constant Optimization by Nonlinear Least Squares Minimization in Symbolic Regression (Page 1121)
Michael Kommenda (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)
Gabriel Kronberger (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)
Stephan Winkler (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)
Michael Affenzeller (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)
Stefan Wagner (University of Applied Sciences)

An Extension of Hill-Climbing with Learning Applied to a Symbolic Regression of Boolean Functions (Page 1129)
Vladimír Kvasnička (Slovak University of Technology)
Ladislav Clementis (Slovak University of Technology)
Jiří Pospíchal (Slovak University of Technology)

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Black Box Optimization Benchmarking 2013 (BBOB 2013)

GECCO'13 Black-Box Optimization Benchmarking: Workshop Chairs' Welcome Message (Page 1135)
Anne Auger (INRIA Saclay - Ile-de-France)
Bernd Bischl (Technische Universität, Dortmund)
Dimo Brockhoff (INRIA Lille - Nord Europe)
Nikolaus Hansen (INRIA Saclay - Ile-de-France)
Olaf Mersmann (Technische Universität, Dortmund)
Petr Pošík (Czech Technical University)
Heike Trautmann (Universität Münster)

Adapt-MEMPSODE: A Memetic Algorithm with Adaptive Selection of Local Searches (Page 1137)
Costas Voglis (University of Ioannina)

Benchmarking a Hybrid Multi Level Single Linkage Algorithm on the BBOB Noiseless Testbed (Page 1145)
László Pál (Sapientia - Hungarian University of Transylvania)

Comparison of Multistart Global Optimization Algorithms on the BBOB Noiseless Testbed (Page 1153)
László Pál (Sapientia - Hungarian University of Transylvania)

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Bounding the Population Size of IPOP-CMA-ES on the Noiseless BBOB Testbed (Page 1161)
Tianjun Liao (IRIDIA, CoDE, Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Thomas Stützle (IRIDIA, CoDE, Université Libre de Bruxelles)

Testing the Impact of Parameter Tuning on a Variant of IPOP-CMA-ES with a Bounded Maximum Population Size on the Noiseless BBOB Testbed (Page 1169)
Tianjun Liao (IRIDIA, CoDE, Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Thomas Stützle (IRIDIA, CoDE, Université Libre de Bruxelles)

BI-Population CMA-ES Algorithms with Surrogate Models and Line Searches (Page 1177)
Ilya Loshchilov (Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (LIS), EPFL)
Marc Schoenauer (TAO, INRIA Saclay)
Michèle Sebag (Univ. Paris-Sud)

Expensive Optimization Scenario: IPOP-CMA-ES with a Population Bound Mechanism for Noiseless Function Testbed (Page 1185)
Tianjun Liao (IRIDIA, CoDE, Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Thomas Stützle (IRIDIA, CoDE, Université Libre de Bruxelles)

Benchmarking Projection-Based Real Coded Genetic Algorithm on BBOB-2013 Noiseless Function Testbed (Page 1193)
Babatunde A. Sawyerr (University of Lagos)
Aderemi O. Adewumi (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
Montaz M. Ali (University of The Witwatersrand)

Benchmarking Cellular Genetic Algorithms on the BBOB Noiseless Testbed (Page 1201)
Neal Holtschulte (University of New Mexico)
Melanie Moses (University of New Mexico)

An Evaluation of Sequential Model-Based Optimization for Expensive Blackbox Functions (Page 1209)
Frank Hutter (Freiburg University)
Holger Hoos (University of British Columbia)
Kevin Leyton-Brown (University of British Columbia)

Multiobjectivization with NSGA-LI on the Noiseless BBOB Testbed (Page 1217)
Thanh-Do Tran (Inria Lille - Nord Europe & Université Lille 1)
Dimo Brockhoff (Inria Lille - Nord Europe)
Bilel Derbel (Inria Lille - Nord Europe & Université Lille 1)

Benchmarking the Local Metamodel CMA-ES on the Noiseless BBOB'2013 Test Bed (Page 1225)
Anne Auger (INRIA Saclay - Ile-de-France)
Dimo Brockhoff (INRIA Lille - Nord Europe)
Nikolaus Hansen (INRIA Saclay - Ile-de-France)

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Sixteenth International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems

GECCO'13 Welcome to the Sixteenth International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems (LWLCS) (Page 1233)
Ryan Urbanowicz (Dartmouth College)
Kamran Shafi (University of New South Wales)
Muhammad Iqbal (Victory University of Wellington)

Comparison of Two Methods for Computing Action Values in XCS with Code-Fragment Actions (Page 1235)
Muhammad Iqbal (Victoria University of Wellington)
Will N. Browne (Victoria University of Wellington)
Mengjie Zhang (Victoria University of Wellington)

Adaptive Artificial Datasets Through Learning Classifier Systems for Classification Tasks (Page 1243)
Syahaneim Marzukhi (Victoria University of Wellington)
Will N. Browne (Victoria University of Wellington)
Mengjie Zhang (Victoria University of Wellington)

REUCS-CRG: Reduct based Ensemble of sUpervised Classifier System with Combinatorial Rule Generation for Data Mining (Page 1251)
Essam Debie (University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy)
Kamran Shafi (University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy)
Chris Lokan (University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy)

A Simple Multi-Core Parallelization Strategy for Learning Classifier System Evaluation (Page 1259)
James Rudd (Dartmouth College)
Jason H. Moore (Dartmouth College)
Ryan J. Urbanowicz (Dartmouth College)

Efficient Training Set Use for Blood Pressure Prediction in a Large Scale Learning Classifier System (Page 1267)
Erik Hemberg (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Kalyan Veeramachaneni (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Franck Dernoncourt (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Mark Wagy (University of Vermont)
Una-May O'Reilly (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

The Subsumption Mechanism for XCS Using Code Fragmented Conditions (Page 1275)
Hsuan-Ta Lin (National Chiao-Tung University)
Po-Ming Lee (National Chiao-Tung University)
Tzu-Chien Hsiao (National Chiao-Tung University)

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Evolutionary Computation Software Systems (EvoSoft'13)

Evolutionary Computation Software Systems (EvoSoft) Workshop Chairs' Welcome (Page 1283)
Stefan Wagner (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)
Michael Affenzeller (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

HH-Evolver: A System for Domain-Specific, Hyper-Heuristic Evolution (Page 1285)
Achiya Elyasaf (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
Moshe Sipper (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

GraphEA: A 3D Educational Tool for Genetic Algorithms (Page 1293)
Rafael Dinis (ISEC - Institute of Engineering)
Anabela Simões (ISEC - Institute of Engineering)
Jorge Bernardino (ISEC - Institute of Engineering)

EvoSpace-i: A Framework for Interactive Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 1301)
Mario García-Valdez (Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana)
Juan-J. Merelo (University of Granada)
Leonardo Trujillo (Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana)
Francisco Fernández-de-Vega (Universidad de Extremadura)
José C. Romero (Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana)
Alejandra Mancilla (Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana)

Event-Based Graphical Monitoring in the EpochX Genetic Programming Framework (Page 1309)
Loïc Vaseux (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rouen)
Fernando E. B. Otero (University of Kent)
Tom Castle (University of Kent)
Colin G. Johnson (University of Kent)

HH-DSL: A Domain Specific Language for Selection Hyper-heuristics (Page 1317)
Hilal Kevser Cora (Istanbul Technical University)
H. Turgut Uyar (Istanbul Technical University)
A. Şima Etaner-Uyar (Istanbul Technical University)

Goldenberry: EDA Visual Programming in Orange (Page 1325)
Sergio Rojas-Galeano (District University of Bogota)
Nestor Rodriguez (District University of Bogota)

GPDL: A Framework-Independent Problem Definition Language for Grammar-Guided Genetic Programming (Page 1333)
Gabriel Kronberger (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)
Michael Kommenda (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)
Stefan Wagner (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)
Heinz Dobler (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Developing Services in a Service Oriented Architecture for Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 1341)
Pablo García-Sánchez (University of Granada)
María Isabel García Arenas (University of Granada)
Antonio Miguel Mora (University of Granada)
Pedro Ángel Castillo (University of Granada)
Carlos Fernandes (University of Granada)
Paloma de las Cuevas (University of Granada)
Gustavo Romero (University of Granada)
Jesús González (University of Granada)
Juan Julián Merelo (University of Granada)

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Visualisation in Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
(VizGEC 2013)

Visualisation in Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (VizGEC 2013) (Page 1349)
David Walker (University of Exeter)
Richard Everson (University of Exeter)
Jonathan Fieldsend (University of Exeter)

Visualization of Genetic Lineages and Inheritance Information in Genetic Programming (Page 1351)
Bogdan Burlacu (Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory, Austria)
Michael Affenzeller (Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory)
Michael Kommenda (Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory)
Stephan Winkler (Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory)
Gabriel Kronberger (Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory)

Signaling and Visualization for Interactive Evolutionary Search and Selection of Conceptual Solutions (Page 1359)
Amiram Moshaiov (Tel-Aviv University)
Yevgeny Rizakov (Tel-Aviv University)

An Approach to Visualizing the 3D Empirical Attainment Function (Page 1367)
Tea Tušar (Jožef Stefan Institute)
Bogdan Filipič (Jožef Stefan Institute)

Evolutionary Visual Exploration: Experimental Analysis of Algorithm Behaviour (Page 1373)
Waldo Cancino (INRIA Saclay, Unversite Paris-Sud)
Nadia Boukhelifa (INRIA Saclay, Unversite Paris-Sud)
Anastasia Bezerianos (Universite Paris Sud)
Evelyne Lutton (INRA-AgroParisTech)

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

ECoMASS 2013 Workshop Welcome Message (Page 1381)
Forrest Stonedahl (Centre College)
William Rand (University of Maryland)

Template Based Evolution (Page 1383)
Christopher Headleand (Bangor University)
William J. Teahan (Bangor University)

Adaptation of a Multiagent Evolutionary Algorithm to NK Landscapes (Page 1391)
David Chalupa (Slovak University of Technology)

Simulating the Cultural Evolution of Literary Genres (Page 1399)
Graham Alexander Sack (Columbia University)
Daniel Wu (Harvard University)
Benji Zusman (University of Florida)

Evolutionary Algorithm for Optimal Anchor Node Placement to Localize Devices in a Mobile Ad Hoc Network During Building Evacuation (Page 1407)
Sabrina Merkel (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Patrick Unger (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Hartmut Schmeck (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Topology of Social Networks and Efficiency of Collective Intelligence Methods (Page 1415)
Alan Godoy (University of Campinas)
Fernando J. Von Zuben (University of Campinas)

Interaction-Based Group Identity Detection via Reinforcement Learning and Artificial Evolution (Page 1423)
Corrado Grappiolo (IT University of Copenhagen)
Julian Togelius (IT University of Copenhagen)
Georgios N. Yannakakis (University of Malta)

The Nexus Cognitive Agent-Based Model: Coevolution for Valid Computational Social Modeling (Page 1431)
Deborah Duong (Agent Based Learning Systems, Birmingham)
Jerry Pearman (Augustine Consulting, Inc.)
Christopher Bladon (Independent Contractor, Alabama)

An Evolutionary Approach for Robust Adaptation of Robot Behavior to Sensor Error (Page 1437)
Joshua P. Hecker (University of New Mexico)
Melanie E. Moses (University of New Mexico)

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Medical Applications of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (MedGEC'13)

GECCO Workshop on Medical Applications - MedGEC 2013 Chairs' Welcome (Page 1445)
Stephen L. Smith (University of York)
Stefano Cagnoni (Universita' degli Studi di Parma)
Robert Patton (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Correlation of Microarray Probes Give Evidence for Mycoplasma Contamination in Human Studies (Page 1447)
W. B. Langdon (University College London)

Segmentation of Histological Images Using a Metaheuristic-Based Level Set Approach (Page 1455)
Pablo Mesejo (University of Parma)
Stefano Cagnoni (University of Parma)
Alessandro Costalunga (University of Parma)
Davide Valeriani (University of Parma)

Evolutionary Identification of Cancer Predictors Using Clustered Data: A Case Study for Breast Cancer, Melanoma, and Cancer in the Respiratory System (Page 1463)
Stephan M. Winkler (Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences)
Michael Affenzeller (Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences)
Herbert Stekel (General Hospital Linz)

Skin Lesion Image Segmentation Using a Color Genetic Algorithm (Page 1471)
Alessia Amelio (National Research Council of Italy)
Clara Pizzuti (National Research Council of Italy)

Characterisation of Movement Disorder in Parkinson's Disease Using Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 1479)
Stuart E. Lacy (University of York)
Michael A. Lones (University of York)
Stephen L. Smith (University of York)
Jane E. Alty (Leeds General Infirmary)
D. R. Stuart Jamieson (Leeds General Infirmary)
Katherine L. Possin (University of California, San Francisco)
Norbert Schuff (Centre of Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases)

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3rd Workshop on Evolutionary Computation for the Automated Design of Algorithms

GECCO'13 3rd Workshop on Evolutionary Computation for the Automated Design of Algorithms Chairs' Welcome (Page 1487)
Gisele L. Pappa (Federal University of Minas Gerais)
John Woodward (University of Stirling)
Jerry Swan (University of Stirling)
Krzysztof Krawiec (Poznan University of Technology)

Using Supportive Coevolution to Evolve Self-Configuring Crossover (Page 1489)
Nathaniel R. Kamrath (Missouri University of Science and Technology)
Brian W. Goldman (Michigan State University)
Daniel R. Tauritz (Missouri University of Science and Technology)

Evolving Black-Box Search Algorithms Employing Genetic Programming (Page 1497)
Matthew A. Martin (Missouri University of Science and Technology)
Daniel R. Tauritz (Missouri University of Science and Technology)

Towards a Method for Automatically Evolving Bayesian Network Classifiers (Page 1505)
Alex G.C. de Sá (Federal University of Minas Gerais)
Gisele L. Pappa (Federal University of Minas Gerais)

Refining Scheduling Policies with Genetic Algorithms (Page 1513)
Emin Ogur (University of Bedfordshire)
Mehmet E. Aydin (University of Bedfordshire)

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Green and Efficient Energy Applications of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Workshop

Green and Efficient Energy Applications of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (GreenGEC 2013) (Page 1519)
Alexandru-Adrian Tantar (University of Luxembourg)
Emilia Tantar (University of Luxembourg)
Peter A.N. Bosman (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica)

Short Term Wind Speed Forecasting with Evolved Neural Networks (Page 1521)
David W. Corne (Heriot-Watt University)
Alan P. Reynolds (Heriot-Watt University)
Stuart Galloway (Strathclyde University)
Edward H. Owens (Heriot-Watt University)
Andrew D. Peacock (Heriot-Watt University)

Genetic Programming Enabled Evolution of Control Policies for Dynamic Stochastic Optimal Power Flow (Page 1529)
Stephan Hutterer (Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences)
Stefan Vonolfen (Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences)
Michael Affenzeller (Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences)

EvoNILM - Evolutionary Appliance Detection for Miscellaneous Household Appliances (Page 1537)
Dominik Egarter (University of Klagenfurt)
Wilfried Elmenreich (University of Klagenfurt)

SA Based Power Efficient FPGA LUT Mapping (Page 1545)
Richard Dobson (King's College London)
Kathleen Steinhöfel (King's College London)

Green Cloud Virtual Network Provisioning Based Ant Colony Optimization (Page 1553)
Xiaolin Chang (Beijing Jiaotong University)
Bin Wang (Beijing Jiaotong University)
Jiqiang Liu (Beijing Jiaotong University)
Wenbo Wang (Beijing Jiaotong University)
Jogesh K. Muppala (Hongkong University of Science and Technology)

Modular Approach for the Optimal Wind Turbine Micro Siting Problem through CMA-ES Algorithm (Page 1561)
Silvio Rodrigues (Delft University of Technology)
Pavol Bauer (Delft University of Technology)
Jan Pierik (Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands)

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International Workshop on Evolutionary Computation in Bioinformatics

Message from the Bio 2013 Workshop Chairs (Page 1569)
Miguel A. Vega-Rodríguez (University of Extremadura)
Jose M. Chaves-González (University of Extremadura)
David L González-Álvarez (University of Extremadura)
Sergio Santander-Jiménez (University of Extremadura)

Designing a Novel Hybrid Swarm Based Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm for Finding DNA Motifs (Page 1571)
David L. González-Álvarez (University of Extremadura)
Miguel A. Vega-Rodríguez (University of Extremadura)

A Parallel Genetic Programming for Single Class Classification (Page 1579)
Cuong To (Institute of System and Synthetic Biology, University of Évry)
Mohamed Elati (Institute of System and Synthetic Biology, University of Évry)

A Comparative Study on Distance Methods Applied to a Multiobjective Firefly Algorithm for Phylogenetic Inference (Page 1587)
Sergio Santander-Jiménez (University of Extremadura)
Miguel A. Vega-Rodríguez (University of Extremadura)

Protein Folding with Cellular Automata in the 3D HP Model (Page 1595)
José Santos (University of A Coruña)
Pablo Villot (University of A Coruña)
Martín Diéguez (University of A Coruña)

Prediction of Protein Inter-Domain Linkers Using Compositional Index and Simulated Annealing (Page 1603)
Maad Shatnawi (United Arab Emirates University)
Nazar Zaki (United Arab Emirates University)

An Ant Colony Optimization Approach for Solving the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Structure Based Assignment Problem (Page 1609)
Jeyhun Aslanov (Istanbul Technical University)
Bülent Çatay (Sabanci University)
Mehmet Serkan Apaydin (Istanbul Sehir University)

DNA Base-Code Generation for Reliable Computing by Using Standard Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 1617)
José M. Chaves-González (University of Extremadura)
Miguel A Vega-Rodríguez (University of Extremadura)

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Stack-based Genetic Programming Workshop

GECCO'13 Stack-Based Genetic Programming Workshop Chairs' Welcome (Page 1625)
Kenneth Holladay (Southwest Research Institute)
Lee Spector (Hampshire College)
Maarten Keijzer (Pegasystems Inc.)

Evolving a Digital Multiplier with the PushGP Genetic Programming System (Page 1627)
Thomas Helmuth (University of Massachusetts)
Lee Spector (Hampshire College)

Push-Forth: A Light-Weight, Strongly-Typed, Stack-Based Genetic Programming Language (Page 1635)
Maarten Keijzer (Pegasystems)

Student Workshop

Welcome to the GECCO'13 Student Workshop (Page 1641)
Tea Tušar (Jožef Stefan Institute)
Boris Naujoks (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)

An Evolutionary Algorithm Derived from Charles Sanders Pierce's Theory of Universal Evolution (Page 1643)
Junaid Akhtar (LUMS & Namal College)
Mian M. Awais (LUMS & Namal College)
Basit Koshul (LUMS & Namal College)

Towards Optimal Neuronal Wiring Through Estimation of Distribution Algorithms (Page 1647)
Laura Anton-Sanchez (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)
Concha Bielza (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)
Pedro Larrañaga (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)

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Problems in the Identification of Base Isolation Systems from Earthquake Records (Page 1651)
Anastasia Athanasiou (University of Catania)
Giuseppe Oliveto (University of Catania)
Mineo Takayama (University of Fukuoka)
Keiko Morita (University of Fukuoka)

Generation of Tests for Programming Challenge Tasks Using Multi-Objective Optimization (Page 1655)
Maxim Buzdalov (University ITMO)
Arina Buzdalova (University ITMO)
Irina Petrova (University ITMO)

Enhancing Invasive Weed Optimization with Taboo Strategy (Page 1659)
Zhigang Ren (Autocontrol Institute, Xi'an Jiaotong University)
Wen Chen (Autocontrol Institute, Xi'an Jiaotong University)
Aimin Zhang (Autocontrol Institute, Xi'an Jiaotong University)
Chao Zhang (Autocontrol Institute, Xi'an Jiaotong University)

A Service Oriented Evolutionary Architecture: Applications and Results (Page 1663)
Pablo García-Sánchez (University of Granada)

Combinatorial Optimization EDA Using Hidden Markov Models (Page 1667)
Marc-André Gardner (Université Laval)
Christian Gagné (Université Laval)
Marc Parizeau (Université Laval)

Design of a Parallel Immune Algorithm Based on the Germinal Center Reaction (Page 1671)
Ayush Joshi (University of Birmingham)

From Size Perception to Counting: An Evolutionary Computation Point of View (Page 1675)
Gali B. Katz (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
Amit Benbassat (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
Liana Diesendruck (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Moshe Sipper (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
Avishai Henik (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

Testing of the Multi-Objective Alliance Algorithm on Benchmark Functions (Page 1679)
Valerio Lattarulo (University of Cambridge)
Geoffrey T. Parks (University of Cambridge)

Quantitative Analysis of the Hall of Fame Coevolutionary Archives (Page 1683)
Paweł Liskowski (Poznan University of Technology)

Genetic Participatory Algorithm and System Modeling (Page 1687)
Yi Ling Liu (University of Campinas)
Fernando Gomide (University of Campinas)

Optimization of Weighted Vector Directional Filters Using an Interactive Evolutionary Algorithm (Page 1691)
Joseph James Mist (University of Kent)
Stuart James Gibson (University of Kent)

Applying Evolutionary Computation to Harness Passive Material Properties in Robots (Page 1695)
Jared M. Moore (Michigan State University)

Directed Search Method for Indicator-Based Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 1699)
Victor Adrián Sosa-H. (CINVESTAV-IPN)
Oliver Schütze (CINVESTAV-IPN)
Günter Rudoph (TU-Dortmund)
Heike Trautmann (University of Münster)

Differential Evolution Strategies with Random Forest Regression in the Bat Algorithm (Page 1703)
Iztok Fister Jr. (University of Maribor)
Dušan Fister (University of Maribor)
Iztok Fister (University of Maribor)

Evolving Multicellularity in Digital Organisms Through Reproductive Altruism (Page 1707)
Jack Hessel (Carleton College)

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Late-Breaking Abstract

An Efficient Evolutionary Programming Algorithm Using Mixed Mutation Operators for Numerical Optimization (Page 1711)
Saif Ahmed (Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology)
Md. Tanvir Alam Anik (Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology)
K. M. Rakibul Islam (Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology)

Development and Investigation of Biologically Inspired Algorithms Cooperation Metaheuristic (Page 1713)
Akhmedova Shakhnaz (Siberian State Aerospace University)
Andrey Shabalov (Siberian State Aerospace University)

Model Guided Sampling Optimization with Gaussian Processes for Expensive Black-Box Optimization (Page 1715)
Lukáš Bajer (Charles University and Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)
Viktor Charypar (Czech Technical University in Prague)
Martin Holeňa (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)

Toward an Optimized Arabic Keyboard Design for Single-Pointer Applications (Page 1717)
Abir Benabid Najjar (King Saud University)

Evolving Artificial Neural Networks with FINCH (Page 1719)
Amit Benbassat (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
Moshe Sipper (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

Performance Improvement in Genetic Programming Using Modified Crossover and Node Mutation (Page 1721)
Arpit Bhardwaj (Indian Institute Of Technology)
Aruna Tiwari (Indian Institute Of Technology)

Adapting Evolutionary Algorithms to the Concurrent Functional Language Erlang (Page 1723)
J. Albert Cruz (Universidad de Ciencias Informáticas)
Juan-Julián Merelo (University of Granada)
Antonio M. Mora (University of Granada)
Paloma de las Cuevas (University of Granada)

Bipartite Networks to Study the Genotype-to-Phenotype Relationship in Cellular Automata Models (Page 1725)
Christian Darabos (Dartmouth College)
Britney E. Graham (Dartmouth College)
Ting Hu (Dartmouth College)
Jason H. Moore (Dartmouth College)

A Heuristiclab Evolutionary Algorithm for Finch (Page 1727)
Achiya Elyasaf (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
Michael Orlov (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
Moshe Sipper (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

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Hunting Search Algorithm Based Design Optimization of Steel Cellular Beams (Page 1729)
Erkan Doğan (Celal Bayar University)
Ferhat Erdal (Akdeniz University)

Optimizing Investment Strategies based on Companies Earnings using Genetic Algorithms (Page 1731)
Jorge Fonseca (Insituto de Telecomunicações)
Rui Neves (Insituto de Telecomunicações)
Nuno Horta (Insituto de Telecomunicações)

Exploring Automated Software Composition with Genetic Programming (Page 1733)
Erik M. Fredericks (Michigan State University)
Betty H. C. Cheng (Michigan State University)

Network Protocol Identification Ensemble with EA Optimization (Page 1735)
Ryan G. Goss (University of Cape Town)
Geoff S. Nitschke (University of Cape Town)

A Robust Real-Coded Genetic Algorithm using an Ensemble of Crossover Operators (Page 1737)
Jeonghwan Gwak (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology)
Moongu Jeon (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology)

Quality Versus Quantity of Rules in A Classifier Jury: extended abstract (Page 1739)
Jeffrey Horn (Northern Michigan University)
Matthew J. Holliday (Northern Michigan University)
Dylan J. Elliott (Northern Michigan University)
Joshua A. Chomicki (Northern Michigan University)
David A. Pfeiffer (Northern Michigan University)
Steven M. Scheel (Northern Michigan University)
Lewis D. Steiner (Northern Michigan University)
Erik P. Wisuri (Northern Michigan University)
James M. Zeits (Northern Michigan University)
Jordan M. Bal (Northern Michigan University)
Chelsea G. Burton (Northern Michigan University)
Micah A. Erickson (Northern Michigan University)
Nicholas D. McIntyre-Wyma (Northern Michigan University)

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Which Is Faster: Bowtie2GP > Bowtie > Bowtie2 > BWA (Page 1741)
W. B. Langdon (University College London)

A Novel Meta-Heuristic Based on Soccer Concepts to Solve Routing Problems (Page 1743)
Eneko Osaba (University of Deusto)
Fernando Diaz (University of Deusto)
Enrique Onieva (University of Deusto)

Sunspots Modelling: Comparison of GP Approaches (Page 1745)
Katya Rodríguez-vázquez (IIMAS-UNAM)

Enhancing Distributed EAs Using Proactivity (Page 1747)
Carolina Salto (Universidad Nacional de La Pampa - CONICET)
Francisco Luna (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Enrique Alba (Universidad de Málaga)

Fault-tolerance of Distributed Genetic Algorithms on Many-core Processors (Page 1749)
Yuji Sato (Hosei University)
Mikiko Sato (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

Parallel Version of Self-Configuring Genetic Algorithm Application in Spacecraft Control System Design (Page 1751)
Maria Semenkina (Siberian State Aerospace University)

A Preliminary Study of Crowding with Biased Crossover (Page 1753)
Shigeyoshi Tsutsui (Hannan University)
Noriyuki Fujimoto (Osaka Prefecture University)

A Study on the Importance of Selection Pressure and Low Dimensional Weak Learners to Produce Robust Ensembles (Page 1755)
Danilo Vasconcellos Vargas (Kyushu University)
Hirotaka Takano (Kyushu University)
Junichi Murata (Kyushu University)

Indicator Selection for Daily Equity Trading with Recurrent Reinforcement Learning (Page 1757)
Jin Zhang (University of Basel)
Dietmar Maringer (University of Basel)

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Keynote Talks

Software Engineering: An Ideal Set of Challenges for Evolutionary Computation (Page 1759)
Mark Harman (University College London)

Challenges and Opportunities in Dynamic Optimisation (Page 1761)
Xin Yao (University of Birmingham)