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GECCO'15 Companion Table of Contents

Welcome from the General Chair
Anna Isabel Esparcia Alcázar (Universitat Politècnica de València)

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

GECCO 2015 Organization

GECCO 2015 Program Committee

GECCO 2015 Track Chairs

GECCO 2015 Sponsor & Supporters

Tutorials, Abstracts, & Posters
Tutorial Chair's Welcome Specialized Tutorials
Introductory Tutorials Late-Breaking Abstracts
Advanced Tutorials Posters
Workshops
Genetic Improvement 2015 Workshop BBOB'15 Workshop
SecDef’15 Workshop GECCO’15 Student Workshop
ECCSB'15 Workshop ECBR’15 Workshop
VizGEC'15 Workshop MetaDeeP’15 Workshop
IWERML'15 Workshop SMGP’15 Workshop
ECADA'15 Workshop MedGEC’15 Workshop
EvoSoft'15 Workshop
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Tutorial Chair's Welcome

GECCO'15 Message from the Tutorials Chair (Page 1)
Anabela Simões (Institute Polytechnic of Coimbra)

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Introductory Tutorials

Genetic Programming: A Tutorial Introduction (Page 3)
Una-May O'Reilly (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Evolutionary Computation: A Unified Approach (Page 21)
Kenneth De Jong (George Mason University)

Tutorial on Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization (Page 37)
Dimo Brockhoff (Inria Lille - Nord Europe)

Tobias Wagner (TU Dortmund University)

Particle Swarm Optimization (Page 65)
Andries Engelbrecht (University of Pretoria)

Model-Based Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 93)
Dirk Thierens (Utrecht University)

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

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Runtime Analysis of Evolutionary Algorithms: Basic Introduction (Page 121)
Per Kristian Lehre (University of Nottingham)

Pietro S. Oliveto (University of Sheffield)

Evolving Neural Networks (Page 137)
Risto Miikkulainen (The University of Texas at Austin)

Introduction to Complex Networks (Page 163)
Marco Tomassini (University of Lausanne)

Cartesian Genetic Programming (Page 179)
Julian F. Miller (The University of York)

Andrew J. Turner (The University of York)

Hyper-Heuristics (Page 199)
John Woodward (University of Stirling)

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

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Tutorial on Evolutionary Robotics (Page 231)
Nicolas Bredeche (Sorbonne Universités & CNRS)

Stéphane Doncieux (Sorbonne Universités & CNRS)

Jean-Baptiste Mouret (Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, Inria, & Université de Lorraine)

Introducing Rule-Based Machine Learning: A Practical Guide (Page 263)
Ryan J. Urbanowicz (University of Pennsylvania)

Will Browne (Victoria University of Wellington)

Multimodal Optimization (Page 293)
Mike Preuss (ERCIS)

Continuous Optimization and CMA-ES (Page 313)
Youhei Akimoto (Shinshu University)

Anne Auger (Inria Saclay Ile-de-France)

Nikolaus Hansen (Inria Saclay Ile-de-France)

Representations for Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 345)
Franz Rothlauf (Universität Mainz)

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Advanced Tutorials

Constraint-Handling Techniques Used with Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 367)
Carlos A. Coello Coello (CINVESTAV-IPN)

Blind No More: Deterministic Partition Crossover and Deterministic Improving Moves (Page 391)
Darrell Whitley (Colorado State University)

Expressive Genetic Programming (Page 409)
Lee Spector (Hampshire College)

Parameterized Complexity Analysis of Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 435)
Frank Neumann (University of Adelaide)

Andrew M. Sutton (Hasso-Plattner-Institut, Universität Potsdam)

Theory of Swarm Intelligence (Page 451)
Dirk Sudholt (University of Sheffield)

Evolutionary Image Analysis, Signal Processing and Pattern Recognition (Page 473)
Mengjie Zhang (Victoria University of Wellington)

Stefano Cagnoni (University of Parma, Parma, Italy)

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Generative and Developmental Systems Tutorial (Page 503)
Kenneth O. Stanley (University of Central Florida)

Evolutionary Algorithms for Protein Structure Modeling (Page 533)
Amarda Shehu (George Mason University)

Kenneth A. De Jong (George Mason University)

Solving Complex Problems with Coevolutionary Algorithms (Page 547)
Malcolm Heywood (Dalhousie University)

Krzysztof Krawiec (Poznan University of Technology)

Theory of Evolution Strategies and Related Algorithms (Page 575)
Youhei Akimoto (Shinshu University)

Anne Auger (Inria Saclay Ile-de-France)

Introduction to Gene Regulatory Networks (Page 589)
Sylvain Cussat-Blanc (University of Toulouse)

Wolfgang Banzhaf (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

Semantic Genetic Programming (Page 603)
Alberto Moraglio (University of Exeter)

Krzysztof Krawiec (Poznan University of Technology)

Evolutionary Computation for Dynamic Optimization Problems (Page 629)
Shengxiang Yang (De Montfort University)

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Specialized Tutorials

Medical Applications of Evolutionary Computation (Page 651)
Stephen L. Smith (University of York)

Automatic (Offline) Configuration of Algorithms (Page 681)
Thomas Stützle (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

Manuel López-Ibáñez (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

Intelligent Systems for Smart Cities (Page 707)
Enrique Alba (Universidad de Málaga)

Low or no Cost Distributed Evolutionary Computation (Page 703)
Juan J. Merelo-Guervós (University of Granada)

Synergies between Evolutionary Algorithms and Reinforcement Learning (Page 723)
Madalina M. Drugan (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

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Late-Breaking Abstracts (alphabetical order by lead author's last name)

Late-Breaking Abstracts Workshop at GECCO'15: Chair's Welcome (Page 741)
Dirk Sudholt (University of Sheffield)

Rapid Evolution of Robot Gaits (Page 743)
Joshua E. Auerbach (Ecole Polytéchnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

Grégoire Heitz (Ecole Polytéchnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

Przemyslaw M. Kornatowski (Ecole Polytéchnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

Dario Floreano (Ecole Polytéchnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

Probabilistic Model Enhanced Genetic Algorithm for Multi-Mode Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Problem (Page 745)
Mayowa Ayodele (Robert Gordon University)

John McCall (Robert Gordon University)

Olivier Regnier-Coudert (Robert Gordon University)

Examining the Stroop Effect Using a Develomental Spatial Neuroevolution System (Page 747)
Amit Benbassat (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

Avishai Henik (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

Various Degrees of Steadiness in NSGA-II and Their Influence on the Quality of Results (Page 749)
Maxim Buzdalov (ITMO University)

Vladimir Parfenov (ITMO University)

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Evolutionary Approach for Minimizing Consumed Energy in a Personal Rapid Transit Transportation System with a Multi-Depot Network Topology (Page 751)
Olfa Chebbi (Higher Institute of Management of Tunis)

Jouhaina Chaouachi (IHEC Carthage)

Comparing Variable Width Backtracking and Metaheuristics, Experiments with the Maximum Diversity Problem (Page 753)
José-Matías Cutillas-Lozano (University of Murcia)

Miguel-Ángel Franco (University of Murcia)

Domingo Giménez (University of Murcia)

Design and Development of a Genetic Algorithm for the Distance Constrained Vehicle Routing Problem with Environmental Issues (Page 755)
Ezzeddine Fatnassi (Higher Institute of Management of Tunis)

Jouhaina Chaouachi (IHEC Carthage)

Malware Obfuscation through Evolutionary Packers (Page 757)
Marco Gaudesi (Politecnico di Torino)

Andrea Marcelli (Politecnico di Torino)

Ernesto Sanchez (Politecnico di Torino)

Giovanni Squillero (Politecnico di Torino)

Alberto Tonda (INRA)

Adaptive Evolution Control with P-I Similarity Index for Surrogate-assisted Evolutionary Computation (Page 759)
Taku Hasegawa (Osaka Prefecture University)

Kento Tsukada (Osaka Prefecture University)

Naoki Mori (Osaka Prefecture University)

Keinosuke Matsumoto (Osaka Prefecture University)

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Evolved Virtual Creatures with Soft-Body Muscles: On a Bio-Mimetic Path to Meaningful Morphological Complexity (Page 761)
Dan Lessin (ITU Copenhagen)

Sebastian Risi (ITU Copenhagen)

Hybridizing Genetic Algorithm with Cross Entropy for Solving Continuous Functions (Page 763)
Pedro Lopez-Garcia (University of Deusto)

Enrique Onieva (University of Deusto)

Eneko Osaba (University of Deusto)

Antonio D. Masegosa (Basque Foundation for Science)

Asier Perallos (University of Deusto)

Developing Multi-Time Frame Trading Rules with a Trend Following Strategy, Using GA (Page 765)
Jaime Machado (Instituto de Telecomunicações)

Rui Neves (Instituto de Telecomunicações)

Nuno Horta (Instituto de Telecomunicações)

Generating Easy and Hard Problems Using the Proximate Optimality Principle (Page 767)
John A. W. McCall (Robert Gordon University)

Lee A. Christie (Robert Gordon University)

Alexander E. I. Brownlee (University of Stirling)

Computational Matter: Evolving Computational Solutions in Materials (Page 769)
Julian F. Miller (The University of York)

Hajo Broersma (University of Twente)

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Empirical Scaling Analyser: An Automated System for Empirical Analysis of Performance Scaling (Page 771)
Zongxu Mu (University of British Columbia)

Holger H. Hoos (University of British Columbia)

Parameter-less Evolutionary Portfolio: First Experiments (Page 773)
José C. Pereira (Universidade do Algarve)

Fernando G. Lobo (Universidade do Algarve)

A Parallel MOEA/D Generating Solutions in Minimum Overlapped Update Ranges of Solutions (Page 775)
Hiroyuki Sato (The University of Electro-Communications)

Minami Miyakawa (The University of Electro-Communications)

Elizabeth Pérez-Cortés (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa)

A Comparative Study of Synchronization of Parallel ACO on Multi-core Processor (Page 777)
Shigeyoshi Tsutsui (Hannan University)

Noriyuki Fujimoto (Osaka Prefecture University)

Evolving Self-Adaptive Tabu Search Algorithm for Storage Location Assignment Problems (Page 779)
Jing Xie (RMIT University)

Yi Mei (RMIT University)

Andy Song (RMIT University)

An Improved Artificial Fish Swarm Algorithm in Image Segmentation Application (Page 781)
Mingan Zhang (Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Yong Deng (Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

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Genetic Improvement 2015 Workshop

Genetic Improvement 2015 Chairs' Welcome (Page 791)
William B. Langdon (University College London)

Justyna Petke (University College London)

David R. White (University of Glasgow)

GI4GI: Improving Genetic Improvement Fitness Functions (Page 793)
Mark Harman (University College London)

Justyna Petke (University College London)

Evolutionary Approximation of Software for Embedded Systems: Median Function (Page 795)
Vojtech Mrazek (Brno University of Technology)

Zdenek Vasicek (Brno University of Technology)

Lukas Sekanina (Brno University of Technology)

Genetic Improvement Using Higher Order Mutation (Page 803)
Yue Jia (University College London)

Fan Wu (University College London)

Mark Harman (University College London)

Jens Krinke (University College London)

Grow and Graft a Better CUDA PKnotsRG for RNA pseudoknot Free Energy Calculation (Page 805)
William B. Langdon (University College London)

Mark Harman (University College London)

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locoGP: Improving Performance by Genetic Programming Java Source Code (Page 811)
Brendan Cody-Kenny (Trinity College Dublin)

Edgar Galván-López (Trinity College Dublin)

Stephen Barrett (Trinity College Dublin)

Energy Optimisation via Genetic Improvement: A SBSE Technique for a New Era in Software Development (Page 819)
Bobby R. Bruce (University College London)

Genetic Improvement of Energy Usage Is Only as Reliable as the Measurements are Accurate (Page 821)
Saemundur O. Haraldsson (University of Stirling)

John R. Woodward (University of Stirling)

Genetic Improvement for Software Product Lines: An Overview and a Roadmap (Page 823)
Roberto E. Lopez-Herrejon (Johannes Kepler University Linz)

Lukas Linsbauer (Johannes Kepler University Linz)

Wesley K. G. Assunção (DINF - Federal University of Paraná & Technological Federal University of Paraná)

Stefan Fischer (Johannes Kepler University Linz)

Silvia R. Vergilio (DINF - Federal University of Paraná)

Alexander Egyed (Johannes Kepler University Linz)

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Embedded Dynamic Improvement (Page 831)
Nathan Burles (University of York)

Jerry Swan (University of York)

Edward Bowles (University of York)

Alexander E. I. Brownlee (University of Stirling)

Zoltan A. Kocsis (University of Stirling)

Nadarajen Veerapen (University of Stirling)

Removing the Kitchen Sink from Software (Page 833)
Jason Landsborough (SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific)

Stephen Harding (SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific)

Sunny Fugate (SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific)

Embedding Adaptivity in Software Systems Using the ECSELR Framework (Page 839)
Kwaku Yeboah-Antwi (INRIA)

Benoit Baudry (INRIA)

Rethinking Genetic Improvement Programming (Page 845)
David R. White (University of Glasgow)

Jeremy Singer (University of Glasgow)

Repairing COTS Router Firmware without Access to Source Code or Test Suites: A Case Study in Evolutionary Software Repair (Page 847)
Eric Schulte (GrammaTech Inc.)

Westley Weimer (University of Virginia)

Stephanie Forrest (University of New Mexico)

Fitness as Task-Relevant Information Accumulation (Page 855)
Colin G. Johnson (University of Kent)

John R. Woodward (University of Stirling)

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SecDef'15 Workshop

SecDef'15 Chairs' Welcome (Page 857)
Nur Zincir-Heywood (Dalhousie University)

Frank W. Moore (University of Alaska Anchorage)

Coevolutionary Agent-based Network Defense Lightweight Event System (CANDLES) (Page 859)
George Rush (Missouri University of Science and Technology)

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

Alexander D. Kent (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Using Genetic Algorithms for Deadline-Constrained Monitor Selection in Dynamic Computer Networks (Page 867)
Robin Mueller-Bady (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences)

Ruediger Gad (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences)

Martin Kappes (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences)

Inmaculada Medina-Bulo (Universidad de Cádiz)

A Hybrid Matheuristic Approach for Designing Reliable Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks (Page 875)
Omer Ozkan (Turkish Air Force Academy)

Murat Ermis (Turkish Air Force Academy)

Ilker Bekmezci (Turkish Air Force Academy)

A Preliminary Investigation on the Identification of Peer to Peer Network Applications (Page 883)
Can Bozdogan (Megamation Systems)

Yasemin Gokcen (IBM)

Ibrahim Zincir (Yasar University)

Evolutionary Dynamic Optimization Techniques for Marine Contamination Problem (Page 889)
Lokman Altin (Marmara University)

Haluk Rahmi Topcuoglu (Marmara University)

Murat Ermis (Turkish Air Force Academy)

Botnet Detection System Analysis: On the Effect of Botnet Evolution and Feature Representation (Page 893)
Fariba Haddadi (Dalhousie University)

A. Nur Zincir-Heywood (Dalhousie University)

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ECCSB'15 Workshop

Evolutionary Computation in Computational Structural Biology 2015 Chairs' Welcome (Page 903)
José Santos Reyes (University of A Coruña)

Julia Handl (University of Manchester)

Amarda Shehu (George Mason University)

MeGASS: Multi-Objective Genetic Active Site Search (Page 905)
Sandro Izidoro (UNIFEI)

Anisio M. Lacerda (CEFET-MG)

Gisele L. Pappa (UFMG)

Combination of Differential Evolution and Fragment-Based Replacements for Protein Structure Prediction (Page 911)
Daniel Varela (University of A Coruña)

José Santos (University of A Coruña)

NK Landscape Instances Mimicking the Protein Inverse Folding Problem Towards Future Benchmarks (Page 915)
Sune S. Nielsen (University of Luxembourg)

Grégoire Danoy (University of Luxembourg)

Pascal Bouvry (University of Luxembourg)

El-Ghazali Talbi (INRIA Lille Nord Europe)

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Mapping Multiple Minima in Protein Energy Landscapes with Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 923)
Emmanuel Sapin (George Mason University)

Kenneth De Jong (George Mason University)

Amarda Shehu (George Mason University)

An Experimental Analysis of the Performance of Side Chain Packing Algorithms (Page 929)
Carlos A. Brizuela (CICESE Research Center)

Rosario I. Corona (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)

Christian Lezcano (Universidad Nacional de Asunción)

David Rodriguez (CICESE Research Center)

Jose D. Colbes (CICESE Research Center)

Using Machine Learning to Explore the Relevance of Local and Global Features During Conformational Search in Rosetta (Page 935)
Mario Garza-Fabre (University of Manchester)

Shaun M. Kandathil (University of Manchester)

Julia Handl (University of Manchester)

Joshua Knowles (University of Manchester)

Simon C. Lovell (University of Manchester)

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VizGEC'15 Workshop

Visualisation in Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (VizGEC'15) Chairs' Welcome & Organization (Page 939)
David Walker (University of Exeter)

Richard Everson (University of Exeter)

Jonathan Fieldsend (University of Exeter)

Spatial and Temporal Visualisation of Evolutionary Algorithm Decisions in Water Distribution Network Optimisation (Page 941)
Ed Keedwell (University of Exeter)

Matthew Johns (University of Exeter)

Dragan Savic (University of Exeter)

ELICIT - Evolutionary Computation Visualization (Page 949)
António Cruz (University of Coimbra)

Penousal Machado (University of Coimbra)

Filipe Assunção (University of Coimbra)

António Leitão (University of Coimbra)

Using Particle Swarm Large-scale Optimization to Improve Sampling-based Image Matting (Page 957)
Lv Liang (South China University of Technology)

Huang Han (South China University of Technology)

Cai Zhaoquan (College of Huizhou)

Hu Hui (College of Huizhou)

Visualising Multi-Objective Populations with Treemaps (Page 963)
David J. Walker (University of Exeter)

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IWERML'15 Workshop

GECCO'15 Welcome to the International Workshop on Evolutionary Rule-Based Machine Learning Workshop (IWERML) (Page 971)
Karthik Kuber (Microsoft)

Masaya Nakata (The University of Electro-Communications)

Kamran Shafi (University of New South Wales)

A Novel Representation of Classifier Conditions Named Sensory Tag for the XCS in Multistep Problems (Page 973)
Liang-Yu Chen (National Chiao Tung University)

Po-Ming Lee (National Chiao Tung University)

Tzu-Chien Hsiao (National Chiao Tung University)

The Relationship Between (Un)Fractured Problems and Division of Input Space (Page 981)
Danilo Vasconcellos Vargas (Kyushu University)

Hirotaka Takano (Kyushu University)

Junichi Murata (Kyushu University)

A Lexicographic Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm for Multi-Label Correlation Based Feature Selection (Page 989)
Suwimol Jungjit (University of Kent)

Alex A. Freitas (University of Kent)

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Metaheuristics Based on Clustering in a Holonic Multiagent Model for the Flexible Job Shop Problem (Page 997)
Houssem Eddine Nouri (Higher Institute of Management of Tunis)

Olfa Belkahla Driss (Higher Institute of Management of Tunis)

Khaled Ghédira (Higher Institute of Management of Tunis)

Discovering Regression Rules with Ant Colony Optimization (Page 1005)
James Brookhouse (University of Kent)

Fernando E. B. Otero (University of Kent)

An Evolutionary Missing Data Imputation Method for Pattern Classification (Page 1013)
Fabio M. F. Lobato (Federal University of Pará)

Vincent W. Tadaiesky (Federal University of Pará)

Igor M. de Araújo (Federal University of Pará)

Adamo L. Santana (Federal University of Pará)

Socially Guided XCS: Using Teaching Signals to Boost Learning (Page 1021)
Anis Najar (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)

Olivier Sigaud (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)

Mohamed Chetouani (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)

Continuous Endpoint Data Mining with ExSTraCS: A Supervised Learning Classifier System (Page 1029)
Ryan J. Urbanowicz (University of Pennsylvania)

Niranjan Ramanand (Dartmouth College)

Jason H. Moore (University of Pennsylvania)

Back to the Future: Learning Classifier Systems as Cognitive Systems (Page 1037)
Will N. Browne (Victoria University of Wellington)

A Potential of Evolutionary Rule-based Machine Learning for Real World Applications (Page 1039)
Keiki Takadama (The University of Electro-Communications)

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ECADA'15 Workshop

ECADA'15 Chairs' Welcome (Page 1041)
John Woodward (University of Stirling)

Daniel Tauritz (Missouri University of Science and Technology)

Manuel López-Ibáñez (Université libre de Bruxelles)

A Comparison of Genetic Programming Variants for Hyper-Heuristics (Page 1043)
Sean Harris (Missouri University of Science and Technology)

Travis Bueter (Missouri University of Science and Technology)

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

Hyper-Heuristics: A Study on Increasing Primitive-Space (Page 1051)
Matthew A. Martin (Missouri University of Science and Technology)

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

Synthesis of Parallel Iterative Sorts with Multi-Core Grammatical Evolution (Page 1059)
Gopinath Chennupati (University of Limerick)

R. Muhammad Atif Azad (University of Limerick)

Conor Ryan (University of Limerick)

Generating Human-readable Algorithms for the Travelling Salesman Problem Using Hyper-Heuristics (Page 1067)
Patricia Ryser-Welch (University of York)

Julian F. Miller (University of York)

Shahriar Asta (Nottingham University)

Learning Genetic Representations for Classes of Real-Valued Optimization Problems (Page 1075)
Eric O. Scott (George Mason University)

Jeffrey K. Bassett (George Mason University)

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EvoSoft'15 Workshop

Evolutionary Computation Software Systems (EvoSoft) Chairs' Welcome (Page 1083)
Stefan Wagner (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Michael Affenzeller (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

An Extensible JCLEC-Based Solution for the Implementation of Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 1085)
Aurora Ramírez (University of Córdoba)

José Raúl Romero (University of Córdoba)

Sebastián Ventura (University of Córdoba)

Redesigning the jMetal Multi-Objective Optimization Framework (Page 1093)
Antonio J. Nebro (University of Málaga)

Juan J. Durillo (University of Innsbruck)

Matthieu Vergne (FBK-ICT)

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Simplifying Problem Definitions in the HeuristicLab Optimization Environment (Page 1101)
Andreas Scheibenpflug (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria & Johannes Kepler University)

Andreas Beham (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria & Johannes Kepler University)

Michael Kommenda (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria & Johannes Kepler University)

Johannes Karder (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Stefan Wagner (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

Michael Affenzeller (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria & Johannes Kepler University)

AntElements: An Extensible and Scalable Ant Colony Optimization Middleware (Page 1109)
Kamil Krynicki (Universitat Politècnica de València)

Javier Jaen (Universitat Politècnica de València)

Designing and Modeling a Browser-Based Distributed Evolutionary Computation System (Page 1117)
Juan J. Merelo-Guervós (University of Granada)

Pablo García-Sánchez (University of Granada)

Deconstructing GAs into Visual Software Components (Page 1125)
Leidy Garzón-Rodríguez (District University of Bogotá)

Henry Alberto Diosa (District University of Bogotá)

Sergios Rojas-Galeano (District University of Bogotá)

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BBOB'15 Workshop

GECCO'15 Black-Box Optimization Benchmarking: Workshop Chairs' Welcome Message (Page 1133)
Youhei Akimoto (Shinshu University)

Anne Auger (Inria Saclay - Ile-de-France)

Dimo Brockhoff (Inria Lille - Nord Europe)

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

Olaf Mersmann (TU Dortmund University)

Petr Pošík (Czech Technical University)

Benchmarking IPOP-CMA-ES-TPA and IPOP-CMA-ES-MSR on the BBOB Noiseless Testbed (Page 1135)
Asma Atamna (Inria & Univ. Paris-Sud)

Benchmarking Gaussian Processes and Random Forests Surrogate Models on the BBOB Noiseless Testbed (Page 1143)
Lukáš Bajer (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic & Charles University in Prague)

Zbyněk Pitra (National Institute of Mental Health & Czech Technical University in Prague)

Martin Holeňa (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)

Dimension Selection in Axis-Parallel Brent-STEPMethod for Black-Box Optimization of Separable Continuous Functions (Page 1151)
Petr Pošík (Czech Technical University in Prague)

Petr Baudiš (Czech Technical University in Prague)

The Impact of Initial Designs on the Performance of MATSuMoTo on the Noiseless BBOB-2015 Testbed: A Preliminary Study (Page 1159)
Dimo Brockhoff (Inria Lille - Nord Europe)

Bernd Bischl (LMU München)

Tobias Wagner (Technische Universität Dortmund)

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GECCO'15 Student Workshop

GECCO'15 Student Workshop Chairs' Welcome (Page 1167)
Tea Tušar (Jožef Stefan Institute)

Boris Naujoks (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)

Differential Evolution with a Repair Method to Solve Dynamic Constrained Optimization Problems (Page 1169)
María-Yaneli Ameca-Alducin (University of Veracruz)

Efrén Mezura-Montes (University of Veracruz)

Nicandro Cruz-Ramírez (University of Veracruz)

Exploiting the Relationship Between Structural Modularity and Sparsity for Faster Network Evolution (Page 1173)
Anton Bernatskiy (University of Vermont)

Joshua C. Bongard (University of Vermont)

Selection of Auxiliary Objectives with Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning (Page 1177)
Arina Buzdalova (ITMO University)

Anna Matveeva (ITMO University)

Georgiy Korneev (ITMO University)

A Computational Comparison of Memetic Differential Evolution Approaches (Page 1181)
Federico Cabassi (Università di Parma)

Marco Locatelli (Università di Parma)

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Inferring Temporal Properties of Finite-State Machine Models with Genetic Programming (Page 1185)
Daniil Chivilikhin (ITMO University)

Ilya Ivanov (ITMO University)

Anatoly Shalyto (ITMO University)

Towards a Knowledge Base for Performance Data: A Formal Model for Performance Comparison (Page 1189)
Hans Degroote (KU Leuven)

Patrick De Causmaecker (KU Leuven)

Soft Computing Techniques Applied to Corporate and Personal Security (Page 1193)
Paloma de las Cuevas Delgado (University of Granada)

Juan Julián Merelo (University of Granada)

Pablo García-Sánchez (University of Granada)

Evolutionary Design via Indirect Encoding of Non-Uniform Rational Basis Splines (Page 1197)
Adam Gaier (Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences)

Control of Crossed Genes Ratio for Directed Mating in Evolutionary Constrained Multi-Objective Optimization (Page 1201)
Minami Miyakawa (The University of Electro-Communications)

Keiki Takadama (The University of Electro-Communications)

Hiroyuki Sato (The University of Electro-Communications)

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A Hybrid MOGA-CSP for Multi-UAV Mission Planning (Page 1205)
Cristian Ramirez-Atencia (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

Gema Bello-Orgaz (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

Maria D. R-Moreno (Universidad de Alcalá)

David Camacho (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

Evaluation-Time Bias in Asynchronous Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 1209)
Eric O. Scott (George Mason University)

Kenneth A. De Jong (George Mason University)

On the Selection of Decomposition Methods for Large Scale Fully Non-Separable Problems (Page 1213)
Yuan Sun (The University of Melbourne)

Michael Kirley (The University of Melbourne)

Saman K. Halgamuge (The University of Melbourne)

Symbolic Regression by Grammar-based Multi-Gene Genetic Programming (Page 1217)
Jan Žegklitz (Czech Technical University in Prague)

Petr Pošík (Czech Technical University in Prague)

Growing and Evolving Vibrationally Actuated Soft Robots (Page 1221)
Benjamin Berger (Union College)

Alvin Andino (Union College)

Andrew Danise (Union College)

John Rieffel (Union College)

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A Method Based on Interactive Evolutionary Computation for Increasing the Effectiveness of Advertisement Texts (Page 1225)
Quetzali Madera (Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana)

Mario García-Valdez (Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana)

Oscar Castillo (Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana)

Alejandra Mancilla (Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana)

Hard Test Generation for Maximum Flow Algorithms with the Fast Crossover-Based Evolutionary Algorithm (Page 1229)
Vladimir Mironovich (ITMO University)

Maxim Buzdalov (ITMO University)

An Evolutionary Algorithm for Weighted Graph Coloring Problem (Page 1233)
Gizem Sungu (Marmara University)

Betul Boz (Marmara University)

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ECBR'15 Workshop

ECBR'15 Chairs' Welcome (Page 1237)
Abraham Prieto (Universidade da Coruña)

Nicolas Bredeche (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)

Evert Haasdijk (VU University Amsterdam)

The Cost of Communication: Environmental Pressure and Survivability in mEDEA (Page 1239)
Andreas Steyven (Edinburgh Napier University)

Emma Hart (Edinburgh Napier University)

Ben Paechter (Edinburgh Napier University)

Embodied Evolution for Collective Indoor Surveillance and Location (Page 1241)
Pedro Trueba (Universidade da Coruna)

Abraham Prieto (Universidade da Coruna)

Francisco Bellas (Universidade da Coruna)

Richard J. Duro (Universidade da Coruna)

Collective Sharing of Knowledge in a DREAM (Page 1243)
Jacqueline Heinerman (VU University Amsterdam)

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Evolving Diverse Collective Behaviors Independent of Swarm Density (Page 1245)
Payam Zahadat (Karl-Franzens University)

Heiko Hamann (University of Paderborn)

Thomas Schmickl (Karl-Franzens University)

Elements of Embodied Evolutionary Robotics (Page 1247)
Nicolas Bredeche (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)

Evert Haasdijk (VU University Amsterdam)

Abraham Prieto (Universidade da Coruna)

Simulating Morphological Evolution in Large Robot Populations (Page 1249)
Florian Golemo (VU University Amsterdam)

Marjeta Markovič (VU University Amsterdam)

Jasper Schoormans (VU University Amsterdam)

Peter de Jonge (VU University Amsterdam)

Maik Couwenberg (VU University Amsterdam)

Evert Haasdijk (VU University Amsterdam)

Hyb-CCEA: Cooperative Coevolution of Hybrid Teams (Page 1251)
Jorge Gomes (Universidade de Lisboa)

Pedro Mariano (Universidade de Lisboa)

Anders Lyhne Christensen (Universidade de Lisboa)

Evolution of Collective Behaviors by Minimizing Surprisal and by Micro-Macro Links (Page 1253)
Heiko Hamann (University of Paderborn)

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MetaDeeP'15 Workshop

MetaDeeP'15 Chairs' Welcome (Page 1255)
Christopher Simons (University of the West of England)

Jerry Swan (University of York)

Metaheuristic Design Pattern: Preference (Page 1257)
Hamzeh J. Aljawawdeh (University of the West of England)

Christopher L. Simons (University of the West of England)

Mohammed Odeh (University of the West of England)

Metaheuristic Design Pattern: Surrogate Fitness Functions (Page 1261)
Alexander E. I. Brownlee (University of Stirling)

John R. Woodward (University of Stirling)

Jerry Swan (University of York)

The 'Blackboard' Pattern for Metaheuristics (Page 1265)
Kevin Graham (University of Stirling)

Jerry Swan (University of York)

Simon Martin (University of Stirling)

Two-B or not Two-B? Design Patterns for Hybrid Metaheuristics (Page 1269)
Alina Patelli (Aston University)

Nelly Bencomo (Aston University)

Anikó Ekárt (Aston University)

Harry Goldingay (Aston University)

Peter R. Lewis (Aston University)

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SMGP'15 Workshop

SMGP'15 Chairs' Welcome (Page 1275)
Colin G. Johnson (University of Kent)

Krzysztof Krawiec (Poznań University of Technology)

Alberto Moraglio (University of Exeter)

Michael O'Neill (University College Dublin)

Introducing Semantic-Clustering Selection in Grammatical Evolution (Page 1277)
Stefan Forstenlechner (University College Dublin)

Miguel Nicolau (University College Dublin)

David Fagan (University College Dublin)

Michael O'Neill (University College Dublin)

Wave: Incremental Erosion of Residual Error (Page 1285)
David Medernach (University of Limerick)

Jeannie Fitzgerald (University of Limerick)

R. Muhammad Atif Azad (University of Limerick)

Conor Ryan (University of Limerick)

Greedy Semantic Local Search for Small Solutions (Page 1293)
Robyn Ffrancon (INRIA Saclay & Univ. Paris-Sud)

Marc Schoenauer (INRIA Saclay & Univ. Paris-Sud)

Comparison of Semantic-aware Selection Methods in Genetic Programming (Page 1301)
Paweł Liskowski (Poznań University of Technology)

Krzysztof Krawiec (Poznań University of Technology)

Thomas Helmuth (University of Massachusetts)

Lee Spector (Hampshire College)

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MedGEC'15 Workshop

MedGEC'15 Chairs' Welcome (Page 1309)
Stephen L. Smith (University of York)

Stefano Cagnoni (Universita' degli Studi di Parma)

Robert Patton (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Feature Set Optimization for Physical Activity Recognition Using Genetic Algorithms (Page 1311)
Alejandro Baldominos (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

Yago Saez (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

Pedro Isasi (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

Classification of Two-Channel Signals By Means of Genetic Programming (Page 1319)
Daniel Rivero (University of A Coruna)

Enrique Fernandez-Blanco (University of A Coruna)

Julian Dorado (University of A Coruna)

Alejandro Pazos (University of A Coruna)

Data-Based Identification of Prediction Models for Glucose (Page 1327)
J. Manuel Velasco (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

Stephan Winkler (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

J. Ignacio Hidalgo (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

Oscar Garnica (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

Juan Lanchares (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

J. Manuel Colmenar (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

Esther Maqueda (Hospital Virgen de la Salud)

Marta Botella (Hospital Principe de Asturias)

Jose-Antonio Rubio (Hospital Principe de Asturias)

A Symbolic Regression Based Scoring System Improving Peptide Identifications for MS Amanda (Page 1335)
Viktoria Dorfer (University of Applied Sciences, Upper Austria)

Sergey Maltsev (Research Institute of Molecular Pathology)

Stephan Dreiseitl (University of Applied Sciences, Upper Austria)

Karl Mechtler (Research Institute of Molecular Pathology)

Stephan M. Winkler (University of Applied Sciences, Upper Austria)

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Poster Abstracts

Landscape Properties of the 0-1 Knapsack Problem (Page 1343)
Khulood Alyahya (University of Birmingham)

Jonathan E. Rowe (University of Birmingham)

Grammatical Evolution for Identifying Wikipedia Taxonomies (Page 1345)
Lourdes Araujo (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED))

Juan Martinez-Romo (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED))

Andrés Duque (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED))

Criteria and Convergence Rates in Noisy Optimization (Page 1347)
Sandra Astete-Morales (INRIA & Univ. Paris-Sud)

Marie-Liesse Cauwet (INRIA & Univ. Paris-Sud)

Olivier Teytaud (INRIA & Univ. Paris-Sud)

A Combinatorial Genetic Algorithm for Computational Doping Based Material Design (Page 1349)
Emrah Atilgan (University of South Carolina)

Jianjun Hu (University of South Carolina)

Investigation of Gaussian Processes and Random Forests as Surrogate Models for Evolutionary Black-Box Optimization (Page 1351)
Lukáš Bajer (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)

Zbyněk Pitra (National Institute of Mental Health & Czech Technical University in Prague)

Martin Holeňa (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)

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Energy Efficient Allocation and Scheduling for DVFS-Enabled Multicore Environments Using a Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm (Page 1353)
Zorana Banković (IMDEA Software Institute)

Pedro López-García (IMDEA Software Institute & CSIC)

Herding Evolutionary Algorithm (Page 1355)
Arnaud Berny (Independent)

Improving Test Coverage of Formal Verification Systems via Beam Search (Page 1357)
Mahmoud Bokhari (University of Adelaide)

Markus Wagner (University of Adelaide)

A Novelty Search-based Test Data Generator for Object-oriented Programs (Page 1359)
Mohamed Boussaa (INRIA Rennes)

Olivier Barais (INRIA Rennes)

Gerson Sunye (INRIA Rennes)

Benoit Baudry (INRIA Rennes)

A Comparison Exercise on Parallel Evaluation of Rosenbrock Function (Page 1361)
Miguel Cárdenas-Montes (CIEMAT)

Miguel Angel Vega-Rodríguez (Universidad de Extremadura)

Juan José Rodríguez-Vázquez (CIEMAT)

Antonio Gómez-Iglesias (University of Texas at Austin)

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An Improved Co-evolutionary Decomposition-based Algorithm for Bi-level Combinatorial Optimization (Page 1363)
Abir Chaabani (University of Tunis)

Slim Bechikh (University of Tunis)

Lamjed Ben Said (University of Tunis)

Radhia Azzouz (University of Tunis)

Is Global Sensitivity Analysis Useful to Evolutionary Computation? (Page 1365)
Thomas Chabin (INRA)

Alberto Tonda (INRA)

Evelyne Lutton (INRA)

Dynamically Adding Sensors to the XCS in Multistep Problems: A Sensor Tagging Approach (Page 1367)
Liang-Yu Chen (National Chiao Tung University)

Po-Ming Lee (National Chiao Tung University)

Tzu-Chien Hsiao (Institute of Biomedical Engineering)

On the Automatic Generation of Efficient Parallel Iterative Sorting Algorithms (Page 1369)
Gopinath Chennupati (University of Limerick)

R. Muhammed Atif Azad (University of Limerick)

Conor Ryan (University of Limerick)

Genetic C Programming with Probabilistic Evaluation (Page 1371)
Jacqueline Christmas (University of Exeter)

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An Empirical Comparison of Genetically Evolved Programs and Evolved Neural Networks for Multi-Agent Systems Operating under Dynamic Environments (Page 1373)
Jaime Dávila (Hampshire College)

In Search of Optimal Linkage Trees (Page 1375)
Roy de Bokx (Delft University of Technology)

Dirk Thierens (Utrecht University)

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

Variance Reduction in Population-Based Optimization: Application to Unit Commitment (Page 1377)
Jérémie Decock (University Paris-Sud)

Jialin Liu (University Paris-Sud)

Olivier Teytaud (University Paris-Sud)

Solving Euclidean Steiner Tree Problems with Multi Swarm Optimization (Page 1379)
Tom Decroos (KU Leuven)

Patrick De Causmaecker (KU Leuven)

Bart Demoen (KU Leuven)

Learning from Demonstration for Distributed, Encapsulated Evolution of Autonomous Outdoor Robots (Page 1381)
Travis DeVautl (University of Idaho)

Seth Forrest (University of Idaho)

Ian Tanimoto (University of Idaho)

Terence Soule (University of Idaho)

Robert B. Heckendorn (University of Idaho)

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Optimizing Performance of L1 Cache Memory for Embedded Systems Driven by Differential Evolution (Page 1383)
Josefa Díaz Álvarez (University de Extremadura)

J. Manuel Colmenar (University Rey Juan Carlos)

José L. Risco-Martín (University Complutense de Madrid)

Juan Lanchares (University Complutense de Madrid)

Oscar Garnica (University Complutense de Madrid)

A Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm for Rule-based Performance Optimization at Software Architecture Level (Page 1385)
Xin Du (Fujian Normal University)

Youcong Ni (Fujian Normal University)

Peng Ye (Wuhan Textile University)

Performance Comparison of Ant Colony Algorithms for the Scheduling of Steel Production Lines (Page 1387)
Silvino Fernández (ArcelorMittal Global R&D)

Segundo Álvarez (ArcelorMittal Global R&D)

Eneko Malatsetxebarria (ArcelorMittal Global R&D)

Pablo Valledor (ArcelorMittal Global R&D)

Diego Díaz (ArcelorMittal Global R&D)

Infeasibility Driven Evolutionary Algorithm with the Anticipation Mechanism for the Reaching Goal in Dynamic Constrained Inverse Kinematics (Page 1389)
Patryk Filipiak (University of Wrocław)

Krzysztof Michalak (Wrocław University of Economics)

Piotr Lipinski (University of Wrocław)

Insertion of Artificial Individuals to Increase the Diversity of Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 1391)
Jamisson Freitas (University of Pernambuco (UPE))

Cícero Garrozi (University of Federal Rural Pernambuco (UFRPE))

Mêuser Valença (University of Pernambuco (UPE))

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Learning Based Control of a Fuel Cell Turbine Hybrid Power System (Page 1393)
Andrew Gabler (Oregon State University)

Mitchell Colby (Oregon State University)

Kagan Tumer (Oregon State University)

Runtime Analysis of Evolutionary Diversity Optimization and the Vertex Cover Problem (Page 1395)
Wanru Gao (The University of Adelaide)

Mojgan Pourhassan (The University of Adelaide)

Frank Neumann (The University of Adelaide)

Evolving Smart Initial Layouts for Force-Directed Graph Drawing (Page 1397)
Farshad Ghassemi Toosi (University of Limerick)

Nikola S. Nikolov (University of Limerick)

Malachy Eaton (University of Limerick)

Identification of Switched Models in Non-Stationary Time Series Based on Coordinate-Descent and Genetic Algorithm (Page 1399)
Mohammad Gorji Sefidmazgi (North Carolina A&T State University)

Mina Moradi Kordmahalleh (North Carolina A&T State University)

Abdollah Homaifar (North Carolina A&T State University)

Selection Hyper-Heuristic Using a Portfolio of Derivative Heuristics (Page 1401)
František Hruška (Czech Technical University in Prague)

Jiří Kubalík (Czech Technical University in Prague)

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A Memetic Algorithm for Protein Structure Prediction Based on Conformational Preferences of Aminoacid Residues (Page 1403)
Mario Inostroza-Ponta (Universidad de Santiago)

Camilo Farfán (Universidad de Santiago)

Márcio Dorn (UFRGS)

New Adaptive Selection Strategies for Distributed Adaptive Metaheuristic Selection (Page 1405)
Christopher Jankee (Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale)

Sébastien Verel (Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale)

Bilel Derbel (Université Lille 1)

Cyril Flonlupt (Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale)

A Multimodal Optimization and Surprise Based Consensus Community Detection Algorithm (Page 1407)
Guanbo Jia (University of Birmingham)

Shan He (University of Birmingham)

Zexuan Zhu (Shenzhen University)

Jing Liu (Xidian University)

Ke Tang (University of Science and Technology of China)

Trading Off Resource Utilization and Task Migrations in Dynamic Load-balancing (Page 1409)
Juan Luis J. Laredo (University of Le Havre)

Frédéric Guinand (University of Le Havre)

Damien Olivier (University of Le Havre)

Pascal Bouvry (University of Luxembourg)

A Comparative Study Use of OTL for Many-objective Optimization (Page 1411)
Jinhua Zheng (Xiangtan University)

Hui Bai (Xiangtan University)

Ruimin Shen (Xiangtan University)

Miqing Li (Brunel University)

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An Adaptive Method of Hungarian Mating Schemes in Genetic Algorithms (Page 1413)
Chanju Jung (Seoul National University)

Yong-Hyuk Kim (Kwangwoon University)

Yourim Yoon (Gachon University)

Byung-Ro Moon (Seoul National University)

A Search Based Approach Towards Robust Optimization in Software Product Line Scoping (Page 1415)
Reza Karimpour (University of Calgary)

Guenther Ruhe (University of Calgary)

Enhancing Incremental Ant Colony Algorithm for Continuous Global Optimization (Page 1417)
Udit Kumar (Indian Institute of Technology)

DELETE THIS LINE Jayadeva (Indian Institute of Technology)

Sumit Soman (Indian Institute of Technology)

Renumber Coevolutionary Multiswarm Particle Swarm Optimization for Multi-Objective Workflow Scheduling on Cloud Computing Environment (Page 1419)
Hai-Hao Li (Sun Yat-sen University)

Zong-Gan Chen (Sun Yat-sen University)

Zhi-Hui Zhan (Sun Yat-sen University)

Ke-Jing Du (Sun Yat-sen University)

Jun Zhang (Sun Yat-sen University)

When Hillclimbers Beat Genetic Algorithms in Multimodal Optimization (Page 1421)
Fernando G. Lobo (Universidade do Algarve)

Mosab Bazargani (Universidade do Algarve)

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Multi-Objective Optimization of Sensor Placement to Detect Contamination in Water Distribution Networks (Page 1423)
Dolores Margarida (INESC Coimbra)

Carlos Henggeler Antunes (University of Coimbra)

Heuristic Search by Particle Swarm Optimization of Boolean Functions for Cryptographic Applications (Page 1425)
Luca Mariot (Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca)

Alberto Leporati (Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca)

Averaged Hausdorff Approximations of Pareto Fronts Based on Multiobjective Estimation of Distribution Algorithms (Page 1427)
Luis Martí (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro)

Christian Grimme (University of Münster)

Pascal Kerschke (University of Münster)

Heike Trautmann (University of Münster)
Günter Rudolph (TU Dortmund University)

Asynchronous Parallel Evolutionary Algorithms: Leveraging Heterogeneous Fitness Evaluation Times for Scalability and Elitist Parsimony Pressure (Page 1429)
Matthew A. Martin (Missouri University of Science and Technology)

Alex R. Bertels (Missouri University of Science and Technology)

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

Estimating and Predicting Average Likability on Computer-Generated Artwork Variants (Page 1431)
Jabier Martinez (University of Luxembourg & University Pierre and Marie Curie)

Gabriele Rossi (Professional Art Painter)

Tewfik Ziadi (University Pierre and Marie Curie)

Tegawendé François D. Assise Bissyandé (University of Luxembourg)

Jacques Klein (University of Luxembourg)

Yves Le Traon (University of Luxembourg)

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Handling Crossover Bias to Improve Diversity in Multiobjective Evolutionary Optimization (Page 1433)
Jean Martins (University of São Paulo)

Alexandre C. B. Delbem (University of São Paulo)

Wave: A Genetic Programming Approach to Divide and Conquer (Page 1435)
David Medernach (University of Limerick)

Jeannie Fitzgerald (University of Limerick)

R. Muhammad Atif Azad (University of Limerick)

Conor Ryan (University of Limerick)

MOGCLA: A Multi-Objective Genetic Clustering Algorithm for Large Data Analysis (Page 1437)
Héctor D. Menéndez (University College London)

David Camacho (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

A Reliable and Computationally Cheap Approach for Finding Robust Optimal Solutions (Page 1439)
Seyedali Mirjalili (Griffith University)

Andrew Lewis (Griffith University)

Avoiding Overfitting in Symbolic Regression Using the First Order Derivative of GP Trees (Page 1441)
Samaneh Sadat Mousavi Astarabadi (Amirkabir University of Technology)

Mohammad Mehdi Ebadzadeh (Amirkabir University of Technology)

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Fast Pareto Front Approximation for Cloud Instance Pool Optimization (Page 1443)
Ana-Maria Oprescu (Vrije University)

Alexandra (Vintila) Filip (Vrije University)

Thilo Kielmann (Vrije University)

Using Novelty-Biased GA to Sample Diversity in Graphs Satisfying Constraints (Page 1445)
Peter Overbury (University of Sussex)

Luc Berthouze (University of Sussex)

Social Specialization of Space: Clustering Households on the French Riviera (Page 1447)
Denis Pallez (University Nice Sophia-Antipolis)

Mathieu Serrurier (University Paul Sabatier)

Célia da Costa Pereira (University Nice Sophia-Antipolis)

Giovanni Fusco (University Nice Sophia-Antipolis)

Cristina Cao (Politecnico di Milano)

On the Model Selection of Bernoulli Restricted Boltzmann Machines Through Harmony Search (Page 1449)
Joao Papa (São Paulo State University)

Gustavo Rosa (São Paulo State University)

Kelton Costa (São Paulo State University)

Nilceu Marana (São Paulo State University)

Walter Scheirer (Harvard University)

David Cox (Harvard University)

A Single Population Genetic Programming Based Ensemble Learning Approach to Job Shop Scheduling (Page 1451)
John Park (Victoria University of Wellington)

Su Nguyen (Victoria University of Wellington & International University, Viet Nam)

Mengjie Zhang (Victoria University of Wellington)

Mark Johnston (Victoria University of Wellington)

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Imbalanced Classification Using Genetically Optimized Random Forests (Page 1453)
Todd Perry (University of Portsmouth)

Mohamed Bader-El-Den (University of Portsmouth)

Selection of Auxiliary Objectives in the Travelling Salesman Problem Using Reinforcement Learning (Page 1455)
Irina Petrova (ITMO University)

Arina Buzdalova (ITMO University)

Cartesian Genetic Programming Approach for Generating Substitution Boxes of Different Sizes (Page 1457)
Stjepan Picek (University of Zagreb)

Julian F. Miller (University of York)

Domagoj Jakobovic (University of Zagreb)

Lejla Batina (Radboud University)

Denoising Autoencoders for Fast Combinatorial Black Box Optimization (Page 1459)
Malte Probst (University of Mainz)

On the Uselessness of Finite Benchmarks to Assess Evolutionary and Swarm Methods (Page 1461)
Pablo Rabanal (Universidad Complutense)

Ismael Rodríguez (Universidad Complutense)

Fernando Rubio (Universidad Complutense)

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Explanation of Stagnation at Points That Are Not Local Optima in Particle Swarm Optimization by Potential Analysis (Page 1463)
Alexander Raß (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)

Manuel Schmitt (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)

Rolf Wanka (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)

Exploiting Evolutionary Computation in an Industrial Flow for the Development of Code-Optimized Microprocessor Test Programs (Page 1465)
Riccardo Cantoro (Politecnico di Torino)

Marco Gaudesi (Politecnico di Torino)

Ernesto Sanchez (Politecnico di Torino)

Giovanni Squillero (Politecnico di Torino)

A Collaborative Strategy to Reduce Initial Setup Requirements of ParamILS Using EvoCa (Page 1467)
María-Cristina Riff (Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María)

Elizabeth Montero (Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María)

Using Anti-Pheromone to Identify Core Objects for Multidimensional Knapsack Problems: A Two-Step Ants Based Approach (Page 1469)
Nicolás Rojas (Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María)

Elizabeth Montero (Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María)

María-Cristina Riff (Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María)

Evolving Neurocontrollers for the Control of Information Diffusion in Social Networks (Page 1471)
Andrew Runka (Carleton University)

Tony White (Carleton University)

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Evolutionary Cross-Domain Hyper-Heuristics (Page 1473)
Patricia Ryser-Welch (The University of York)

Julian F. Miller (The University of York)

Shariar Asta (Notthingham University)

Grid Diversity Operator for Some Population-Based Optimization Algorithms (Page 1475)
Ahmed Salah (Mansoura University)

Emma Hart (Edinburgh Napier University)

Multi-Objective NM-Landscapes (Page 1477)
Roberto Santana (University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU))

Alexander Mendiburu (University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU))

Jose A. Lozano (University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU))

An Algebraic Differential Evolution for the Linear Ordering Problem (Page 1479)
Valentino Santucci (University of Perugia)

Marco Baioletti (University of Perugia)

Alfredo Milani (University of Perugia)

Potential-Field-Based Unit Behavior Optimization for Balancing in Starcraft II (Page 1481)
Jonas Schmitt (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)

Sabine Seufert (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)

Christian Zoubek (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)

Harald Köstler (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)

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Momentum Enhanced Neuroevolution (Page 1483)
Gene Sher (University of Central Florida)

A Novel Heuristic Generator for JSSP Using a Tree-Based Representation of Dispatching Rules (Page 1485)
Kevin Sim (Edinburgh Napier University)

Emma Hart (Edinburgh Napier University)

Pyramidal Neural Networks with Variable Receptive Fields Designed by Genetic Algorithms (Page 1487)
Alessandra M. Soares (University of Pernambuco)

Bruno J. T. Fernandes (University of Pernambuco)

Carmelo J. A. Bastos-Filho (University of Pernambuco)

A Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization for Solving Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (Page 1489)
Thiago Muniz Stehling (CEFET/MG)

Sérgios Ricardo De Sousa (CEFET/MG)

Moacir F. De França Filho (CEFET/MG)

Evolutionary Search for an Accurate Contour Segmentation in Histopathological Images (Page 1491)
Catalin Stoean (University of Craiova)

Ruxandra Stoean (University of Craiova)

Adrian Sandita (University of Craiova)

Cristian Mesina (University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova)

Corina Lavinia Gruia (Emergency County Hospital)

Daniela Ciobanu (University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova)

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A Note on Multi-Funnel Functions for Expensive Optimization Scenario (Page 1493)
Ryoji Tanabe (The University of Tokyo)

An Effective Approach for Adapting the Size of Subcomponents in Large-Scale Optimization with Cooperative Coevolution (Page 1495)
Giuseppe A. Trunfio (University of Sassari)

A Grid-facilitated AIS-based Network Scheme for Many (Page 1497)
Wilburn W. P. Tsang (The University of Hong Kong)

Henry Y. K. Lau (The University of Hong Kong)

Recurrent Cartesian Genetic Programming Applied to Series Forecasting (Page 1499)
Andrew James Turner (The University of York)

Julian Francis Miller (The University of York)

Automatic Tuning of Standard PSO Versions (Page 1501)
Roberto Ugolotti (The University of Parma)

Stefano Cagnoni (The University of Parma)

Multi-Modal Employee Routing with Time Windows in an Urban Environment (Page 1503)
Neil Urquhart (Edinburgh Napier University)

Emma Hart (Edinburgh Napier University)

Alistair Judson (Edinburgh Napier University)

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Evolutionary Approximation of Complex Digital Circuits (Page 1505)
Zdenek Vasicek (Brno University of Technology)

Lukas Sekanina (Brno University of Technology)

Classifying Maritime Vessels from Satellite Imagery with HyperNEAT (Page 1507)
Phillip Verbancsics (Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific)

Josh Harguess (Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific)

Impact of Speciation Heuristic on Crossover and Search in NEAT (Page 1509)
Phillip Verbancsics (Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific)

Dimensionality Reduction in Many-Objective Problems Combining PCA and Spectral Clustering (Page 1511)
Christian von Lücken (Universidad Nacional de Asunción)

Hugo Monzón (Universidad Nacional de Asunción)

Carlos Brizuela (CICESE Research Center)

Benjamín Barán (Universidad Nacional de Asunción)

Crowdseeding Robot Design (Page 1513)
Mark D. Wagy (University of Vermont)

Josh C. Bongard (University of Vermont)

A Dimension-Decreasing Particle Swarm Optimization Method for Portfolio Optimization (Page 1515)
Jia-bin Wang (Sun Yat-sen University & Ministry of Education)

Wei-Neng Chen (Sun Yat-sen University, Ministry of Education, & Collaborative Innovation Center of High Performance Computing)

Jun Zhang (Sun Yat-sen University, Ministry of Education, & Collaborative Innovation Center of High Performance Computing)

Ying Lin (Ministry of Education & Sun Yat-sen University)

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Efficient Sampling with Small Populations: A Genetic Algorithm Satisfying Detailed Balance (Page 1517)
Chris Watkins (Royal Holloway, University of London)

Yvonne Buttkewitz (Royal Holloway, University of London)

Software System for Container Vessel Stowage Planning Using Genetic Algorithm (Page 1519)
Miri Weiss Cohen (Braude College of Engineering)

Adi Dahan (Braude College of Engineering)

Izzik Kaspi (Braude College of Engineering)

The Programming Game: Evaluating MCTS as an Alternative to GP for Symbolic Regression (Page 1521)
David R. White (University of Glasgow)

Shin Yoo (University College London)

Jeremy Singer (University of Glasgow)

Enable the XCS to Dynamically Learn Multiple Problems: A Sensor Tagging Approach (Page 1523)
Yao-Ming Wu (National Chiao Tung University)

Liang-Yu Chen (National Chiao Tung University)

Po-Ming Lee (National Chiao Tung University)

Tzu-Chien Hsiao (National Chiao Tung University)

Complete Multi-Objective Coverage with PaCcET (Page 1525)
Logan Yliniemi (Oregon State University)

Kagan Tumer (Oregon State University)

Model Selection and Overfitting in Genetic Programming: Empirical Study (Page 1527)
Jan Žegklitz (Czech Technical University in Prague)

Petr Pošík (Czech Technical University in Prague)