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GECCO'15 Proceedings Table of Contents

Welcome from the General Chair
Anna Isabel Esparcia Alcázar (Universitat Politčcnica de Valčncia)

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

Tracks
Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization
Artificial Immune Systems and Artificial Chemistries Genetic Algorithms
Artificial Life/Robotics/Evolvable Hardware Generative and Developmental Systems
Biological and Biomedical Applications Genetic Programming
Continuous Optimization Integrative Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
Digital Entertainment Technologies and Arts Parallel Evolutionary Systems
Evolutionary Combinatorial Optimization and Metaheuristics Real World Applications
Estimation of Distribution Algorithms Search-Based Software Engineering and Self-* Search
Evolutionary Machine Learning Theory
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TRACK: Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence

An Improved Collaborative Filtering Recommendation Algorithm Based on Community Detection in Social Networks (Page 1)
Cen Cao (Southeast University)

Qingjian Ni (Southeast University)

Yuqing Zhai (Southeast University)

Parameter Estimation in Bayesian Networks Using Overlapping Swarm Intelligence (Page 9)
Nathan Fortier (Montana State University)

John Sheppard (Montana State University)

Shane Strasser (Montana State University)

Robustness of Ant Colony Optimization to Noise (Page 17)
Tobias Friedrich (Hasso Plattner Institute)

Timo Kötzing (Hasso Plattner Institute)

Martin S. Krejca (Hasso Plattner Institute)

Andrew M. Sutton (Hasso Plattner Institute)

The Effect of Quantum and Charged Particles on the Performance of the Dynamic Vector-Evaluated Particle Swarm Optimisation Algorithm (Page 25)
Mardé Helbig (University of Pretoria)

Andries P. Engelbrecht (University of Pretoria)

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Enhancing IACO? Local Search by Mtsls1-BFGS for Continuous Global Optimization (Page 33)
Udit Kumar (Indian Institute of Technology)

Jayadeva (Indian Institute of Technology)

Sumit Soman (Indian Institute of Technology)

An Ant Colony Optimizing Algorithm Based on Scheduling Preference for Maximizing Working Time of Wireless Sensor Networks (Page 41)
Yu Liu (Sun Yat-sen University & Ministry of Education)

Wei-Neng Chen (Sun Yat-sen University & Ministry of Education)
Xiao-Min Hu (Sun Yat-sen University & Ministry of Education)
Jun Zhang (Sun Yat-sen University & Ministry of Education)

An Ant Colony Optimization Based Memetic Algorithm for the Dynamic Travelling Salesman Problem (Page 49)
Michalis Mavrovouniotis (De Montfort University)

Felipe Martins Müller (Federal University of Santa Maria)

Shengxiang Yang (De Montfort University)

Particle Swarm Optimization Based on Linear Assignment Problem Transformations (Page 57)
Luis Miguel Antonio (CINVESTAV-IPN)

Carlos A. Coello Coello (CINVESTAV-IPN)

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Evolutionary Inheritance Mechanisms for Multi-Criteria Decision Making in Multi-agent Systems (Page 65)
Ruby L. V. Moritz (University of Leipzig)

Martin Middendorf (University of Leipzig)

The Impact of Centrality on Individual and Collective Performance in Social Problem-Solving Systems (Page 73)
Diego Noble (UFRGS)

Felipe Grando (UFRGS)

Ricardo M. Araújo (UFPel)

Luis C. Lamb (UFRGS)

Input-to-State Stability Analysis on Particle Swarm Optimization (Page 81)
Daqing Yi (Brigham Young University)

Kevin D. Seppi (Brigham Young University)

Michael A. Goodrich (Brigham Young University)

A Set-based Comprehensive Learning Particle Swarm Optimization with Decomposition for Multiobjective Traveling Salesman Problem (Page 89)
Xue Yu (Sun Yat-sen University & Ministry of Education)

Wei-Neng Chen (Sun Yat-sen University & Ministry of Education)

Xiao-Min Hu (Sun Yat-sen University & Ministry of Education)

Jun Zhang (Sun Yat-sen University & Ministry of Education)

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TRACK: Artificial Immune Systems and Artificial Chemistries

An Immuno-inspired Approach Towards Sentence Generation (Page 97)
Samir Kr Borgohain (National Institute of Technology Silchar)

Shivashankar B. Nair (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati)

Distinguishing Adaptive Search from Random Search in Robots and T Cells (Page 105)
George M. Fricke (University of New Mexico)

Sarah R. Black (University of New Mexico)

Joshua P. Hecker (University of New Mexico)

Judy L. Cannon (University of New Mexico)

Melanie E. Moses (University of New Mexico)

Securing the Internet of Things with Responsive Artificial Immune Systems (Page 113)
Julie Greensmith (University of Nottingham)

RAISTTP Revisited to Solve Relaxed Travel Tournament Problem (Page 121)
Elizabeth Montero (Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa María)

Maria-Cristina Riff (Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria)

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TRACK: Artificial Life/Robotics/Evolvable Hardware

Evolving Robot Morphology Facilitates the Evolution of Neural Modularity and Evolvability (Page 129)
Josh C. Bongard (University of Vermont)

Anton Bernatskiy (University of Vermont)

Ken Livingston (Vassar College)

Nicholas Livingston (Vassar College)

John Long (Vassar College)

Marc Smith (Vassar College)

Enhancing a Model-Free Adaptive Controller Through Evolutionary Computation (Page 137)
Anthony J. Clark (Michigan State University)

Philip K. McKinley (Michigan State University)

Xiaobo Tan (Michigan State University)

Novelty-Based Evolutionary Design of Morphing Underwater Robots (Page 145)
Francesco Corucci (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna)

Marcello Calisti (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna)

Helmut Hauser (University of Bristol)

Cecilia Laschi (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna)

The Effect of Fitness Function Design on Performance in Evolutionary Robotics: The Influence of a Priori Knowledge (Page 153)
Mohammad Divband Soorati (University of Paderborn)

Heiko Hamann (University of Paderborn)

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Decentralized Innovation Marking for Neural Controllers in Embodied Evolution (Page 161)
Ińaki Fernández Pérez (University of Lorraine)

Amine Boumaza (University of Lorraine)

François Charpillet (INRIA)

Improving Survivability in Environment-driven Distributed Evolutionary Algorithms through Explicit Relative Fitness and Fitness Proportionate Communication (Page 169)
Emma Hart (Edinburgh Napier University)

Andreas Steyven (Edinburgh Napier University)

Ben Paechter (Edinburgh Napier University)

Three-fold Adaptivity in Groups of Robots: The Effect of Social Learning (Page 177)
Jacqueline Heinerman (VU University)

Dexter Drupsteen (University of Amsterdam)

A.E. Eiben (VU University & University of Amsterdam)

Finding a Mate with No Social Skills (Page 185)
Chris Marriott (University of Washington)

Jobran Chebib (University of Zürich)

Novelty Search for Soft Robotic Space Exploration (Page 193)
Georgios Methenitis (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica)

Daniel Hennes (European Space Agency)

Dario Izzo (European Space Agency)

Arnoud Visser (University of Amsterdam)

An Embodied Approach for Evolving Robust Visual Classifiers (Page 201)
Karol Zieba (University of Vermont)

Josh Bongard (University of Vermont)

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TRACK: Biological and Biomedical Applications

An Analysis of Integration of Hill Climbing in Crossover and Mutation Operation for EEG Signal Classification (Page 209)
Arpit Bhardwaj (Indian Institute of Technology Indore)

Aruna Tiwari (Indian Institute of Technology Indore)

M. Vishaal Varma (Indian Institute of Technology Indore)

M. Ramesh Krishna (Indian Institute of Technology Indore)

Evolution Strategies for Exploring Protein Energy Landscapes (Page 217)
Rudy Clausen (George Mason University)

Emmanuel Sapin (George Mason University)

Kenneth De Jong (George Mason University)

Amarda Shehu (George Mason University)

Metabolic Design and Engineering Through Ant Colony Optimization (Page 225)
Stephen Lincoln (University of Connecticut)

Ian Rogers (University of Connecticut)

Ranjan Srivastava (University of Connecticut)

Evolutionary Optimization of Cancer Treatments in a Cancer Stem Cell Context (Page 233)
Ángel Monteagudo (University of A Coruńa)

José Santos (University of A Coruńa)

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TRACK: Continuous Optimization

A Repair Method for Differential Evolution with Combined Variants to Solve Dynamic Constrained Optimization Problems (Page 241)
María-Yaneli Ameca-Alducin (University of Veracruz)

Efrén Mezura-Montes (University of Veracruz)

Nicandro Cruz-Ramírez (University of Veracruz)

Towards an Augmented Lagrangian Constraint Handling Approach for the (1+1)-ES (Page 249)
Dirk V. Arnold (Dalhousie University)

Jeremy Porter (Dalhousie University)

Global Line Search Algorithm Hybridized with Quadratic Interpolation and Its Extension to Separable Functions (Page 257)
Petr Baudiš (Czech Technical University in Prague)

Petr Pošík (Czech Technical University in Prague)

Detecting Funnel Structures by Means of Exploratory Landscape Analysis (Page 265)
Pascal Kerschke (University of Münster)

Mike Preuss (TU Dortmund)

Simon Wessing (TU Dortmund)

Heike Trautmann (University of Münster)

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A New Repair Method for Constrained Optimization (Page 273)
Patrick Koch (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)

Samineh Bagheri (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)

Wolfgang Konen (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)

Christophe Foussette (divis intelligent solutions, GmbH)

Peter Krause (divis intelligent solutions, GmbH)

Thomas Bäck (Leiden University, LIACS)

A CMA-ES with Multiplicative Covariance Matrix Updates (Page 281)
Oswin Krause (University of Copenhagen)

Tobias Glasmachers (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

Dichotomy Guided Based Parameter Adaptation for Differential Evolution (Page 289)
Xiao-Fang Liu (Sun Yat-sen University, Ministry of Education, & National University of Defense Technology)

Zhi-Hui Zhan (Sun Yat-sen University, Ministry of Education, & National University of Defense Technology)
Jun Zhang (Sun Yat-sen University, Ministry of Education, & National University of Defense Technology)

Towards an Analysis of Self-Adaptive Evolution Strategies on the Noisy Ellipsoid Model: Progress Rate and Self-Adaptation Response (Page 297)
Alexander Melkozerov (Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics)

Hans-Georg Beyer (Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences)

Sample Reuse in the Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Strategy Based on Importance Sampling (Page 305)
Shinichi Shirakawa (University of Tsukuba)

Youhei Akimoto (Shinshu University)

Kazuki Ouchi (Aoyama Gakuin University)

Kouzou Ohara (Aoyama Gakuin University)

Extended Differential Grouping for Large Scale Global Optimization with Direct and Indirect Variable Interactions (Page 313)
Yuan Sun (The University of Melbourne)

Michael Kirley (The University of Melbourne)

Saman K. Halgamuge (The University of Melbourne)

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TRACK: Digital Entertainment Technologies and Arts

Interactively Evolving Compositional Sound Synthesis Networks (Page 321)
Björn Jónsson (IT University of Copenhagen)

Amy K. Hoover (University of Malta)

Sebastian Risi (IT University of Copenhagen)

Darwin's Avatars: A Novel Combination of Gameplay and Procedural Content Generation (Page 329)
Dan Lessin (ITU Copenhagen)

Sebastian Risi (ITU Copenhagen)

Open Loop Search for General Video Game Playing (Page 337)
Diego Perez (Otto von Guericke University)

Jens Dieskau (Otto von Guericke University)

Martin Hünermund (Otto von Guericke University)

Sanaz Mostaghim (Otto von Guericke University)

Simon Lucas (Otto von Guericke University)

Solving Interleaved and Blended Sequential Decision-Making Problems through Modular Neuroevolution (Page 345)
Jacob Schrum (Southwestern University)

Risto Miikkulainen (The University of Texas at Austin)

Controlling Crowd Simulations Using Neuro-Evolution (Page 353)
Sunrise Wang (University of Cape Town)

James E. Gain (University of Cape Town)

Geoff S. Nistchke (University of Cape Town)

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TRACK: Evolutionary Combinatorial Optimization and Metaheuristics

Hyperheuristics Based on Parametrized Metaheuristic Schemes (Page 361)
José-Matías Cutillas-Lozano (Universidad de Murcia)

Domingo Giménez (Universidad de Murcia)

Francisco Almeida (Universidad de La Laguna)

Global vs Local Search on Multi-Objective NK-Landscapes: Contrasting the Impact of Problem Features (Page 369)
Fabio Daolio (Shinshu University)

Arnaud Liefooghe (Université de Lille)

Sébastien Verel (Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale)

Hernán Aguirre (Shinshu University)

Kiyoshi Tanaka (Shinshu University)

On the Empirical Scaling Behaviour of State-of-the-art Local Search Algorithms for the Euclidean TSP (Page 377)
Jérémie Dubois-Lacoste (Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), IRIDIA)

Holger H. Hoos (University of British Columbia)

Thomas Stützle (Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), IRIDIA)

Approximate Approaches to the Traveling Thief Problem (Page 385)
Hayden Faulkner (University of Adelaide)

Sergey Polyakovskiy (University of Adelaide)

Tom Schultz (University of Adelaide)

Markus Wagner (University of Adelaide)

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A Genetic Algorithm for Scheduling Electric Vehicle Charging (Page 393)
Jorge García-Álvarez (University of Oviedo)

Miguel A. González (University of Oviedo)

Camino R. Vela (University of Oviedo)

Predicting Heuristic Search Performance with PageRank Centrality in Local Optima Networks (Page 401)
Sebastian Herrmann (University of Mainz)

Franz Rothlauf (University of Mainz)

Generator Start-up Sequences Optimization for Network Restoration Using Genetic Algorithm and Simulated Annealing (Page 409)
Paul Kaufmann (University of Paderborn)

Cong Shen (University of Kassel)

A Sequence-based Selection Hyper-heuristic Utilising a Hidden Markov Model (Page 417)
Ahmed Kheiri (University of Exeter)

Ed Keedwell (University of Exeter)

Evaluation of a Multi-Objective EA on Benchmark Instances for Dynamic Routing of a Vehicle (Page 425)
Stephan Meisel (University of Münster)

Christian Grimme (University of Münster)

Jakob Bossek (University of Münster)

Martin Wölck (University of Münster)

Günter Rudolph (TU Dortmund University)

Heike Trautmann (University of Münster)

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A Dispatching Rule Based Genetic Algorithm for Order Acceptance and Scheduling (Page 433)
Su Nguyen (International University)

Mengjie Zhang (Victoria University of Wellington)

Kay Chen Tan (National University of Singapore)

Minimizing Regular Objectives for Blocking Permutation Flow Shop Scheduling: Heuristic Approaches (Page 441)
Nouha Nouri (University of Tunis)

Talel Ladhari (Umm Al-Qura University)

Tunnelling Crossover Networks (Page 449)
Gabriela Ochoa (University of Stirling)

Francisco Chicano (University of Málaga)

Renato Tinós (University of Săo Paulo)

Darrell Whitley (Colorado State University)

Fighting the Symmetries: The Structure of Cryptographic Boolean Function Spaces (Page 457)
Stjepan Picek (University of Zagreb)

Robert I. McKay (Seoul National University & Korea and Australian National University)

Roberto Santana (University of the Basque Country)

Tom D. Gedeon (Australian National University)

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On the Impact of Local Search Operators and Variable Neighbourhood Search for the Generalized Travelling Salesperson Problem (Page 465)
Mojgan Pourhassan (The University of Adelaide)

Frank Neumann (The University of Adelaide)

Towards the User Equilibrium in Traffic Assignment Using GRASP with Path Relinking (Page 473)
Gabriel de O. Ramos (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)

Ana L. C. Bazzan (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)

Guiding Evolutionary Search with Association Rules for Solving Weighted CSPs (Page 481)
Madalina Raschip (University of Neuchâtel)

Cornelius Croitoru (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi)

Kilian Stoffel (University of Neuchatel)

A Novel Diversity-Based Evolutionary Algorithm for the Traveling Salesman Problem (Page 489)
Carlos Segura (Center for Research in Mathematics A.C.)

Salvador Botello Rionda (Center for Research in Mathematics A.C.)

Arturo Hernández Aguirre (Center for Research in Mathematics A.C.)

S. Ivvan Valdez Peńa (Center for Research in Mathematics A.C.)

A Visual Method for Analysis and Comparison of Search Landscapes (Page 497)
Sebastian Volke (Leipzig University)

Dirk Zeckzer (Leipzig University)

Gerik Scheuermann (Leipzig University)

Martin Middendorf (Leipzig University)

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TRACK: Estimation of Distribution Algorithms

Kernels of Mallows Models for Solving Permutation-Based Problems (Page 505)
Josu Ceberio (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)

Simplified Runtime Analysis of Estimation of Distribution Algorithms (Page 513)
Duc-Cuong Dang (University of Nottingham)

Per Kristian Lehre (University of Nottingham)

Optimization by Pairwise Linkage Detection, Incremental Linkage Set, and Restricted / Back Mixing: DSMGA-II (Page 519)
Shih-Huan Hsu (National Taiwan University)

Tian-Li Yu (National Taiwan University)

An Estimation of Distribution Algorithm Based on the Natural Gradient and the Boltzmann Distribution (Page 527)
Ignacio Segovia-Domínguez (Center for Research in Mathematics)

Arturo Hernández-Aguirre (Center for Research in Mathematics)

Theoretical Perspective of Convergence Complexity of Evolutionary Algorithms Adopting Optimal Mixing (Page 535)
Yu-Fan Tung (National Taiwan University)

Tian-Li Yu (National Taiwan University)

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TRACK: Evolutionary Machine Learning

Ant Colony and Surrogate Tree-Structured Models for Orderings-Based Bayesian Network Learning (Page 543)
Juan I. Alonso-Barba (University of Castilla-La Mancha)

Luis de la Ossa (University of Castilla-La Mancha)

Olivier Regnier-Coudert (Robert Gordon University)

John McCall (Robert Gordon University)

José A. Gámez (University of Castilla-La Mancha)

José M. Puerta (University of Castilla-La Mancha)

Genetically-Regulated Neuromodulation Facilitates Multi-Task Reinforcement Learning (Page 551)
Sylvain Cussat-Blanc (University of Toulouse)

Kyle I.S. Harrington (Harvard Medical School)

Simpler is Better: A Novel Genetic Algorithm to Induce Compact Multi-Label Chain Classifiers (Page 559)
Eduardo C. Gonçalves (Universidade Federal Fluminense)

Alexandre Plastino (Universidade Federal Fluminense)

Alex A. Freitas (University of Kent at Canterbury)

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High-Dimensional Function Approximation for Knowledge-Free Reinforcement Learning: A Case Study in SZ-Tetris (Page 567)
Wojciech Jaśkowski (Poznan University of Technology)

Marcin Szubert (Poznan University of Technology)

Paweł Liskowski (Poznan University of Technology)

Krzysztof Krawiec (Poznan University of Technology)

Subspace Clustering Using Evolvable Genome Structure (Page 575)
Sergio Peignier (Université de Lyon, INSA-Lyon, CNRS, INRIA)

Christophe Rigotti (Université de Lyon, INSA-Lyon, CNRS, INRIA)

Guillaume Beslon (Université de Lyon, INSA-Lyon, CNRS, INRIA)

Multiple Imputation for Missing Data Using Genetic Programming (Page 583)
Cao Truong Tran (Victoria University of Wellington)

Mengjie Zhang (Victoria University of Wellington)

Peter Andreae (Victoria University of Wellington)

Retooling Fitness for Noisy Problems in a Supervised Michigan-style Learning Classifier System (Page 591)
Ryan J. Urbanowicz (University of Pennsylvania)

Jason H. Moore (University of Pennsylvania)

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TRACK: Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization

A PSO Approach to Semivectorial Bilevel Programming: Pessimistic, Optimistic and Deceiving Solutions (Page 599)
Maria Joăo Alves (University of Coimbra / INESC Coimbra)

Carlos Henggeler Antunes (University of Coimbra / INESC Coimbra)

Pedro Carrasqueira (INESC Coimbra)

Characterizing Pareto Front Approximations in Many-Objective Optimization (Page 607)
Md Asafuddoula (University of New South Wales)

Tapabrata Ray (University of New South Wales)

Hemant Kumar Singh (University of New South Wales)

Multi-objective Optimization with Dynamic Constraints and Objectives: New Challenges for Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 615)
Radhia Azzouz (University of Tunis)

Slim Bechikh (University of Tunis)

Lamjed Ben Said (University of Tunis)

Finding the Trade-off Between Robustness and Worst-case Quality (Page 623)
Juergen Branke (University of Warwick)

Ke Lu (University of Warwick)

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Obtaining Optimal Pareto Front Approximations Using Scalarized Preference Information (Page 631)
Marlon Braun (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Pradyumn Kumar Shukla (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Hartmut Schmeck (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Benchmarking Numerical Multiobjective Optimizers Revisited (Page 639)
Dimo Brockhoff (Inria Lille - Nord Europe)

Thanh-Do Tran (Inria Lille - Nord Europe)

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

Fast Implementation of the Steady-State NSGA-LI Algorithm for Two Dimensions Based on Incremental Non-Dominated Sorting (Page 647)
Maxim Buzdalov (ITMO University)

Ilya Yakupov (ITMO University)

Andrey Stankevich (ITMO University)

An Approach to Mitigating Unwanted Interactions between Search Operators in Multi-Objective Optimization (Page 655)
Chad M. Byers (Michigan State University)

Betty H. C. Cheng (Michigan State University)

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MOEA/VAN: Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm Based on Vector Angle Neighborhood (Page 663)
Roman Denysiuk (University of Minho)

Lino Costa (University of Minho)

Isabel Espírito Santo (University of Minho)

Greedy Hypervolume Subset Selection in the Three-Objective Case (Page 671)
Andreia P. Guerreiro (University of Coimbra)

Carlos M. Fonseca (University of Coimbra)

Luís Paquete (University of Coimbra)

Improved Metaheuristic Based on the R2 Indicator for Many-Objective Optimization (Page 679)
Raquel Hernández Gómez (CINVESTAV-IPN)

Carlos A. Coello Coello (CINVESTAV-IPN)

Parallel Multi-Objective Evolutionary Design of Approximate Circuits (Page 687)
Radek Hrbacek (Brno University of Technology)

A Study on Performance Evaluation Ability of a Modified Inverted Generational Distance Indicator (Page 695)
Hisao Ishibuchi (Osaka Prefecture University)

Hiroyuki Masuda (Osaka Prefecture University)

Yusuke Nojima (Osaka Prefecture University)

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A Performance Comparison Indicator for Pareto Front Approximations in Many-Objective Optimization (Page 703)
Miqing Li (Brunel University London)

Shengxiang Yang (De Montfort University)

Xiaohui Liu (Brunel University London)

Improving Robustness of Stopping Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithms by Simultaneously Monitoring Objective and Decision Space (Page 711)
Md Shahriar Mahbub (Fondazione Bruno Kessler & University of Trento)

Tobias Wagner (TU Dortmund)

Luigi Crema (Fondazione Bruno Kessler)

On Maintaining Diversity in MOEA/D: Application to a Biobjective Combinatorial FJSP (Page 719)
Juan José Palacios Alonso (University of Oviedo)

Bilel Derbel (Université Lille 1, CRIStAL (CNRS UMR 9189), Inria Lille Nord Europe)

Incorporating User Preferences in MOEA/D through the Coevolution of Weights (Page 727)
Martin Pilat (Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics)

Roman Neruda (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)

Analysis of Objectives Relationships in Multiobjective Problems Using Trade-Off Region Maps (Page 735)
Rodrigo L. Pinheiro (University of Nottingham)

Dario Landa-Silva (University of Nottingham)

Jason Atkin (University of Nottingham)

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A New Framework for Self-adapting Control Parameters in Multi-objective Optimization (Page 743)
Xin Qiu (National University of Singapore)

Weinan Xu (National University of Singapore)

Jian-Xin Xu (National University of Singapore)

Kay Chen Tan (National University of Singapore)

Multi-Objective BDD Optimization with Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 751)
Saeideh Shirinzadeh (University of Bremen)

Mathias Soeken (University of Bremen / DFKI GmbH)

Rolf Drechsler (University of Bremen / DFKI GmbH)

Empirical Study of Multi-objective Ant Colony Optimization to Software Project Scheduling Problems (Page 759)
Jing Xiao (South China Normal University)

Mei-Ling Gao (South China Normal University)

Min-Mei Huang (South China Normal University)

Improved Sampling of Decision Space for Pareto Estimation (Page 767)
Yiming Yan (University of Sheffield)

Ioannis Giagkiozis (University of Sheffield)

Peter J. Fleming (University of Sheffield)

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An Experimental Investigation of Variation Operators in Reference-Point Based Many-Objective Optimization (Page 775)
Yuan Yuan (Tsinghua University)

Hua Xu (Tsinghua University)

Bo Wang (Tsinghua University)

Injecting CMA-ES into MOEA/D (Page 783)
Saúl Zapotecas-Martínez (Shinshu University)

Bilel Derbel (Inria Lille Nord-Europe)

Arnaud Liefooghe (Inria Lille Nord-Europe)

Dimo Brockhoff (Inria Lille Nord-Europe)

Hernán E. Aguirre (Shinshu University)

Kiyoshi Tanaka (Shinshu University)

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TRACK: Genetic Algorithms

A Tensor Analysis Improved Genetic Algorithm for Online Bin Packing (Page 799)
Shahriar Asta (University of Nottingham)

Ender Özcan (University of Nottingham)

A Genetic Algorithm to Solve a Real 2-D Cutting Stock Problem with Setup Cost in the Paper Industry (Page 807)
Stéphane Bonnevay (University of Lyon)

Philippe Aubertin (AXOPEN)

Gérald Gavin (University of Lyon)

Money for Nothing: Speeding Up Evolutionary Algorithms Through Better Initialization (Page 815)
Axel de Perthuis de Laillevault (École Polytechnique & Université Paris-Saclay)

Benjamin Doerr (École Polytechnique & Université Paris-Saclay)

Carola Doerr (CNRS & Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6))

A Genetic Algorithm for Searching the Shortest Lattice Vector of SVP Challenge (Page 823)
Dan Ding (Tsinghua University)

Guizhen Zhu (Communication Science and Technology Research Institute)

Xiaoyun Wang (Tsinghua University)

Solving Problems with Unknown Solution Length at (Almost) No Extra Cost (Page 831)
Benjamin Doerr (École Polytechnique & Université Paris-Saclay)

Carola Doerr (CNRS & Université Pierre et Marie Curie)

Timo Kötzing (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena)

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Elitist Black-Box Models: Analyzing the Impact of Elitist Selection on the Performance of Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 839)
Carola Doerr (CNRS & Université Pierre et Marie Curie)

Johannes Lengler (ETH Zürich)

Reconstructing Cross-Cut Shredded Text Documents: A Genetic Algorithm with Splicing-Driven Reproduction (Page 847)
Yong-Feng Ge (Sun Yat-sen University & Ministry of Education)

Yue-Jiao Gong (Sun Yat-sen University & Ministry of Education)

Wei-Jie Yu (Ministry of Education & Sun Yat-sen University)

Xiao-Min Hu (Ministry of Education & Sun Yat-sen University)

Jun Zhang (Sun Yat-sen University & Ministry of Education)

Gray-Box Optimization Using the Parameter-less Population Pyramid (Page 855)
Brian W. Goldman (Michigan State University)

William F. Punch (Michigan State University)

Adaptive Control of Parameter-Less Population Pyramid on the Local Distribution of Inferior Individuals (Page 863)
Kazuyuki Inoue (Osaka Prefecture University)

Taku Hasegawa (Osaka Prefecture University)

Yuta Araki (Osaka Prefecture University)

Naoki Mori (Osaka Prefecture University)

Keinosuke Matsumoto (Osaka Prefecture University)

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Evolutionary Bilevel Optimization for Complex Control Tasks (Page 871)
Jason Liang (University of Texas at Austin)

Risto Miikkulainen (University of Texas at Austin)

A New Perspective on Channel Allocation in WLAN: Considering the Total Marginal Utility of the Connections for the Users (Page 879)
Thiago A. Luiz (Federal University of Ouro Preto)

Alan R. R. Freitas (Federal University of Ouro Preto)

Frederico G. Guimarăes (Federal University of Minas Gerais)

Parasite Diversity in Symbiogenetic Multiset Genetic Algorithm - Optimization of Large Binary Problems (Page 887)
António Manso (Instituto Politécnico de Tomar & Faculdade de Cięncias da Universidade de Lisboa)

Luís M. P. Correia (Faculdade de Cięncias da Universidade de Lisboa)

An Empirical Analysis on Dimensionality in Cellular Genetic Algorithms (Page 895)
Alicia Morales-Reyes (Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica)

Hugo Jair Escalante (Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica)

Martin Letras (Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica)

Rene Cumplido (Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica)

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Maintaining 2-Approximations for the Dynamic Vertex Cover Problem Using Evolutionary Algorithms (Page 903)
Mojgan Pourhassan (The University of Adelaide)

Wanru Gao (The University of Adelaide)

Frank Neumann (The University of Adelaide)

A Clustering-Based Model-Building EA for Optimization Problems with Binary and Real-Valued Variables (Page 911)
Krzysztof L. Sadowski (Utrecht University)

Peter A. N. Bosman (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica)
Dirk Thierens (Utrecht University)

A Biased Random-key Genetic Algorithm for Placement of Virtual Machines across Geo-Separated Data Centers (Page 919)
Fernando Stefanello (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)

Vaneet Aggarwal (Purdue University)

Luciana S. Buriol (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)

José F. Gonçalves (Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto)

Mauricio G. C. Resende (Amazon.com)

Mk Landscapes, NK Landscapes, MAX-kSAT: A Proof that the Only Challenging Problems are Deceptive (Page 927)
Darrell Whitley (Colorado State University)

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TRACK: Generative and Developmental Systems

Evolving Soft Robots in Tight Spaces (Page 935)
Nick Cheney (Cornell University)

Josh C. Bongard (University of Vermont)

Hod Lipson (Cornell University)

Devising Effective Novelty Search Algorithms: A Comprehensive Empirical Study (Page 943)
Jorge Gomes (Universidade de Lisboa, BioISI)

Pedro Mariano (Universidade de Lisboa, BioISI)

Anders Lyhne Christensen (Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL))

Enhancing Divergent Search through Extinction Events (Page 951)
Joel Lehman (University of Texas at Austin)

Risto Miikkulainen (University of Texas at Austin)

Innovation Engines: Automated Creativity and Improved Stochastic Optimization via Deep Learning (Page 959)
Anh Nguyen (University of Wyoming)

Jason Yosinski (Cornell University)

Jeff Clune (University of Wyoming)

Confronting the Challenge of Quality Diversity (Page 967)
Justin K. Pugh (University of Central Florida)

L. B. Soros (University of Central Florida)

Paul A. Szerlip (University of Central Florida)

Kenneth O. Stanley (University of Central Florida)

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TRACK: Genetic Programming

Evolutionary Image Descriptor: A Dynamic Genetic Programming Representation for Feature Extraction (Page 975)
Harith Al-Sahaf (Victoria University of Wellington)

Mengjie Zhang (Victoria University of Wellington)

Mark Johnston (Victoria University of Wellington)

Building Predictive Models via Feature Synthesis (Page 983)
Ignacio Arnaldo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

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

Kalyan Veeramachaneni (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

An Efficient Structural Diversity Technique for Genetic Programming (Page 991)
Armand R. Burks (Michigan State University)

William F. Punch (Michigan State University)

Geometric Semantic Genetic Programming with Local Search (Page 999)
Mauro Castelli (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

Leonardo Trujillo (Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana)

Leonardo Vanneschi (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

Sara Silva (BioISI & University of Lisbon)

Emigdio Z-Flores (Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana)
Pierrick Legrand (Université de Bordeaux, INRIA Bordeaux Sud-Ouest, & IMB)

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Performance Optimization of Multi-Core Grammatical Evolution Generated Parallel Recursive Programs (Page 1007)
Gopinath Chennupati (University of Limerick)

R. Muhammad Atif Azad (University of Limerick)

Conor Ryan (University of Limerick)

A Re-Examination of the Use of Genetic Programming on the Oral Bioavailability Problem (Page 1015)
Grant Dick (University of Otago)

Aysha P. Rimoni (University of Otago)

Peter A. Whigham (University of Otago)

Memetic Semantic Genetic Programming (Page 1023)
Robyn Ffrancon (TAO, INRIA Saclay, University of Paris-Sud)

Marc Schoenauer (TAO, INRIA Saclay, University of Paris-Sud)

Strength through Diversity: Disaggregation and Multi-Objectivisation Approaches for Genetic Programming (Page 1031)
Jonathan E. Fieldsend (University of Exeter)

Alberto Moraglio (University of Exeter)

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General Program Synthesis Benchmark Suite (Page 1039)
Thomas Helmuth (University of Massachusetts)

Lee Spector (Hampshire College)

A GP-Based Video Game Player (Page 1047)
Baozhu Jia (Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald)

Marc Ebner (Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald)

Christian Schack (Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald)

Genetic Programming with Epigenetic Local Search (Page 1055)
William La Cava (University of Massachusetts)

Thomas Helmuth (University of Massachusetts)

Lee Spector (Hampshire College)

Kourosh Danai (University of Massachusetts)

Improving CUDA DNA Analysis Software with Genetic Programming (Page 1063)
William B. Langdon (University College London)

Brian Yee Hong Lam (University of Cambridge)

Justyna Petke (University College London)

Mark Harman (University College London)

Efficient Evolution of High Entropy RNGS Using Single Node Genetic Programming (Page 1071)
Philip Leonard (University of Cambridge)

David Jackson (University of Liverpool)

Impact of Crossover Bias in Genetic Programming (Page 1079)
Nicholas Freitag McPhee (University of Minnesota, Morris)

M. Kirbie Dramdahl (University of Minnesota, Morris)

David Donatucci (University of Minnesota, Morris)

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GEFPSO: A Framework for PSO Optimization Based on Grammatical Evolution (Page 1087)
Péricles B. C. Miranda (Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco)

Ricardo B. C. Prudęncio (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)

Correlation Immunity of Boolean Functions: An Evolutionary Algorithms Perspective (Page 1095)
Stjepan Picek (University of Zagreb)

Claude Carlet (University of Paris XIII & University of Paris VIII)

Domagoj Jakobovic (University of Zagreb)
Julian F. Miller (University of York)
Lejla Batina (Radboud University)

On the Bias of Syntactic Geometric Recombination in Genetic Programming and Grammatical Evolution (Page 1103)
Ann Thorhauer (University of Mainz)

Franz Rothlauf (University of Mainz)

Examining the "Best of Both Worlds" of Grammatical Evolution (Page 1111)
Peter A. Whigham (University of Otago)

Grant Dick (University of Otago)

James Maclaurin (University of Otago)

Caitlin A. Owen (University of Otago)

Using Model Checking Techniques for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Evolutionary Computing in Synthesis of Distributed Fault-Tolerant Programs (Page 1119)
Ling Zhu (Michigan State University)

Sandeep Kulkarni (Michigan State University)

Multiple Objective Vector-Based Genetic Programming Using Human-Derived Primitives (Page 1127)
Jason Zutty (Georgia Tech Research Institute)

Daniel Long (Georgia Tech Research Institute)

Heyward Adams (Georgia Tech Research Institute)

Gisele Bennett (Georgia Tech Research Institute)

Christina Baxter (Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office)

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TRACK: Integrative Genetic and Evolutionary Computation

Evolving Strategies for Social Innovation Games (Page 1135)
Erkin Bahçeci (University of Texas at Austin)

Riitta Katila (Stanford University)

Risto Miikkulainen (University of Texas at Austin)

Knowledge Transfer from Keepaway Soccer to Half-field Offense through Program Symbiosis: Building Simple Programs for a Complex Task (Page 1143)
Stephen Kelly (Dalhousie University)

Malcolm I. Heywood (Dalhousie University)

A Local Search Approach to Genetic Programming for Binary Classification (Page 1151)
Emigdio Z-Flores (Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana)

Leonardo Trujillo (Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana)

Oliver Schütze (CINVESTAV-IPN)

Pierrick Legrand (Université of Bordeaux & INRIA Bordeaux)

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TRACK: Parallel Evolutionary Systems

Fast Knowledge Discovery in Time Series with GPGPU on Genetic Programming (Page 1159)
Sungjoo Ha (Seoul National University)

Byung-Ro Moon (Seoul National University)

Injection, Saturation and Feedback in Meta-Heuristic Interactions (Page 1167)
Krzysztof Nowak (European Space Agency)

Dario Izzo (European Space Agency)

Daniel Hennes (European Space Agency)

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TRACK: Real World Applications

A Model with Evolutionary Covariance-based Learning for High-Frequency Financial Forecasting (Page 1175)
Ricardo de A. Araújo (Federal Institute of Sertăo Pernambucano & Federal University of Pernambuco)

Adriano L. I. Oliveira (Federal University of Pernambuco)
Silvio Meira (Federal University of Pernambuco)

Evolutionary Learning of Syntax Patterns for Genic Interaction Extraction (Page 1183)
Alberto Bartoli (University of Trieste)

Andrea De Lorenzo (University of Trieste)

Eric Medvet (University of Trieste)

Fabiano Tarlao (University of Trieste)

Marco Virgolin (University of Trieste)

A Closer Look at Differential Evolution for the Optimal Well Placement Problem (Page 1191)
Grazieli L.C. Carosio (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

Thomas D. Humphries (Oregon State University)

Ronald D. Haynes (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

Colin G. Farquharson (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

An Integrated Approach to Stage 1 Breast Cancer Detection (Page 1199)
Jeannie M. Fitzgerald (University of Limerick)

Conor Ryan (University of Limerick)

David Medernach (University of Limerick)

Krzysztof Krawiec (Poznan University of Technology)

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Evolving Solutions to TSP Variants for Active Space Debris Removal (Page 1207)
Dario Izzo (European Space Agency)

Ingmar Getzner (European Space Agency)

Daniel Hennes (European Space Agency)

Luís Felismino Simőes (VU University Amsterdam)

Finding an Optimal Lego® Brick Layout of Voxelized 3D Object Using a Genetic Algorithm (Page 1215)
Sangyeop Lee (Seoul National University)

Jinhyun Kim (Seoul National University)

Jae Woo Kim (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI))

Byung-Ro Moon (Seoul National University)

On Evolutionary Approaches to Wind Turbine Placement with Geo-Constraints (Page 1223)
Daniel Lückehe (Jade University of Applied Sciences)

Markus Wagner (University of Adelaide)

Oliver Kramer (University of Oldenburg)

Exploiting Linkage Information and Problem-Specific Knowledge in Evolutionary Distribution Network Expansion Planning (Page 1231)
Ngoc Hoang Luong (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI))

Han La Poutré (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI))

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

Selecting Best Investment Opportunities from Stock Portfolios Optimized by a Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm (Page 1239)
Krzysztof Michalak (Wrocław University of Economics)

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Diversity Guided Evolutionary Mining of Hierarchical Process Models (Page 1247)
Thomas Molka (HANA Cloud Computing)

David Redlich (HANA Cloud Computing)

Marc Drobek (HANA Cloud Computing)

Xiao-Jun Zeng (The University of Manchester)

Wasif Gilani (HANA Cloud Computing)

Diversifying Multi-Objective Gradient Techniques and Their Role in Hybrid Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms for Deformable Medical Image Registration (Page 1255)
Kleopatra Pirpinia (Netherlands Cancer Institute)

Tanja Alderliesten (Academic Medical Center)

Jan-Jakob Sonke (Netherlands Cancer Institute)

Marcel van Herk (Netherlands Cancer Institute)

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

Efficient Sampling of PI Controllers in Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization (Page 1263)
Gilberto Reynoso-Meza (Pontifical Catholic University of Parana (PUCPR))

Leandro dos Santos Coelho (Pontifical Catholic University of Parana (PUCPR))

Roberto Z. Freite (Pontifical Catholic University of Parana (PUCPR))

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Using Multi-Objective Artificial Immune Systems to Find Core Collections Based on Molecular Markers (Page 1271)
Shana Schlottfeldt (University of Brasilia)

Maria Emilia M. T. Walter (University of Brasilia)

Jon Timmis (University of York)

André C. P. L. F. Carvalho (University of Sao Paulo)

Mariana P. C. Telles (Federal University of Goias)

José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho (Federal University of Goias)

Genetic Programming for Estimation of Heat Flux Between the Atmosphere and Sea Ice in Polar Regions (Page 1279)
Karolina Stanislawska (Finnish Meteorological Institute)

Krzysztof Krawiec (Poznan University of Technology)

Timo Vihma (Finnish Meteorological Institute)

Smart Mobility Policies with Evolutionary Algorithms: The Adapting Info Panel Case (Page 1287)
Daniel H. Stolfi (University of Malaga)

Enrique Alba (University of Malaga)

A Genetic Programming Approach to Cost-Sensitive Control in Resource Constrained Sensor Systems (Page 1295)
Afsoon Yousefi Zowj (University of Vermont)

Josh C. Bongard (University of Vermont)

Christian Skalka (University of Vermont)

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TRACK: Search-Based Software Engineering and Self-* Search

Extracting Variability-Safe Feature Models from Source Code Dependencies in System Variants (Page 1303)
Wesley K. G. Assunçăo (Technological Federal University of Paraná)

Roberto E. Lopez-Herrejon (Johannes Kepler University Linz)

Lukas Linsbauer (Johannes Kepler University Linz)

Silvia R. Vergilio (Technological Federal University of Paraná)

Alexander Egyed (Johannes Kepler University Linz)

Operator Selection Using Improved Dynamic Multi-Armed Bandit (Page 1311)
Jany Belluz (Ensimag)

Marco Gaudesi (Politecnico di Torino)

Giovanni Squillero (Politecnico di Torino)

Alberto Tonda (INRA)

Learning Feature-Parameter Mappings for Parameter Tuning via the Profile Expected Improvement (Page 1319)
Jakob Bossek (University of Münster)

Bernd Bischl (TU Dortmund)

Tobias Wagner (TU Dortmund)

Günter Rudolph (TU Dortmund)

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Reducing Energy Consumption Using Genetic Improvement (Page 1327)
Bobby R. Bruce (University College London)

Justyna Petke (University College London)

Mark Harman (University College London)

Optimal Parameter Choices through Self-Adjustment: Applying the 1/5-th Rule in Discrete Settings (Page 1335)
Benjamin Doerr (École Polytechnique & Université Paris-Saclay)

Carola Doerr (CNRS & Université Pierre et Marie Curie)

A Hyper-Heuristic for the Multi-Objective Integration and Test Order Problem (Page 1343)
Giovani Guizzo (Federal University of Paraná)

Gian M. Fritsche (Federal University of Paraná)

Silvia R. Vergilio (Federal University of Paraná)

Aurora T.R. Pozo (Federal University of Paraná)

Web Service Antipatterns Detection Using Genetic Programming (Page 1351)
Ali Ouni (Osaka University)

Raula Gaikovina Kula (Osaka University)

Marouane Kessentini (University of Michigan)

Katsuro Inoue (Osaka University)

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Heuristic Model Checking Using a Monte-Carlo Tree Search Algorithm (Page 1359)
Simon Poulding (Blekinge Institute of Technology)

Robert Feldt (Blekinge Institute of Technology)

Random or Genetic Algorithm Search for Object-Oriented Test Suite Generation? (Page 1367)
Sina Shamshiri (University of Sheffield)

José Miguel Rojas (University of Sheffield)

Gordon Fraser (University of Sheffield)

Phil McMinn (University of Sheffield)

Deep Parameter Optimisation (Page 1375)
Fan Wu (University College London)

Westley Weimer (University of Virginia)

Mark Harman (University College London)

Yue Jia (University College London)

Jens Krinke (University College London)

SPRINT Multi-Objective Model Racing (Page 1383)
Tiantian Zhang (University of Central Florida)

Michael Georgiopoulos (University of Central Florida)

Georgios C. Anagnostopoulos (Florida Institute of Technology)

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TRACK: Theory

An Evolutionary Game Theoretic Analysis of Difference Evaluation Functions (Page 1391)
Mitchell Colby (Oregon State University)

Kagan Tumer (Oregon State University)

On Easiest Functions for Somatic Contiguous Hypermutations and Standard Bit Mutations (Page 1399)
Dogan Corus (University of Nottingham)

Jun He (Aberystwyth University)

Thomas Jansen (Aberystwyth University)

Pietro S. Oliveto (University of Sheffield)

Dirk Sudholt (University of Sheffield)

Christine Zarges (University of Birmingham)

Populations Can Be Essential in Dynamic Optimisation (Page 1407)
Duc-Cuong Dang (University of Nottingham)

Thomas Jansen (Aberystwyth University)

Per Kristian Lehre (University of Nottingham)

Improved Runtime Bounds for the (1+1) EA on Random 3-CNF Formulas Based on Fitness-Distance Correlation (Page 1415)
Benjamin Doerr (École Polytechnique & Université Paris-Saclay)

Frank Neumann (University of Adelaide)

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

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A Tight Runtime Analysis of the (1+(lambda,lambda)) Genetic Algorithm on OneMax (Page 1423)
Benjamin Doerr (École Polytechnique & Université Paris-Saclay)

Carola Doerr (CNRS & Université Pierre et Marie Curie )

OneMax in Black-Box Models with Several Restrictions (Page 1431)
Carola Doerr (CNRS & Université Pierre et Marie Curie)

Johannes Lengler (ETH Zürich)

Population Size vs. Mutation Strength for the (1+lambda) EA on OneMax (Page 1439)
Christian Gießen (Technical University of Denmark)

Carsten Witt (Technical University of Denmark)

On the Utility of Island Models in Dynamic Optimization (Page 1447)
Andrei Lissovoi (Technical University of Denmark)

Carsten Witt (Technical University of Denmark)

First Steps Towards a Runtime Comparison of Natural and Artificial Evolution (Page 1455)
Tiago Paixăo (IST Austria)

Jorge Pérez Heredia (University of Sheffield)

Dirk Sudholt (University of Sheffield)

Barbora Trubenová (IST Austria)