Convergence Theory

Modelling Genetic Algorithms: From Markov Chains to Dependence with Complete Connections

A. Agapie

On the Optimization of Unimodal Functions with the (1+1) Evolutionary Algorithm

S. Droste

Th. Jansen

I. Wegener

A Timing Analysis of Convergence to Fitness Sharing Equilibrium

J. Horn

D.E. Goldberg

Where Elitists Start Limping: Evolution Strategies at Ridge Functions

A.I. Oyman

H.-G. Beyer

H.-P. Schwefel

Fitness Landscapes and Problem Difficulty

A Bit-Wise Epistasis Measure for Binary Search Spaces

C. Fonlupt

D. Robilliard

P. Preux

Inside GA Dynamics: Ground Basis for Comparison

L. Kallel

The Effect of Spin-Flip Symmetry on the Performance of the Simple GA

B. Naudts

J. Naudts

Fitness Distance Correlation and Ridge Functions

R.J. Quick

V.J. Rayward-Smith

G.D. Smith

Accelerating the Convergence of Evolutionary Algorithms by Fitness Landscape Approximation

A. Ratle

Modeling Building-Block Interdependency

R.A. Watson

G.S. Hornby

J.B. Pollack

Noisy and Non-stationary Objective Functions

Mutate Large, But Inherit Small! On the Analysis of Rescaled Mutations in (1, Lambda)-ES with Noisy Fitness Data

H.-G. Beyer

Creating Robust Solutions by Means of Evolutionary Algorithms

J. Branke

Analytic Curve Detection from a Noisy Binary Edge Map Using Genetic Algorithm

S. Chakraborty

K. Deb

A Comparison of Dominance Mechanisms and Simple Mutation on Non-stationary Problems

J. Lewis

E. Hart

G. Ritchie

Adaptation to a Changing Environment by Means of the Feedback Thermodynamical Genetic Algorithm

N. Mori

H. Kita

Y. Nishikawa

Optimization with Noisy Function Evaluations

V. Nissen

J. Propach

On Risky Methods for Local Selection under Noise

G. Rudolph

Polygenic Inheritance -- A Haploid Scheme that Can Outperform Diploidy

C. Ryan

J.J. Collins

Averaging Efficiently in the Presence of Noise

P. Stagge

Multi-criteria and Constrained Optimization

Solving Binary Constraint Satisfaction Problems Using Evolutionary Algorithms with an Adaptive Fitness Function

A.E. Eiben

J.I. van Hemert

E. Marchiori

A.G. Steenbeek

Varying Fitness Functions in Genetic Algorithms: Studying the Rate of Increase of the Dynamic Penalty Terms

S. Kazarlis

V. Petridis

Landscape Changes and the Performance of Mapping Based Constraint Handling Methods

D.G. Kim

P. Husbands

A Decoder-Based Evolutionary Algorithm for Constrained Parameter Optimization Problems

S. Koziel

Z. Michalewicz

A Spatial Predator-Prey Approach to Multi-objective Optimization: A Preliminary Study

M. Laumanns

G. Rudolph

H.-P. Schwefel

Selective Breeding in a Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm

G.T. Parks

I. Miller

Niching and Elitist Models for MOGAs

S. Obayashi

S. Takahashi

Y. Takeguchi

Parallel Evolutionary Optimisation with Constraint Propagation

A. Ruiz-Andino

L. Araujo

J. Ruz

F. Saenz

Methods to Evolve Legal Phenotypes

T. Yu

P. Bentley

Multiobjective Optimization Using Evolutionary Algorithms -- A Comparative Case Study

E. Zitzler

L. Thiele

Representation Issues

Utilising Dynastically Optimal Forma Recombination in Hybrid Genetic Algorithms

C. Cotta

E. Alba

J.M. Troya

Further Experimentations on the Scalability of the GEMGA

H. Kargupta

S. Bandyopadhyay

Indexed Memory as a Generic Protocol for Handling Vectors of Data in Genetic Programming

I.S. Lim

D. Thalmann

On Genetic Algorithms and Lindenmayer Systems

G. Ochoa

Genome Length as an Evolutionary Self-Adaptation

C.L. Ramsey

K.A. De Jong

J.J. Grefenstette

A.S. Wu

D.S. Burke

Selection, Operators and Evolution Schemes

Restart Scheduling for Genetic Algorithms

A.S. Fukunaga

A Comparative Study of Global and Local Selection in Evolution Strategies

M. Gorges-Schleuter

UEGO, an Abstract Niching Technique for Global Optimization

M. Jelasity

Development of Problem-Specific Evolutionary Algorithms

A. Leonhardi

W. Reissenberger

T. Schmelmer

K. Weicker

N. Weicker

The Effects of Control Parameters and Restarts on Search Stagnation in Evolutionary Programming

K.E. Mathias

J.D. Schaffer

L.J. Eshelman

M. Mani

Accelerating the Evolutionary-Gradient-Search Procedure: Individual Step Sizes

R. Salomon

Extending Population-Based Incremental Learning to Continuous Search Spaces

M. Sebag

A. Ducoulombier

Multi-parent Recombination in Genetic Algorithms with Search Space Boundary Extension by Mirroring

S. Tsutsui

Selective Crossover in Genetic Algorithms: An Empirical Study

K. Vekaria

C. Clack

Line-Breeding Schemes for Combinatorial Optimization

R. Yang

Coevolution and Learning

Finding Regions of Uncertainty in Learned Models: An Application to Face Detection

S. Baluja

On ZCS in Multi-agent Environments

L. Bull

Empirical Analysis of the Factors that Affect the Baldwin Effect

K.W.C. Ku

M.W. Mak

Promoting Generalization of Learned Behaviours in Genetic Programming

I. Kuscu

Generalization in Wilson's Classifier System

P.L. Lanzi

Symbiotic Coevolution of Artificial Neural Networks and Training Data Sets

H.A. Mayer

Information-Theoretic Analysis of a Mobile Agent's Learning in a Discrete State Space

C. Potter

The Coevolution of Antibodies for Concept Learning

M.A. Potter

K.A. De Jong

Does Data-Model Co-evolution Improve Generalization Performance of Evolving Learners?

J.L. Shapiro

A Corporate Classifier System

A. Tomlinson

L. Bull

Applying Diffusion to a Cooperative Coevolutionary Model

R.P. Wiegand

Cellular Automata, Fuzzy Systems and Neural Networks

Studying Parallel Evolutionary Algorithms: The Cellular Programming Case

M. Capcarrere

A. Tettamanzi

M. Tomassini

M. Sipper

Learning to Avoid Moving Obstacles Optimally for Mobile Robots Using a Genetic-Fuzzy Approach

K. Deb

D.K. Pratihar

A. Ghosh

Evolutionary Neural Networks for Nonlinear Dynamics Modeling

I. De Falco

A. Iazzetta

P. Natale

E. Tarantino

Hybrid Distributed Real-Coded Genetic Algorithms

F. Herrera

M. Lozano

C. Moraga

Mechanisms of Emergent Computation in Cellular Automata

W. Hordijk

J.P. Crutchfield

M. Mitchell

Towards Designing Neural Network Ensembles by Evolution

Y. Liu

X. Yao

Selection of Training Data for Neural Networks by a Genetic Algorithm

C.R. Reeves

S.J. Taylor

Discovery with Genetic Algorithm Scheduling Strategies for Cellular Automata

F. Seredynski

Simple + Parallel + Local = Cellular Computing

M. Sipper

Evolution, Learning and Speech Recognition in Changing Acoustic Environments

A. Spalanzani

H. Kabre

Ant Colonies, Immune Systems, and Other Paradigms

Ant Colonies for Adaptive Routing in Packet-Switched Communications Networks

G. Di Caro

M. Dorigo

The Stud GA: A Mini Revolution?

W. Khatib

P.J. Fleming

An Island Model Based Ant System with Lookahead for the Shortest Supersequence Problem

R. Michel

M. Middendorf

Parameter-Free Genetic Algorithm Inspired by "Disparity Theory of Evolution"

H. Sawai

S. Kizu

Immune Network Dynamics for Inductive Problem Solving

V. Slavov

N.I. Nikolaev

Parallelization Strategies for Ant Colony Optimization

Th. Stutzle

Self-Organizing Pattern Formation: Fruit Flies and Cellular Phones

R. Tateson

Applications

TSP, Graphs and Satisfiability

A New Genetic Local Search Algorithm for Graph Coloring

R. Dorne

J.-K. Hao

Improving the Performance of Evolutionary Algorithms for the Satisfiability Problem by Refining Functions

J. Gottlieb

N. Voss

Memetic Algorithms and the Fitness Landscape of the Graph Bi-partitioning Problem

P. Merz

B. Freisleben

Investigating Evolutionary Approaches to Adaptive Database Management Against Various Quality of Service Metrics

M.J. Oates

D. Corne

Genetic Algorithm Behavior in the MAXSAT Domain

S. Rana

D. Whitley

An Adaptive Mutation Scheme for a Penalty-Based Graph-Colouring GA

P. Ross

E. Hart

Inver-over Operator for the TSP

G. Tao

Z. Michalewicz

Repair and Brood Selection in the Traveling Salesman Problem

T. Walters

The Traveling Salesrep Problem, Edge Assembly Crossover, and 2-opt

J.-P. Watson

C. Ross

V. Eisele

J. Denton

J. Bins

C. Guerra

D. Whitley

A. Howe

Scheduling, Partitioning and Packing

Load Balancing in Parallel Circuit Testing with Annealing-Based and Genetic Algorithms

C. Gil

J. Ortega

A.F. Diaz

M.G. Montoya

A. Prieto

A Heuristic Combination Method for Solving Job-Shop Scheduling Problems

E. Hart

P. Ross

Reduction of Air Traffic Congestion by Genetic Algorithms

S. Oussedik

D. Delahaye

Timetabling the Classes of an Entire University with an Evolutionary Algorithm

B. Paechter

R.C. Rankin

A. Cumming

T.C. Fogarty

Genetic Algorithms for the Multiple Container Packing Problem

G.R. Raidl

G. Kodydek

Buffer Memory Optimization in DSP Applications -- An Evolutionary Approach

J. Teich

E. Zitzler

S. Bhattacharyya

Design and Telecommunications

The Breeder Genetic Algorithm for Frequency Assignment

C. Crisan

H. Muhlenbein

A Permutation Based Genetic Algorithm for Minimum Span Frequency Assignment

C. Valenzuela

S. Hurley

D. Smith

Comparison of Evolutionary Algorithms for Design Optimization

W. Jakob

M. Gorges-Schleuter

I. Sieber

Aspects of Digital Evolution: Evolvability and Architecture

J.F. Miller

P. Thomson

Integrated Facility Design Using an Evolutionary Approach with a Subordinate Network Algorithm

B.A. Norman

A.E. Smith

R.A. Arapoglu

An Evolutionary Algorithm for Synthesizing Optical Thin-Film Designs

J.-M. Yang

C.-Y. Kao

Model Estimations and Layout Problems

Implementing Genetic Algorithms with Sterical Constraints for Protein Structure Prediction

E. Bindewald

J. Hesser

R. Manner

Optimal Placements of Flexible Objects: An Adaptive Simulated Annealing Approach

S.K. Cheung

K.S. Leung

A. Albrecht

C.K. Wong

Encapsulated Evolution Strategies for the Determination of Group Contribution Model Parameters in Order to Predict Thermodynamic Properties

H. Geyer

P. Ulbig

S. Schulz

Recombination Operators for Evolutionary Graph Drawing

D. Kobler

A.G.B. Tettamanzi

Optimisation of Density Estimation Models with Evolutionary Algorithms

M. Kreutz

A.M. Reimetz

B. Sendhoff

C. Weihs

W. von Seelen

Genetic Algorithm in Parameter Estimation of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems

E. Paterakis

V. Petridis

A. Kehagias

Optimizing Web Page Layout Using an Annealed Genetic Algorithm as Client-Side Script

J. Gonzalez Penalver

J.J. Merelo

Solving the Capacitor Placement Problem in a Radial Distribution System Using an Adaptive Genetic Algorithm

K. Hatta

M. Suzuki

S. Wakabayashi

T. Koide

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