PROGRAMME 2005 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation

Friday, 2nd September Tutorials 10:00am—11:00am

Particle Swarm Optimization, Riady Lecture Theatre, Andries Engelbrecht

Evolutionary Computation in Economics and Finance, Lindsay Stewart Lecture Theatre, Shu-Heng Chen

An Introduction to Statistics for EC Experiments, Room 1.10, Mark Wineberg

Practical Guidelines for using EAs (and other methods), Room 2.10, Darrell Whitley

Foundations of Genetic Programming, Room 1.06, Bill Langdon

Evolvable Hardware in Fault-Tolerant Systems, Room 2.05, Garrison W. Greenwood

A Gentle Introduction to Estimation of Distribution Algorithms, Room 3.03, Jose A. Lozano and Pedro Larraqaga

Coffee 11:00am—11:30am

Conference Opening and Plenary Talk 11:30am—1:00pm

Opening Remarks: Professor Peter Strike, (Vice-Principal – Research & Knowledge Transfer, Napier University); Professor David Corne (General Chair) and others, Riady Lecture Theatre Plenary: Professor Owen Holland: On Machine Consciousness, Riady Lecture Theatre

Lunch 1:00pm—2:00pm

Tutorials 2:00pm—3:00pm

Evolutionary Computation in Bioinformatics, Riady Lecture Theatre, Gary B. Fogel and Kay Wiese

Co-Evolution, Lindsay Stewart Lecture Theatre Elena Popovici and R. Paul Wiegand

Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization, Room 1.10, Carlos A. Coello Coello

An Introduction to Computational Complexity of Evolutionary Algorithms, Room 2.10, Jun He and Xin Yao

Parallel and Distributed Genetic Programming, Room 1.06, Francisco Fernández de Vega

Experimental Research in Evolutionary Computation,, Room 2.05, Mike Preuss & Thomas Bartz-Beielstein

Parameter Control in EC: things to do and things not to do, Room 3.03, Gusz Eiben

Technical Sessions 3:00pm—4:30pm

Session EMO1: Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization 1 Friday, September 2, 3:00PM-4:30PM, Room: Riady Lecture Theatre, Chair: Carlos Coello

3:00PM A Hybrid Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm Using an Inverse Neural Network for Aircraft Control System Design [#336]

Salem F. Adra, Ahmed I. Hamody, Ian Griffin and Peter J. Fleming 3:22PM Using a Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm to Develop a Quantum Cascade Laser Operating in the Terahertz

Frequency Range [#375] Andres Rodriguez, Traci Keller, Gary Lamont and Thomas Nelson 3:44PM An Effective Explicit Building Block MOEA, the MOMGA-IIa [#413] Richard Day and Gary Lamont 4:06PM Handling Constraints In Robust Multi-Objective Optimization [#450] Himanshu Gupta and Kalyanmoy Deb

Session BIO1: Bioinformatics and Bioscience Applications 1 Friday, September 2, 3:00PM-4:30PM, Room: Lindsay Stewart Lecture Theatre, Chair: Gary Fogel

3:00PM Evolving Hidden Markov Models for Protein Secondary Structure Prediction [#77] Kyoung-Jae Won, Thomas Hamelryck, Adam Prugel-Bennett and Anders Krogh 3:20PM Non-local Adaptation of Artificial Predators and Prey [#98] Daniel Ashlock and Adam Sherk 3:40PM A Genetic Algorithm for Energy Minimization in Bio-molecular Systems [#311] Xiaochun Weng, Lutz Hamel, Lenore Martin and Joan Peckham 4:00PM Assembling DNA Fragments with Parallel Algorithms [#259] Enrique Alba, Gabriel Luque and Sami Khuri

Session PSO1: Particle Swarm Optimisation 1 Friday, September 2, 3:00PM-4:30PM, Room: Room 1.10, Chair: Andries Engelbrecht

3:00PM A Study of Fitness Inheritance and Approximation Techniques for Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization [#91]

Margarita Reyes-Sierra and Carlos Coello Coello 3:22PM Linear Equality Constraints and Homomorphous Mappings in PSO [#102] Christopher Monson and Kevin Seppi 3:44PM Evolving Problems to Learn about Particle Swarm and other Optimisers [#255] William Langdon and Riccardo Poli 4:06PM Combining Particle Swarm Optimisation with Angle Modulation to Solve Binary Problems [#537] Gary Pampara, Nelis Franken and Andries Engelbrecht

Session RW1: Real World Applications 1 Friday, September 2, 3:00PM-4:30PM, Room: Room 2.10, Chair: Frank Moore

3:00PM Fast Evolution of Custom Machine Representations [#344] Lorenz Huelsbergen 3:20PM A Genetic Algorithm for Optimized Reconstruction of Quantized Signals [#49] Frank Moore 3:40PM An Evolutionary Approach to Network-on-Chip Mapping Problem [#74] Maurizio Palesi, Giuseppe Ascia and Vincenzo Catania 4:00PM Office Layout Support System using Island Model Genetic Algorithm [#220] Satoshi Hashimoto, Kazunori Haruyama, Taro Nakamura, Toyohisa Takajima and Yuko Osana

Session CAS1: Complex Adaptive Systems: Towards Predictive Methodologies 1 Friday, September 2, 3:00PM-4:30PM, Room: Room 1.06, Chair: Akira Namatame, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv, and Daniel Polani

3:00PM Empowerment: A Universal Agent-Centric Measure of Control [#591] Alexander Klyubin, Daniel Polani and Chrystopher L. Nehaniv 3:22PM Towards Predicting Spatial Complexity: A Learning Classifier System Approach to the Identification of Cellular

Automata [#23] Larry Bull, Andrew Adamatzky and Ben DeLacyCostello 3:44PM Sensorimotor Experience and Its Metrics: Informational Geometry and the Temporal Horizon [#590] Chrystopher L. Nehaniv 4:06PM Using Temporal Information Distance to Locate Sensorimotor Experience in a Metric Space [#580] Naeem Mirza, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv, Kerstin Dautenhahn and Rene teBoekhorst

Session AB: Applications in Business Friday, September 2, 3:00PM-4:30PM, Room: Room 2.05, Chair: Thorsten Schnier

3:00PM Dynamic Salting Route Optimisation using Evolutionary Computation [#541] Hisashi Handa, Lee Chapman and Xin Yao 3:20PM Competitive Advantages of Evolutionary Computatin for Industrial Applications [#542] Arthur Kordon, Elsa Jordaan, Flor Castillo, Alex Kalos, Guido Smits and Mark Kotanchek 3:40PM Crawling Along the Pareto Front: Tales From the Practice [#577] Martina Hasenjaeger and Bernhard Sendhoff 4:00PM ICARUS: Intelligent Coupon Allocation for Retailers Using Search [#223] Stephen Swift, Amy Shi, Jason Crampton and Allan Tucker

Session TCR1: Convergence, Runtime Analysis and Associated Studies 1 Friday, September 2, 3:00PM-4:30PM, Room: Room 3.03, Chair: Enrique Alba

3:00PM Theoretical Models of Selection Pressure for dEAs: Topology Influence [#277] Enrique Alba and Gabriel Luque 3:22PM Design and Analysis of an Asymmetric Mutation Operator [#497] Thomas Jansen and Dirk Sudholt 3:42PM A Note on the Population Based Incremental Learning with Infinite Population Size [#209] Reza Rastegar and Mohammad Reza Meybodi 4:02PM On the Complexity of Overcoming Gaps with Isotropic Mutations and Elitist Selection [#490] Jens Jaegerskuepper

Coffee 4:30pm—5:00pm

Technical Sessions 5:00pm—6:30pm

Session EMO2: Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization 2 Friday, September 2, 5:00PM-6:30PM, Room: Riady Lecture Theatre, Chair: Evan Hughes

5:00PM Evolutionary Many-Objective Optimisation: Many Once or One Many? [#460] Evan Hughes 5:20PM Comparison Study of SPEA2+, SPEA2, and NSGA-II in Diesel Engine Emissions and Fuel Economy Problem

[#466] Tomoyuki Hiroyasu, Seiichi Nakayama and Mitsunori Miki 5:40PM Multi-objective Optimisation in the Presence of Uncertainty [#476] Jonathan Fieldsend and Richard Everson

Session BIO2: Bioinformatics and Bioscience Applications 2 Friday, September 2, 5:00PM-6:30PM, Room: Lindsay Stewart Lecture Theatre, Chair: Kay Wiese

5:00PM Flexible Protein-Ligand Docking Using Particle Swarm Optimization [#317] Bo-Fu Liu, Hung-Ming Chen, Hui-Ling Huang, Shiow-Fen Hwang and HoShinn-Ying Ho 5:20PM A New Guided Genetic Algorithm for 2D Hydrophobic-Hydrophilic Model to Predict Protein Folding [#444] Md Tamjidul Hoque, Madhu Chetty and Laurence Dooley 5:40PM Comparing Evolutionary Optimization with Ant Colony Optimization of Drug Design Interval Rules with and

without Pre-Initialization [#504] Juergen Paetz 6:00PM Derivation of Quantitative Structure-Toxicity Relationships for Ecotoxicological Effects of Organic Chemicals:

Evolving Neural Networks and Evolving Rules [#587] Gary Fogel and Mars Cheung

Session PSO2: Particle Swarm Optimisation 2 Friday, September 2, 5:00PM-6:30PM, Room: Room 1.10, Chair: Nelis Franken

5:00PM Investigating Binary PSO parameter influence on the Knights Cover Problem [#8] Nelis Franken and Andries Engelbrecht 5:20PM A Comparison between the Pittsburgh and Michigan approaches for the Binary PSO Algorithm [#226] Alejandro Cervantes, Ines Galvan and Pedro Isasi 5:40PM Principal Component Particle Swarm Optimization -- A Step Towards Topological Swarm Intelligence [#411] Mark Voss 6:00PM Nonlinear Mapping using Particle Swarm Optimisation [#543] Auralia Edwards, Andries Engelbrecht and Nelis Franken

Session RW2: Real World Applications 2 Friday, September 2, 5:00PM-6:30PM, Room: Room 2.10, Chair: Garrison Greenwood

5:00PM Using data mining to improve mutation in a tool for molecular evolution [#355] Eric-Wubbo Lameijer, Ad IJzerman and Joost Kok 5:20PM Localization Using Evolution Strategies in Sensornets [#121] Mark Terwilliger, Ajay Gupta, Ashfaq Khokhar and Garrison Greenwood 5:40PM Elevator Group Supervisory Control System Using Genetic Network Programming with Functional Localization

[#158] Toru Eguchi, Kotaro Hirasawa, Jinglu Hu and Sandor Markon 6:00PM Elevator Group Supervisory Control System Using Genetic Network Programming with Reinforcement Learning

[#157] Jin Zhou, Toru Eguchi, Kotaro Hirasawa, Jinglu Hu and Sandor Markon

Session CAS2: Complex Adaptive Systems: Towards Predictive Methodologies 2 Friday, September 2, 5:00PM-6:30PM, Room: Room 1.06, Chair: Akira Namatame, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv, and Daniel Polani

5:00PM Environmental Fitness for Sustained Population Dynamics [#292] Nicolas Brodu 5:22PM The Degree of Potential Damage in Agonistic Contests and its Effects on Social Aggression, Territoriality and

Display Evolution [#599] Robert Lowe, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv, Daniel Polani and Lola Canamero 5:44PM Assessing the Performance of Different Behavior Selection Architectures in a Large and Complex Virtual

Environment [#564] Wan Ching Ho, Orlando Avila-Garcia and Chrystopher L. Nehaniv 6:06PM Agent-Based Modeling of Lottery Markets with the Expected-Utility Paradigm [#532] Shu-Heng Chen, Bin-Tzong Chie and Chia-Wei Lee

Session EO1: Encoding and Operators Friday, September 2, 5:00PM-6:30PM, Room: Room 2.05, Chair: Riccardo Poli

5:00PM Isotropic Symmetric alpha-Stable Mutations for Evolutionary Algorithms [#238] Andrzej Obuchowicz and Przemyslaw Pretki 5:20PM Theoretical Analysis of Generalised Recombination [#297] Riccardo Poli and Christopher R. Stephens 5:42PM Accessibility between Neutral Networks in Indirect Genotype-Phenotype Mappings [#386] Per Kristian Lehre and Pauline C. Haddow 6:02PM Geometric Landscape of Homologous Crossover for Syntactic Trees [#416] Alberto Moraglio and Riccardo Poli

Session TCR2: Convergence, Runtime Analysis and Associated Studies 2 Friday, September 2, 5:00PM-6:30PM, Room: Room 3.03, Chair: Hans-Georg Beyer

5:00PM A New Approach to Dynamics Analysis of Genetic Algorithms without Selection [#161] Tatsuya Okabe, Yaochu Jin and Bernhard Sendhoff 5:20PM Theoretical Comparison of Search Dynamics of Genetic Algorithms and Evolution Strategies [#235] Tatsuya Okabe, Yaochu Jin and Bernhard Sendhoff 5:40PM Mathematics Prevents Bloat [#64] Cameron Skinner, Patricia Riddle and Christopher Triggs 6:00PM On the Convergence of Multi-Parent Genetic Algorithms [#313] Chuan-Kang Ting

End of Day / Social Activities :

Coaches depart from main entrance at 7pm for a guided tour of Edinburgh which takes approximately one and a half hours and afterwards drops delegates off in central Edinburgh

PROGRAMME 2005 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation

Saturday, 3rd September Technical Sessions 9:30am—11:00am

Session EMO3: Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization 3 Saturday, September 3, 9:30AM-11:00AM, Room: Riady Lecture Theatre, Chair: Carlos Coello

9:30AM Multi-objective Optimisation of the Pump Scheduling Problem using SPEA2 [#215] Manuel Lopez-Ibanez, T. Devi Prasad and Ben Paechter 9:50AM GDE3: The third Evolution Step of Generalized Differential Evolution [#239]

Saku Kukkonen and Jouni Lampinen 10:10AM On the Locality of Dominance and Recombination in Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms [#499] Hiroyuki Sato, Hernan Aguirre and Kiyoshi Tanaka 10:30AM An Optimization Algorithm for Imprecise Multi-objective problem functions [#575] Philipp Limbourg and Daniel Salazar

Session BIO3: Bioinformatics and Bioscience Applications 3 Sat, September 3, 9:30AM-11:00AM, Room: Lindsay Stewart Lecture Theatre, Chair: Dan Ashlock

9:30AM Significance of Randomness in P-RnaPredict --A Parallel Evolutionary Algorithm for RNA Folding [#588] Kay C. Wiese, Andrew Hendriks, Alain Deschenes and Belgacem Ben Youssef 9:50AM Algorithms for RNA Folding: a Comparison of Dynamic Programming and Parallel Evolutionary Algorithms

[#589] Kay C. Wiese, Andrew Hendriks and Jagdeep Poonian 10:10AM A New Representation in Evolutionary Algorithms for the Optimization of Bioprocesses [#592] Miguel Rocha, Isabel Rocha and Eugenio Ferreira 10:30AM A Complete BNF Grammar for Systems Biology Thought Experiments in Human Genetics using Artificial Life

and Biologically Inspired Computing [#561] Bill White and Jason Moore

Session RPO1: Real Parameter Optimization 1 Saturday, September 3, 9:30AM-11:00AM, Room: Room 1.10, Chair: Kalyanmoy Deb

9:30AM Dynamic Multi-Swarm Particle Swarm Optimizer with Local Search [#620] J. J. Liang and P. N. Suganthan 9:50AM Real-Parameter Optimization with Differential Evolution [#567]

Jani Ronkkonen, Saku Kukkonen and Kenneth Price 10:10AM A Population-Based, Steady-State Procedure for Real-Parameter Optimization [#610] Ankur Sinha, Santosh Tiwari and Kalyanmoy Deb 10:30AM Real-Parameter Optimization Performance Study on the CEC-2005 Benchmark with SPC-PNX [#526] Pedro J. Ballester, John Stephenson, Jonathan Carter and Kerry Gallagher

Session ED1: Evolutionary Design 1 Saturday, September 3, 9:30AM-11:00AM, Room: Room 2.10, Chair: Zbigniew Michalewicz

9:30AM Crossing the Fabrication Gap: Evolving Assembly Plans to Build 3-D Objects [#653] John Rieffel and Jordan Pollack 9:50AM Formation of Modules in a Computational Model of Embryogeny [#221]

Chris Bowers 10:10AM Evolving Developing Spiking Neural Networks [#345] Diego Federici 10:30AM The Art of Nature: Evolving Mechanisms of Development for Self-Organization and Differentiation [#563] Sanjeev Kumar

Session AL1: Artificial Life Saturday, September 3, 9:30AM-11:00AM, Room: Room 1.06, Chair: Chrystopher Nehaniv

9:30AM Coevolutionary Species Adaptation Genetic Algorithms: Growth and Mutation on Coupled Fitness Landscapes [#22]

Larry Bull 9:50AM A virtual creatures model for studies in artificial evolution [#227]

Thomas Miconi and Alastair Channon 10:10AM Autobiographic Agents in Dynamic Virtual Environments - Performance Comparison for Different Memory

Control Architectures [#99] Wan Ching Ho, Kerstin Dautenhahn and Chrystopher L. Nehaniv 10:30AM Investigating the Effect of Random Noise on the Evolution of Colour Terms [#562] Mike Dowman

Session LCS: Learning Classifier Systems Saturday, September 3, 9:30AM-11:00AM, Room: Room 2.05, Chair: Pier Luca Lanzi

9:30AM XCS with Computed Prediction for the Learning of Boolean Functions [#294] Pier Luca Lanzi, Daniele Loiacono, Wilson Stewart and Goldberg David 9:52AM The Compact Classifier System: Scalability Analysis and First Results [#381]

Xavier Llora, Kumara Sastry and David E. Goldberg 10:12AM Class Imbalance Problem in UCS Classifier System: Fitness Adaptation [#435] Albert Orriols and Ester Bernado-Mansilla 10:32AM On the use of Rule Sharing in Learning Classifier System Ensembles [#32] Larry Bull, Matthew Studley, Tony Bagnall and Ian Whittley

Session MLDM: Machine Learning / Data Mining Saturday, September 3, 9:30AM-11:00AM, Room: Room 3.03, Chair: Jim Smith

9:30AM The Performance of the DXCS System on Continuous-Valued Inputs in Stationary and Dynamic Environments [#538]

Hai Huong Dam, Hussein Abbass and Chris Lokan 9:50AM Adapting Multiple Kernel Parameters for Support Vector Machines using Genetic Algorithms [#299]

Sergio A. Rojas and Delmiro Fernandez-Reyes 10:12AM Multiobjective clustering around medoids [#550] Julia Handl and Joshua Knowles 10:32AM Evolutionary Algorithm for Noun Phrase Detection in Natural Language Processing [#44] J. Ignacio Serrano and Lourdes Araujo

Coffee 11:00am—11:30am

Technical Session 11:00am—12:30pm

Poster Session 1: Saturday, September 3, 11:00AM-12:30PM, Chair: Gwenn Volkert Searching for Protein Classification Features [#493] Scott Smith Genetic Fuzzy Fusion of SVM Classifiers for Biomedical Data [#596] Xiujuan Chen, Robert Harrison and Yan-Qing Zhang Clustering-based Approach to Identify Solutions for the Inference of Regulatory Networks [#69] Christian Spieth, Felix Streichert, Nora Speer and Andreas Zell Drug Discovery: Exploring the Utility of Cluster Oriented Genetic Algorithms in Virtual Library Design [#558] Bhuvan Sharma, Ian Parmee, Mark Whittaker and Alistair Sedwell A statistical comparison of grammatical evolution strategies in the domain of human genetics [#582] Bill White, Joshua Gilbert, David Reif and Jason Moore Boolean Genetic Programming for Promoter Recognition in Eukaryotes [#143] Singer Wang and Peter Lichodzijewski Evolutionary Divide-and-Conquer Approach to Inferring S-system Models of Genetic Networks [#109] Shinn-Ying Ho, Chih-Hung Hsieh, Fu-Chieh Yu and Hui-Ling Huang Multiple Drugs Cancer Chemotherapy Scheduling by a New Memetic Optimization Algorithm [#645] Sui Man Tse, Yong Liang, Kwong Sak Leung, Kin Hong Lee and Tony Shu Kam Mok DNA Implementation of k-shortest Paths Computation [#9] Zuwairie Ibrahim, Yusei Tsuboi, Mohd Saufee Muhammad, Osamu Ono and Marzuki Khalid Intelligent Particle Swarm Optimization in Multiobjective Optimization [#146] Zhang Xiao-hua, Meng Hong-yun and Jiao Li-cheng A Feasibility Study of EEG Dipole Source Localization Using Particle Swarm Optimization [#168] Lijun Qiu, Yongjie Li and Dezhong Yao WoSP: A Multi-Optima Particle Swarm Algorithm [#66] Tim Hendtlass Making soccer kicks better: A study in Particle Swarm Optimization and Evolution Strategies [#104] Namrata Khemka, Christian Jacob and Gerald Cole Multi-objective differential evolution -- algorithm, convergence analysis, and applications [#464] Feng Xue, Arthur Sanderson and Robert Graves Complementary Selection and Variation for an Efficient Multiobjective Optimization of Complex Systems [#195] Benoit Bagot and Hartmut Pohlheim Statistical optimisation and tuning of GA factors [#219] Andrei Petrovski, Alexander Brownlee and John McCall Comparison among Evolutionary Algorithms and Classical Optimization Methods for Circuit Design Problems [#346] Marcello Anile, Vincenzo Cutello, Giuseppe Nicosia, Rosario Rascuna' and Salvatore Spinella Sequential Parameter Optimization [#383] Thomas Bartz-Beielstein, Christian Lasarczyk and Mike Preuss Prediction and Optimization in a Dynamic Environment: A Case Study [#496] Martin Schmidt, Zbigniew Michalewicz, Matthew Michalewicz and Constantin Chiriac Restricted Evolution Based Multimodal Function Optimization In Holographic Grating Design [#540] Qing Ling, Gang Wu and Qiuping Wang D3G2A : the Dynamic Distributed Double Guided Genetic Algorithm and its Application for the RLFAP [#230] Sadok Bouamama and Khaled Ghedira An Evolutionary Algorithm to design Diesel Engines [#449] Teresa Donateo, Domenico Laforgia, Giovanni Aloisio and Silvia Mocavero Dynamic Tactical Air Strike Asset Allocation Using Evolutionary Computation [#382] John McDonnell, Aaron Rice, Andy Spydell and Stewart Stremler BMPGA: A Bi-objective Multi-population Genetic Algorithm for Multi-modal Function Optimization [#521] Nawwaf Kharma, Jie Yao and Peter Grogono Multi-Objective Evolutionary Fuzzy Cognitive Maps for Decision Support [#551] Nicos Mateou, Moiseos Moses and Andreas Andreou

Evolving an Agent Collective for Cooperative Mine Sweeping [#546] Agoston E. Eiben, Geoff Nitschke and Martijn C. Schut Using Cellular Automata with Genetically Learned Rules to Solve the Online Partitioning Problem [#570] Andreas Goebels, Alexander Weimer and Steffen Priesterjahn Hyperplane Localisation of Self-Replicating and Other Complex Cellular Automata Rules [#644] Antonio Lafusa and Terry Bossomaier Search in Linked Document Space by Social Topology Agents [#390] Keitaro Naruse and Ryuichi Oka Optimisation of Client Trust by Evolutionary Learning of Financial Planning Strategies in an Agent Based Model [#319] Terry Bossomaier, Denise Jarratt, Mohamed Anver, James Thompson and John Cooper An adaptive methodology for synthesising Mobile Phone Games using Genetic Algorithms [#528] Milan A. Verma and Peter W. McOwan Real Parameter Optimisation Using Mutation Step Co-evolution [#633] Petr Posik Performance of Aggregation Pheromone System on Unimodal and Multimodal Problems [#115] Shigeyoshi Tsutsui, Martin Pelikan and Ashish Ghosh Adaptive Local Search Parameters for Real-Coded Memetic Algorithms [#527] Daniel Molina, Francisco Herrera and Manuel Lozano Hybrid Real-Coded Genetic Algorithms with Female and Male Differentiation [#511] Carlos Garcia-Martinez and Manuel Lozano Coevolving Antibodies with a Rich Representation of Grammatical Evolution [#545] Saoirse Amarteifio and Michael O'Neill On Improving Genetic Programming for Symbolic Regression [#298] Steven Gustafson, Edmund Burke and Natalio Krasnogor Comparing Tree Depth Limits and Resource-Limited GP [#310] Sara Silva and Ernesto Costa The Use of a Genetic Algorithm to Optimize the Functional Form of a Multi-dimensional Polynomial Fit to Experimental

Data [#271] Janet Clegg, John Dawson, Stuart Porter and Mark Barley The performance of polyploid evolutionary algorithms is improved both by having many chromosomes and by having

many copies of each chromosome on symbolic regression problems. [#249] Rachel Cavill, Stephen Smith and Tyrrell Andy

Car Racing Competition Saturday, September 3, 11:00AM-1:00PM, Room: 1/10, Chair: Simon Lucas

Lunch 12:30pm—1:30pm

Plenary Talk 1:30pm—2:30pm

Plenary: Ian Parmee. User-centric Evolutionary Computation in Design and Decision-making, Riady Lecture Theatre, Chair: Marc Schoenauer

Technical Session 2:30pm—3:30pm

Poster Session 2: Saturday, September 3:00PM-4:00PM, Chair: Gwenn Volkert A Grid Ant Colony Algorithm for the Orienteering Problem [#641] Jose A. Mocholi, Javier Jaen and Jose H. Canos A New Efficient and Useful Robust Optimization Approach - Design for Multi-Objective Six Sigma [#274] Koji Shimoyama, Akira Oyama and Kozo Fujii Population Based Incremental Learning with Guided Mutation Versus Genetic Algorithms: Iterated Prisoners Dilemma

[#638] Timothy Gosling, Nanlin Jin and Edward Tsang Differential Evolution Methods for Unsupervised Image Classification [#107] Mahamed Omran, Andries Engelbrecht and Ayed Salman Elitist Selection Schemes for Genetic Algorithm based Printed Circuit Board Inspection System [#334] Syamsiah Mashohor, Jonathan Evans and Tughrul Arslan Incorporation of Adaptive Mutation based on Subjective Evaluation in an Interactive Evolution Strategy [#208] Praminda Caleb-Solly and Jim Smith Application of Evolutionary Algorithm on a Transportation Scheduling Problem - The Mass Rapid Transit [#442] Chung Min Kwan and Che Sau Chang On the Appropriateness of Negative Selection defined over Hamming Shape-Space as a Network Intrusion Detection

System [#447] Thomas Stibor, Jonathan Timmis and Claudia Eckert Enumerating Knight's Tours using an Ant Colony Algorithm [#609] Philip Hingston and Graham Kendall The Emergence of Cooperation among Agents using Simple Fixed Bias Tagging [#502] Enda Howley and Colm O'Riordan Coevolution of Neural Go Players in a Cultural Environment [#322] Helmut Mayer and Peter Maier Genetic Programming in Economic Modelling [#393] Korneel Duyvesteyn and Uzay Kaymak Stock Trading using PSEC and RSPOP: [#618] K.K. Ang and Chai Quek A Parallel Monte Carlo Algorithm on Cluster Systems for Financial Derivatives Pricing [#167] Jin Suk Kim and Suk Joon Byun Optimal Trade Execution: An Evolutionary Approach [#175] Marcus Lim and Richard Coggins A Memetic Model of Product Invention [#2] Anthony Brabazon, Arlindo Silva, Tiago Ferra de Sousa, Michael O'Neill and Ernesto Costa Logistic Regression for Parameter Tuning on an Evolutionary Algorithm [#321] Iloneide Ramos, Marco Goldbarg, Elizabeth Goldbarg and Adriao Doria Neto Three Dimensional Module Packing by Simulated Annealing [#163] Hirokazu Yamagishi, Hiroshi Ninomiya and Hideki Asai A Genetic Word Clustering Algorithm [#605] German Hernandez, Leonardo Bobadilla and Oscar Sanchez A Constrained Optimization Evolutionary Algorithm Based on Multiobjective Optimization Techniques [#155] Wang Yong and Cai Zixing Dynamic Power Minimization During Combinational Circuit Testing as a Traveling Salesman Problem [#365] Artem Sokolov, Alodeep Sanyal, Darrell Whitley and Yashwant Malaiya A Hybrid Approach to Parameter Tuning in Genetic Algorithms [#185] Bo Yuan and Marcus Gallagher Forming Hyper-heuristics with GAs when Solving 2D-Regular Cutting Stock Problems [#350] Hugo Terashima-Marin, Armando Moran-Saavedra and Peter Ross Music Evolution in a Complex System of Interacting Agents [#118] Tao Gong, Qian Zhang and Hua Wu

Optimal Simulated Annealing Schedules for Larger Problems [#78]

William Benfold, Jonathan Hallam and Adam Prugel-Bennett Crossover effect over penalty methods in function optimization with constraints [#510] Domingo Ortiz Boyer, Rafael Del Castillo Gomariz, Nicolas Garcia Pedrajas and Cesar Hervas-Martinez On the Effects of Representation on Evolving Grid Robots [#364] Steven Corns, Kenneth Bryden, Daniel Ashlock and David Muth

Multi-objective Techniques in Genetic Programming for Evolving Classifiers [#183] Daniel Parrott, Xiaodong Li and Vic Ciesielski Genetic Programming for Generating Prototypes in Classification Problem [#243] Luigi Cordella, Claudio De Stefano, Francesco Fontanella and Angelo Marcelli A purely evolutionary memetic algorithm as a first step towards symbiotic coevolution [#625] Stefano Cagnoni, Daniel Rivero and Leonardo Vanneschi Linear Genetic Programming using a compressed genotype representation [#270] Johan Parent, Ann Nowe, Anne Defaweux and Kris Steenhaut Single Parent Genetic Programming [#224] Wendy Ashlock and Daniel Ashlock CasGP: Building Cascaded Hierarchical Models Using Niching [#234] Peter Lichodzijewski, Malcolm Heywood and Nur Zincir-Heywood

Workshop: Future Directions for Evolutionary Computation Saturday, September 3, 2:30PM-4:00PM, Room: Lindsay Stewart Lecture Theatre, Chair: Ali Zalzala

Coffee 3:30pm—4:00pm

Technical Session 4:00pm—5:00pm

Poster Session 3: Saturday, September 4:00PM-5:00PM, Chair: Gwenn Volkert Modeling and convergence analysis of a continuous multi-objective differential evolution algorithm [#462] Feng Xue, Arthur Sanderson and Robert Graves Multiobjective Financial Portfolio Design: A Hybrid Evolutionary Approach [#264] Raj Subbu, Piero P. Bonissone, Neil Eklund, Srinivas Bollapragada and Kete Chalermkraivuth A Novel Evolutionary Algorithm Based on an Orthogonal Design for Dynamic Optimization Problems (ODEA) [#24] SanYou Zeng, de Garis Hugo, He Jun and LiShan Kang AgentP Classifier System: Self-adjusting vs. Gradual Approach [#21] Zhanna V. Zatuchna and Tony Bagnall Particle Swarm Optimization and Fitness Sharing to solve Multi-Objective Optimization Problems [#228] Maximino Salazar-Lechuga and Jonathan E. Rowe PSO under an Adaptive Scheme [#254] Mihaela Breaban and Henri Luchian Particle Swarms for Drug Design [#479] Walter Cedeno and Dimitris Agrafiotis Gaussian Particle Swarm with Jumps [#140] Renato Krohling Multi-Agent Cooperation Using the Ant Algorithm with Variable Pheromone Placement [#414] Eric Borzello and Laurence Merkle Tree Swarm Optimization: An Approach to PSO-based Tree Discovery [#291] Christian Veenhuis, Mario Koeppen, Joerg Krueger and Bertram Nickolay Modeling and Analysis of Indirect Communication in Particle Swarm Optimization [#304] Sabine Helwig, Christian Haubelt and Juergen Teich Optimization of the Calibration for an Internal Combustion Engine Management System Using Multi-Objective Genetic

Algorithms [#17] Gholamreza Vossoughi and Siavash Rezazadeh Multi-Objective Evolutionary Optimization of Subsonic Airfoils by Kriging Approximation & Evolution Control [#492] Salvatore D'Angelo and Edmondo Minisci

Comparing Algorithms, Representations and Operators for the Multi-Objective Knapsack Problem [#79] Gualtiero Colombo and Christine Mumford Strategies Based on Polar Coordinates to Keep Diversity in Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm [#53] Kuang Da and Zheng Jinhua Multi-objective Optimisation using S-metric Selection: Application to three-dimensional Solution Spaces [#581] Boris Naujoks, Nicola Beume and Michael Emmerich Adapting Evolutionary Dynamics of Variation for Multiobjective Optimisation [#108] Eu Jin Teoh, Swee Chiang Chiam, Chi Keong Goh and Kay Chen Tan D3G2A : a new Dynamic Distributed Double Guided Genetic Algorithm For SIGMA CSPs [#458] Sadok Bouamama and Khaled Ghedira Reciprocal Translocation Against GA-Deceptiveness [#262] Adnan Acan and Yuce Tekol Rank and Proximity Based Crossover (RPC) to Improve Convergence in Genetic Search [#482] Goutam Chakraborty and Basabi Chakraborty Linkage identification for real-valued loci by fitness difference classification [#179] Miwako Tsuji, Masaharu Munetomo and Kiyoshi Akama Representation of Genetic Individuals for Unmixing Multispectral Data [#430] Arnaud Quirin and Jerzy Korczak Evolutionary Optimization of Autonomous Vehicle Tracks [#205] J. Ignacio Serrano, Javier Alonso, M. Dolores Del Castillo and J. Eugenio Naranjo An Efficient Approach of Simple and Multirecombinated Genetic Algorithms for Parallel Machines Scheduling [#347] Edgardo Ferretti and Susana Esquivel Solving the Combined Modular Product Scheduling and Production Cell Reconfiguration Problem: a GA Approach with

Parallel Chromosome Coding [#48] Hegui Ye and Ming Liang Final Exam Scheduler - FES [#320] Ender Ozcan and Ersan Ersoy Performance of Single Stage Representation Genetic Algorithms in Scheduling Flexible Flow Shops [#473] Jose Antonio Vazquez Rodriguez and Abdellah Salhi Improving the Performance of the Repeating Permutation Representation Using Morphogenic Computation and

Generalised Modified Order Crossover [#477] Pio Fenton and Paul Walsh LEGA: An Architecture for Learning and Evolving Flexible Job-Shop Schedules [#491] Nhu Binh Ho and Joc Cing Tay A Multiobjective Approach to the Portfolio Optimization Problem [#637] Ruben Armananzas and Jose A. Lozano Adaptive Population Size for Univariate Marginal Distribution Algorithm [#36] Yi Hong, Qingsheng Ren and Jin Zeng A Quantitative Approach for Validating the Building-block Hypothesis [#52] Chatchawit Aporntewan and Prabhas Chongstitvatana Optimization of Noisy Fitness Functions with Univariate Marginal Distribution Algorithm [#37] Yi Hong, Qingsheng Ren and Jin Zeng Interactions and Dependencies in Estimation of Distribution Algorithms [#505] Roberto Santana, Pedro Larranaga and Jose A. Lozano Improving model combination through local search in parallel univariate EDAs [#471] Luis delaOssa, Jose Antonio Gamez and Jose Miguel Puerta Evolving Swarms that Build 3D Structures [#27] Sebastian von Mammen, Christian Jacob and Gabriella Kokai Two Problem Independent Methods for Generating Initial Solutions [#257] Madalina Ionita and Henri Luchian Effects of Evolutionary and Lifetime Learning on Minds and Bodies in an Artifical Society [#225] Tamas Buresch, Agoston E. Eiben, Geoff Nitschke and Martijn C. Schut

Plenary Poster Session VAR4: Various Topics 4 Saturday, September 3, 5:00PM-6:00PM, Room: General Presentation Area, Chair: Gwenn Volkert

Ecology-inspired Evolutionary Algorithm using Feasibility-based Grouping for Constrained Optimization [#164] Ming Yuchi and Jong-Hwan Kim Dept. EE and CS, KAIST, South Korea Adaptive Random Search with Intensification and Diversification combined with Genetic Algorithm [#60] DongKYU Sohn, Kotaro Hirasawa and Jinglu Hu Wseda University, Japan; Waseda University, Japan Efficient Real-coded Genetic Algorithms with Flexible-Step Crossover [#388] Atsuko Mutoh, Shohei Kato and Hidenori Itoh Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan Identifying On-Line Behavior and Some Sources of Difficulty in Two Competitive Approaches for Constrained Optimization

[#56] Efren Mezura-Montes and Carlos Coello Coello Cinvestav-IPN, Mexico; CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico PCB Assembly: An Efficient Genetic Algorithm for Slot Assignment & Component Pick & Place Sequence Problems [#404] Abel Garcia-Najera and Carlos Brizuela CICESE Research Center, Mexico Constructive Hyper-heuristics in Class Timetabling [#622] Peter Ross and Javier Marin-Bazquez Napier University, School of Computing, United Kingdom; Universidad de Murcia, Spain Image color transfer with region matching based on IEC [#174] Qinag Li, Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Yuyan Chao, Lifeng He and Hidenori Itoh Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan; Nagoya Sangyo University, Japan; Aichi Prefectural University, Japan Two-Layered Face Detection System using Evolutionary Algorithm [#180] Jun-Su Jang and Jong-Hwan Kim KoreaAdvanced Institute of Science andTechnology, South Korea; Dept. EE and CS, KAIST, South Korea Wireless Access Point Configuration By Genetic Algorithm Using A Local Rule [#106] Yuji Sato and Yuko Kera Faculty of Information Science, Hosei University, Japan; Hosei University, Japan Empirical Studies on Parallel Network Construction of Bayesian Optimization Algorithms [#28] Masaharu Munetomo, Naoya Murao and Kiyoshi Akama Hokkaido University, Japan Ant Colony System for the Beam Angle Optimization Problem in Radioherapy planning: a Preliminary Study [#428] Yongjie Li, Dezhong Yao, Wufan Chen, Jiancheng Zheng and Yao Jonathan Univ. of Electronic Science and Tech. of China, China; Topslane Inc., China; Topslane Inc., United States The Harmonic Decision Matrix: a Subtle Model of the Natural Neuron [#89] Benoit Bagot ZF-Getriebe GmbH, Germany Heuristics-based Evolutionary Algorithm for Solving Unit Commitment and Dispatch [#636] Dipti Srinivasan and Jerome Chazelas National University of Singapore, Singapore; National UNiversity of Singapore, Singapore A Novel Non-Uniform Mutation Operator and its Application to the Problem of Optimising Controller Parameters [#13] Eva Alfaro-Cid, Euan W. McGookin and David J. Murray-Smith Instituto Tecnologico de Informatica, Spain; University of Glasgow, Scotland Genetic Programming Approach for Fault Modeling of Electronic Hardware [#329] Ajith Abraham and Crina Grosan Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea (South); Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania Performance Driven Placement Technique based on Collaboration of Software and Hardware [#41] Masaya Yoshikawa and Hidekazu Terai Ritsumeikan University, Japan Variable Length Segmental-Transmission-Line and Its Parameter Optimization based on GA [#649] Naoki Koizumi, Ikuo Yoshihara, Kunihito Yamamori and Moritoshi Yasunaga University of Miyazaki, Japan; University of Tsukuba, Japan An Ant System Based Multicasting in Mobile Ad Hoc Network [#33] Se-young Lee and Hyeong Soo Chang Sogang University, Korea (South) Evolutionary Algorithm for the Dynamic Coverage Problem Applied to Wireless Sensor Networks Design [#549] Frederico Quintao, Fabiola Nakamura and Geraldo Mateus Computer Science Department - UFMG, Brazil

Swarm Intelligence in Automated Electrical Wafer Sort Classification [#459] Emilio Miguelanez, Ali Zalzala and Paul Buxton Test Advantage, Ltd., United Kingdom; Technology and Research Solutions FZ-LLC, United Arab Emirates Applicability of Genetic Algorithms to Movement Analysis of a Moving Object by Analyzing Sound Signal [#525] Ryuji Goto and Yuji Sato Goto Engineering Consultant, Japan; Faculty of Information Science, Hosei University, Japan Symbiogenetic Coevolution [#371] David Wallin, Conor Ryan and R. Muhammad Atif Azad University of Limerick, Ireland; University Of Limerick, Ireland Congestion Detection and Clearing History of Trip Time in AntNet [#222] Shigeo Doi and Masayuki Yamamura Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Computational Exploration on Language Emergence and Cultural Dissemination [#244] Tao Gong, James, W. Minett and William, S-Y Wang EE Dept., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong COFRE: A Fuzzy Rule Coevolutionary Approach for Multiclass Classification Problems [#349] Jonatan Gomez, Arturo Garcia and Camilo Silva National University of Colombia, Colombia Balancing the Computation Effort in Genetic Algorithms [#376] J. Ignacio Hidalgo and Francisco Fernandez Universidad Compluense de Madrid, Spain; Universidad de Extremadura, Spain Graph Composition in a Graph Grammar-Based Method for Automata Network Evolution [#159] Martin Luerssen and David Powers Flinders University of South Australia, Australia Barrier-Based Models of Hard Problems and Crossover [#263] Jonathan Hallam and Adam Prugel-Bennett University of Southampton, United Kingdom Information theoretic justification of Boltzmann selection and its generalization to Tsallis case [#337] Ambedkar Dukkipati, Narasimha Murty Musti and Shalabh Bhatnagar Indian Institute of Science - Bangalore, India Developing Redundant Binary Representations for Genetic Search [#372] Carlos M. Fonseca and Marisol B. Correia University of Algarve, Portugal Coarse Graining in an Evolutionary Algorithm with Recombination, Duplication and Inversion [#73] Christopher R. Stephens and Riccardo Poli University of Essex, United Kingdom Improved Differential Evolution Algorithms for Handling Noisy Optimization Problems [#424] Swagatam Das, Amit Konar and Uday Chakraborty Jadavpur University, India; University of Missouri St. Louis, United States Solution Transfer Rates in Graph Based Evolutionary Algorithms [#374] Steven Corns, Kenneth Bryden and Daniel Ashlock Iowa State University, United States; University of Guelph, Canada The Role of Completeness in Convergence of Evolutionary Algorithms [#122] Eugene Eberbach University of Massachusetts, United States

Session EMO4: Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization 4 Saturday, September 3, 6:00PM-7:30PM, Room: Riady Lecture Theatre, Chair: Joshua Knowles

6:00PM Multi-objective approaches in a single-objective optimization environment [#242] Shinya Watanabe and Kazutoshi Sakakibara Ritsumeikan Univ., Japan; Ritsumeikan University, Japan 6:20PM Multi-objective Mobile Agent Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks [#314] Ramesh Rajagopalan, Chilukuri Mohan, Pramod Varshney and Kishan Mehrotra Syracuse University, United States 6:40PM Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization with a Segment-Based External Memory Support for the

Multiobjective Quadratic Assignment Problem [#256] Adnan Acan and Ahmet Unveren Eastern Mediterranean Univ., Computer Eng. Dept., Turkey

Session GI: Genome Informatics Saturday, September 3, 6:00PM-7:30PM, Room: Lindsay Stewart Lecture Theatre, Chair: Ikuo Yoshihara

6:00PM Inference of Genetic Networks using Neural Network Models [#29] Shuhei Kimura, Katsuki Sonoda, Soichiro Yamane, Koki Matsumura and Mariko Hatakeyama

Faculty of Engineering, Tottori University, Japan; JFE Engineering Corporation, Japan; RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, Japan

6:20PM Finding Transcriptional Regulatory Elements [#478] Daekwan Seo, Moritoshi Yasunaga, Insook Kim, Byungwoon Ham and Jung Kim

University of Arkansas at Little Rock, United States; University of Tsukuba, Japan; University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, United States; Korea Naval Academy, South Korea

6:40PM Efficient Gene Selection for Classification of Microarray Data [#642] Shinn-Ying Ho, Chong-Cheng Lee, Hung-Ming Cheng and Hui-Ling Huang

National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan; Dep. of Info. Eng., Feng Chia Univ., Taiwan; Jin Wen Institute of Technology, Taiwan

7:00PM A Genetic Algorithm Taking Account of Substructures for NMR Three-Dimensional Protein Structure Determination [#643]

Naotoshi Nakashima, Akimitsu Matsubara, Isao Ono, Norihiko Ono and Shin-ichi Tate

Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan; The University of Tokushima, Japan; Biomolecular Engineering Research Institute, Japan

Session RPO2: Real Parameter Optimization 2 Saturday, September 3, 6:00PM-7:30PM, Room: Room 1.10, Chair: P. N. Suganthan

6:00PM A Restart CMA Evolution Strategy With Increasing Population Size [#628] Anne Auger and Nikolaus Hansen ETH Zuerich, Switzerland 6:20PM Performance Evaluation of an Advanced Local Search Evolutionary Algorithm [#629] Anne Auger and Nikolaus Hansen ETH Zuerich, Switzerland 6:40PM Self-adaptive Differential Evolution Algorithm for Numerical Optimization [#630] A. K. Qin and P. N. Suganthan Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 7:00PM Experimental Results for the Special Session on Real-Parameter Optimization at CEC 2005: A Simple,

Continuous EDA [#612] Bo Yuan and Marcus Gallagher University of Queensland, Australia

Session ED2: Evolutionary Design 2 Saturday, September 3, 6:00PM-7:30PM, Room: Room 2.10, Chair: Philip Hingston

6:00PM Coevolving Species for Shape Nesting [#654] Jeffrey Horn Northern Michigan University, United States 6:20PM Automated Tile Design for Self-Assembly Conformations [#616] German Terrazas, Natalio Krasnogor, Graham Kendall and Marian Gheorghe University of Nottingham, United Kingdom; University of Sheffield, United Kingdom 6:40PM Designing Comminution Circuits with a Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm [#652] Simon Huband, Luigi Barone, Philip Hingston, Lyndon While, David Tuppurainen and Richard Bearman

Edith Cowan University, Australia; The University of Western Australia, Australia; Rio Tinto Technical Services, Australia

7:00PM Classification of Proteomic Kinetic Patterns using Supervised Genetic Programming [#61] Cuong To and Jiri Vohradsky Institute of Microbiology, Czech Republic

Session EA: Evolutionary Algorithms: Algorithm Design Saturday, September 3, 6:00PM-7:30PM, Room: Room 1.06, Chair: Peter Whigham

6:00PM Promoting diversity using migration strategies in distributed genetic algorithms [#377] David Power, Conor Ryan and R. Muhammad Atif Azad University Of Limerick, Ireland; University of Limerick, Ireland 6:20PM Elitist Generational Genetic Chromodynamics - a New Radii-Based Evolutionary Algorithm for Multimodal

Optimization [#483] Catalin Stoean, Mike Preuss, Ruxandra Gorunescu and D. Dumitrescu

University of Craiova, Romania; University of Dortmund, Germany; Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania

6:40PM Clustering in Evolutionary Algorithms to Efficiently Compute Simultaneously Local and Global Minima [#338] Dimitris Tasoulis, Vassilis Plagianakos and Michael Vrahatis Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece 7:00PM The Behaviour of Genetic Drift in a Spatially-Structured Evolutionary Algorithm [#601] Grant Dick and Peter Whigham University of Otago, New Zealand

Session CNO: Combinatorial and Numerical Optimization Saturday, September 3, 6:00PM-7:30PM, Room: Room 2.05, Chair: Gunther Raidl

6:00PM Graph Based Evolutionary Algorithms Enhance the Location of Steiner Systems [#101] Daniel Ashlock, Kenneth Bryden and Steven Corns University of Guelph, Canada; Iowa State University, United States 6:20PM Sample-based Crowding Method for Multimodal Optimization in Continuous Domain [#495] Ando Shin, Suzuki Einoshin and Kobayashi Shigenobu Yokohama National University, Japan; Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan 6:40PM Enhanced Particle Swarm Optimization Through External Memory Support [#261] Adnan Acan and Akin Gunay

Eastern Mediterranean Univ., Computer Eng. Dept., Turkey; Eastern Mediterranean Uni., Computer Eng. Dept., Turkey

7:00PM Evolutionary Search at the Knowledge Level [#318] Andrew Tuson, Peter Ross and Tim Duncan

City University, London, United Kingdom; Napier University, School of Computing, United Kingdom; AIAI, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Session GAM1: Evolutionary Computation and Games 1 Saturday, September 3, 6:00PM-7:30PM, Room: Room 3.03, Chair: Sushil Louis

6:00PM Evolution of the Driving Styles of Anticipatory Agent Remotely Operating a Scaled Model of Racing Car [#548] Ivan Tanev, Michal Joachimczak, Hitoshi Hemmi and Katsunori Shimohara Doshisha University, Japan; Gdansk Technical University, Poland; ATR International, Japan 6:20PM Evolving Autonomous Agent Control in the Xpilot Environment [#379] Gary B. Parker, Matt Parker and Steven Johnson Connecticut College, United States; Indiana University, United States 6:40PM Evolution and Prioritization of Survival Strategies for a Simulated Robot in Xpilot [#516] Gary B. Parker, Timothy Doherty and Matt Parker Connecticut College, United States; Indiana University, United States 7:00PM Group Utility Functions: Learning Equilibria Between Groups of Agents in Computer Games By Modifying the

Reinforcement Signal [#373] Jay Bradley and Gillian Hayes Edinburgh University, United Kingdom

Special Track FUN2: a “Scottish evening” Saturday, September 3, 7:30PM-10:30PM,

Coaches depart from conference venue at 7.30pm for the Royal Museum of Scotland at Chamber Street for an evening of Scottish traditional music and highland dancing followed by supper.

PROGRAMME 2005 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation

Sunday, 4th September

Plenary Poster Session VAR5: Various Topics 5 Sunday, September 4, 9:30AM-11:00AM, Room: General Presentation Area, Chair: TBA

Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithms for Constraint Satisfaction Problems: Memetic Overkill? [#138] Bart G.W. Craenen and Agoston E. Eiben Napier University, United Kingdom; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands Hybrid Evolutionary Static Scheduling for Heterogeneous Systems [#266] Cristina Boeres, Eyder Rios and Luiz Satoru Ochi Instituto de Computacao, UFF, Brazil Efficiently Minimizing Expensive Cost Functions with a Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm Using Clustering and a

Derivative-Free-Optimizer: Preliminary Results [#178] Yoel Tenne and S.W. Armfield The University of Sydney, Australia Culural Learning and Diversity in a Changing Environment [#253] Dara Curran and Colm O'Riordan National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Evolutionary Strategies and Genetic Algorithms for Dynamic Parameter Optimization of Evolving Fuzzy Neural

Networks [#288] Fernanda Minku and Teresa Ludermir Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil Adaptive cluster covering and evolutionary approach: comparison, differences and similarities [#514] Dimitri Solomatine UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Netherlands Optimization of an Evolutionary Algorithm for a Tactile Communication System [#197] Carsten Wilks and Rolf Eckmiller University of Bonn, Germany An Improvement of Database with Local Search Mechanisms for Genetic Algorithms in Large-Scale Computing

Environments [#166] Yoshiko Hanada, Tomoyuki Hiroyasu and Mitsunori Miki Doshisha University, Japan A New Estimation of Distribution Algorithm based on Learning Automata [#214] Reza Rastegar and Mohammad Reza Meybodi Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran A Symbiosis Algorithm for Robotic Control [#552] K.M. Ward, M.N.H. Siddique, L.P. Maguire and T.M. McGinnity University of Ulster, United Kingdom Multiple Bit Encoding-based Search Algorithms [#68] Xinchao Zhao and Hongliang Long MMRC, AMSS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Evolving Improved Incremental Learning Schemes for Neural Network Systems [#273] Tebogo Seipone and John Bullinaria The University of Birmingham, United Kingdom A Hybrid Ant Colony Optimization Approach (hACO) for Constructing Load-Balanced Clusters [#65] Chin Ho and Hong Ewe Multimedia University, Malaysia A simple Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm for Finding Golomb Rulers [#325] Ivan Dotu and Pascal van Hentenryck Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain; Brown University, United States Recombinative EMCMC algorithms [#498] Madalina Drugan and Dirk Thierens Utrecht University, Computer Science Dept., Netherlands XCS with Computed Prediction in Continuous Multistep Environments [#282] Pier Luca Lanzi, Daniele Loiacono, Wilson Stewart and Goldberg David

Politecnico di Milano, Italy; Prediction Dynamics, United States; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States

A Memetic Accuracy-based Neural Learning Classifier System [#556] Toby O'Hara and Larry Bull University of the West of England, United Kingdom Building Anticipations in an Accuracy-based Learning Classifier System by use of an Artificial Neural Network [#81] Toby O'Hara and Larry Bull University of the West of England, United Kingdom Toward an FPGA Implementation of XCS [#657] Pier Luca Lanzi, Cristiana Bolchini, Fabio Salice and Paolo Ferrandi Politecnico di Milano, Italy Revisiting Genetic Selection in the XCS Learning Classifier System [#267] Faten Kharbat, Larry Bull and Mohammed Odeh University of the West of England, United Kingdom Learning Classifier Systems for User Context Learning [#419] Anil Shankar and Sushil Louis University of Nevada, Reno, United States; ECSL, University of Nevada, Reno, United States Maximizing Winning Trades using a Rough Set based Other-Product (RSPOP) Fuzzy Neural Network Intelligent Stock

Trading System [#451] Andy Tan and Chai Quek Centre for Computational Intelligence, NTU, Singapore; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore Using Extended Classifier System to Forecast Standard and Poor's Futures Based on Contrary Sentiment Indicators

[#173] An-Pin Chen and Yung-Hua Chang National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Event-driven Learning Classifier Systems for Online Soccer Games [#31] Yuji Sato and Ryutaro Kanno Faculty of Information Science, Hosei University, Japan; Hosei University, Japan X-TCS: Accuracy-based Learning Classifier System Robotics [#555] Matthew Studley and Larry Bull University of the West of England, United Kingdom Evolving Binary Decision Diagrams using Implicit Neutrality [#5] Richard Downing University of Birmingham, United Kingdom Cost-Sensitive Classification with Genetic Programming [#369] Jin Li, Xiaoli Li and Xin Yao CERCIA, The University of Birmingham, United Kingdom Rapid Training of Thermal Agents with Single Parent Genetic Programming [#96] Daniel Ashlock, Kenneth Bryden, Wendy Ashlock and Stephen Gent University of Guelph, Canada; Iowa State University, United States; Roseheart Biomaths, Canada Toward Co-Evolutionary Training of a Multi-Class Classifier [#354] Andrew McIntyre and Malcolm Heywood Dalhousie University, Canada Efficient Global Optimization (EGO) for Multi-Objective Problem and Data Mining [#252] Shinkyu Jeong and Shigeru Obayashi Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, Japan

Robust Optimum Design of SAW Filters with the Taguchi Method and a Memetic Algorithm [#650] Kiyoharu Tagawa, Mikiyasu Masuoka and Masahiko Tsukamoto Kobe University, Japan Integrated Qualitativeness in Design by Multi-Objective Optimization and Interactive Evolutionary Computation [#648] Alexandra Brintrup, Jeremy Ramsden and Ashutosh Tiwari Cranfield University, United Kingdom FPGA Segmented Channel Routing Using Genetic Algorithms [#658] Lipo Wang, Lei Zhou and Wen Liu Xiangtan University, China; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore An Iterative Mutual Information Histogram Technique for Linkage Learning in Evolutionary Algorithm [#133] Robert Elliott Smith The University of The West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom Complexity Transitions in Evolutionary Algorithms: Evaluating the impact of the initial population [#196] Anne Defaweux, Tom Lenaerts, Jano van Hemert and Johan Parent Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium; Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium; Napier University, United Kingdom An Evolutionary Fuzzy Modeling Approach for ANFIS Architecture [#461] Farzad Rastegar, Babak Araabi and Caro Lucas University of Tehran, Iran; "University of Tehran" and "IPM Institute", Iran Comparative Study between the internal behavior of GA and PSO Through Problem-Specific Distance Functions [#241] Sami Habib and Buthainah Al-kazemi Kuwait University, Kuwait Node-Depth Encoding for Directed Graphs [#328] Giampaolo L. Libralao, Telma W. Lima, Karen Honda and Alexandre C. B. Delbem University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Applying Genetic Programming to Learn Spatial Differences Between Textures Using A Translation Invariant

Representation [#130] Brian Lam and Vic Ciesielski RMIT University, Australia Biologically Inspired Embodied Evolution of Survival [#368] Stefan Elfwing, Eiji Uchibe, Kenji Doya and Henrik Christensen IRP, Okinawa Institute of Technology, JST, Japan; CAS, NADA, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Coffee 9:30am—10:30am

Plenary Talk PL3: Plenary : David Wolpert: No Free Lunch -- 10 Years On Sunday, September 4, 11:00AM-12:00PM, Room: Riady Lecture Theatre, Chair: Mario Koeppen

Session EMO5: Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization 5 Sunday, September 4, 12:00PM-1:30PM, Room: Riady Lecture Theatre, Chair: Kalyanmoy Deb

12:00PM Limits of Scalability of Multiobjective Estimation of Distribution Algorithms [#420] Kumara Sastry, Martin Pelikan and David E. Goldberg University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States; University of Missouri at St. Louis, United States 12:20PM Heuristics for Optimising the Calculation of Hypervolume for Multi-objective Optimisation Problems [#192] Lyndon While, Lucas Bradstreet, Luigi Barone and Philip Hingston The University of Western Australia, Australia; Edith Cowan University, Australia 12:40PM Handling Diversity in Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimistion [#662] Nasreddine Hallam, Peter Blanchfield and Graham Kendall The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom; University of Nottingham, United Kingdom 1:00PM A Hierarchical Solve-and-Merge Framework for Multi-Objective Optimization [#54]

Christine Mumford Cardiff University, United Kingdom

Session HY1: Hybridization Sunday, September 4, 12:00PM-1:30PM, Room: Lindsay Stewart Lecture Theatre, Chair: Carlos Cotta

12:00PM A Hybrid Model of Evolutionary Algorithms and Branch-and-Bound for Combinatorial Optimization Problems [#566]

Jose Enrique Gallardo, Carlos Cotta and Antonio Jose Fernandez Universidad de Malaga, Spain 12:20PM Constraint Quadratic Approximation Operator for Treating Equality Constraints with Genetic Algorithms [#76]

Elizabeth Wanner, Frederico Guimaraes, Rodney Saldanha, Ricardo Takahashi and Peter J. Fleming Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil; University of Sheffield / ACSE, United Kingdom 12:40PM An Ant Algorithm Hyperheuristic for the Project Presentation Scheduling Problem [#92] Edmund Burke, Graham Kendall, Dario Landa Silva, Ross O'Brien and Eric Soubeiga University of Nottingham, United Kingdom; KPMG LLP, United Kingdom 1:00PM Capacitated Vehicle Routing: perturbing the landscape to fool an algorithm [#293]

Matthew Morgan and Christine Mumford Cardiff University, United Kingdom

Session EAG1: Evolutionary Algorithms: General 1 Sunday, September 4, 12:00PM-1:30PM, Room: Room 1.10, Chair: Evelyne Lutton

12:00PM The Fitness Map Scheme. Application to interactive multifractal The Fitness Map Scheme. Application to interactive multifractal image denoising [#72]

Evelyne Lutton, Mario Pilz and Jacques Levy Vehel INRIA - COMPLEX team, France 12:20PM Parallel Evolutionary Algorithms on Graphics Processing Unit [#147] Man-Leung Wong, Tien-Tsin Wong and Ka-Ling Fok Lingnan University, Hong Kong; The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 12:40PM MRMOGA: Parallel Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization using Multiple Resolutions [#406] Antonio Lopez Jaimes and Carlos Coello Coello CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico 1:00PM The Estimation of Evolvability Genetic Algorithm [#427]

Yao Wang and Mark Wineberg University of Guelph, Canada

Session RW3: Real World Applications 3 Sunday, September 4, 12:00PM-1:30PM, Room: Room 2.10, Chair: Bart Craenen

12:00PM Evolved Transforms for Image Reconstruction [#58] Frank Moore, Pat Marshall and Eric Balster University of Alaska Anchorage, United States; Air Force Research Laboratory, United States 12:20PM GENCEM: A Genetic Algorithms Approach to Coordinated Exploration and Mapping with Multiple

Autonomous Robots [#401] Chris C. Sotzing, Win Mar Htay and Clare Bates Congdon Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom; Purdue University, United States; Colby College, United States 12:40PM A geologically-sound representation for evolutionary multi-objective subsurface identification [#454] Vijay Pratap Singh, Marc Schoenauer and Michel L\'eger Institut Fran\ccais du P\'etrole, France; INRIA, France; Institut Fran\ccais du Petrole, France 1:00PM Data Mining for Multidisciplinary Design Space of Regional-Jet Wing [#170]

Kazuhisa Chiba, Shinkyu Jeong, Shigeru Obayashi and Hiroyuki Morino

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan; Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, Japan; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Japan

Session AD: Adaptation Sunday, September 4, 12:00PM-1:30PM, Room: Room 1.06, Chair: Hussein Abbass

12:00PM On the Analysis of Self-Adaptive Recombination Strategies: First Results [#83] Silja Meyer-Nieberg and Hans-Georg Beyer University of Dortmund, Germany; Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, Austria 12:20PM Multiobjective optimization for dynamic environments [#213] Lam Thu Bui, Juergen Branke and Hussein Abbass

School of ITEE, UNSW at ADFA, Australia; Institute AIFB, University of Karlsruhe, Germany; School of ITEE, University of New South Wales, Australia

12:40PM Exemplar-Based Direct Policy Search with Evolutionary Optimization [#198] Kokolo Ikeda Kyoto University, Japan 1:00PM Evolution Strategies Based Gaussian Sum Particle Filter for Nonlinear State Estimation [#445]

Katsuji Uosaki and Toshiharu Hatanaka Osaka University, Japan

Session CLU: Evolutionary Clustering Sunday, September 4, 12:00PM-1:30PM, Room: Room 2.05, Chair: Julia Handl

12:00PM Improvements to the scalability of multiobjective clustering [#438] Julia Handl and Joshua Knowles University of Manchester, United Kingdom 12:20PM Metaheuristics for Clustering in KDD [#6] Victor Rayward-Smith University of East Anglia, United Kingdom 12:40PM The New Window Density Function for Efficient Evolutionary Unsupervised Clustering [#474] Dimitris Tasoulis and Michael Vrahatis Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece 1:00PM Dealing with Noise in Ant-based Clustering [#251]

Daniela Zaharie and Flavia Zamfirache West University of Timisoara, Romania

Session GAM2: Evolutionary Computation and Games 2 Sunday, September 4, 12:00PM-1:30PM, Room: Room 3.03, Chair: Graham Kendall

12:00PM Correcting and Improving Imitation Models of Humans for Robosoccer Agents [#572] Ricardo Aler, Oscar Garcia and Jose M. Valls Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain 12:20PM Checkers using a Co-evolutionary On-Line Evolutionary Algorithm [#506] Evan Hughes Cranfield University, United Kingdom 12:40PM Evolving Controllers for Simulated Car Racing [#547] Julian Togelius and Simon Lucas University of Essex, United Kingdom 1:00PM Finding Attack Strategies for Predator Swarms Using Genetic Algorithms [#608]

Ryan Leigh, Tony Morelli, Sushil Louis, Monica Nicolescu and Chris Miles ECSL, University of Nevada, Reno, United States

Lunch 1:30pm—2:30pm

Session EFE1: Evolutionary Algorithms in Finance and Economics 1 Sunday, September 4, 2:30PM-4:00PM, Room: Riady Lecture Theatre, Chair: Pedro Isasi

2:30PM GenSo-OPATS: A brain-inspired dynamically evolving option pricing model and arbitrage trading system [#634] Whye Loon Tung and Chai Quek Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore 2:50PM Explanation of Binarized Time Series using Genetic Learning Model of Investor Sentiment [#188] Takashi Yamada and Kazuhiro Ueda University of Tokyo, Japan 3:10PM On Social Learning and Robust Evolutionary Algorithm Design in Economic Games [#359] Floortje Alkemade, Han La Poutre and Hans Amman Utrecht University, Netherlands; CWI Amsterdam, Netherlands; TU Eindhoven, Netherlands 3:30PM What Drives Information Dissemination in Continuous Double Auction Markets? [#617] Javier Gil-Bazo, David Moreno and Mikel Tapia University Carlos III, Spain

Session EH: Evolvable Hardware Sunday, September 4, 2:30PM-4:00PM, Room: Lindsay Stewart Lecture Theatre, Chair: Ricardo Zebulum

2:30PM A Reconfigurable Continuous Time Recurrent Neural Network for Evolvable Hardware Applications [#296] John Gallagher, Sanjay Boddhu and Saranyan Vigraham Wright State University, United States 2:52PM Circuit Recovery Under Gamma Ray Radiation [#326] Adrian Stoica, Xiao Wang, Didier Keymeulen, Ricardo Zebulum and Ian Ferguson JPL, United States 3:12PM Techniques for the Evolution of Pipelined Linear Transforms [#418] Robert Thomson and Tughrul Arslan Edinburgh University, United Kingdom; University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom 3:32PM A Space Saving Digital VLSI Evolutionary Engine for CTRNN-EH Devices [#301] Saranyan Vigraham and John Gallagher Wright State University, United States

Session EAG2: Evolutionary Algorithms: General 2 Sunday, September 4, 2:30PM-4:00PM, Room: Room 1.10, Chair: Gary Lamont

2:30PM Online Population Size Adjusting Using Noise and Substructural Measurements [#604] Tian-Li Yu, Kumara Sastry and David E. Goldberg University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States 2:50PM Using Evolutionary Techniques to Hunt for Snakes and Coils [#149] Darren Casella and Walter Potter AI Center, University of Georgia, United States 3:10PM Balanced Accuracy for Feature Subset Selection with Genetic Algorithms [#152] Michael Peterson, Michael Raymer and Gary Lamont Wright State University, United States; Air Force Institute of Technology, United States 3:30PM GA-Facilitated KNN Classifier Optimization with Varying Similarity Measures [#156] Michael Peterson, Travis Doom and Michael Raymer Wright State University, United States

Session GP: Genetic Programming Sunday, September 4, 2:30PM-4:00PM, Room: Room 2.10, Chair: Conor Ryan

2:30PM An Analysis of Explicit Loops in Genetic Programming [#38] Xiang Li and Vic Ciesielski RMIT University, Australia 2:50PM Fitness Evaluation Avoidance in Boolean GP Problems [#258] David Jackson University of Liverpool, United Kingdom 3:10PM A Structure Preserving Crossover In Grammatical Evolution [#177] Robin Harper and Alan Blair University of New South Wales, Australia 3:30PM Information Theoretic Indicators of Fitness, Relevant Diversity and Pairing Potential in Genetic Programming

[#421] Stuart Card and Chilukuri Mohan Syracuse University, United States

Session EPM: Evolutionary Algorithms based on Probabilistic Models Sunday, September 4, 2:30PM-4:00PM, Room: Room 1.06, Chair: Qingfu Zhang

2:30PM Behaviour of the UMDAc Algorithm with Truncation Selection on Monotonous Functions [#86] Joern Grahl, Stefan Minner and Franz Rothlauf Mannheim Business School, Germany 2:50PM Memory-Enhanced Univariate Marginal Distribution Algorithms for Dynamic Optimization Problems [#602] Shengxiang Yang University of Leicester, United Kingdom 3:10PM A Model-Based Evolutionary Algorithm for Bi-objective Optimization [#55] Aimin Zhou, Qingfu Zhang, Yaochu Jin, Edward Tsang and Tatsuya Okabe

University of Essex, United Kingdom; Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH, Germany; Honda R and D Co. Ltd., Japan

3:30PM Incorporating a Metropolis method in a Distribution Estimation using Markov Random Field Algorithm [#626] Siddhartha Shakya, John McCall and Deryck Brown The Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom

Session ESP: Evolution Strategies and Evolutionary Programming Sunday, September 4, 2:30PM-4:00PM, Room: Room 2.05, Chair: Dirk Arnold

2:30PM Dynamic Niching in Evolution Strategies with Covariance Matrix Adaptation [#153] Ofer Shir and Thomas Baeck Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, Netherlands 2:50PM Evolution Strategies with Adaptively Rescaled Mutation Vectors [#389] Dirk V. Arnold Dalhousie University, Canada 3:10PM A New Mutation Operator for Evolution Strategies for Constrained Problems [#287] Oliver Kramer, Chuan-Kang Ting and Hans Kleine Buening University of Paderborn, Germany 3:32PM The Application of Evolutionary Computation to the Analysis of the Profiles of Elliptical Galaxies: A Maximum

Likelihood Approach [#384] Ben Washbrook and Jin Li The University of Birminham, United Kingdom; CERCIA, The University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Session GAM3: Evolutionary Computation and Games 3 Sunday, September 4, 2:30PM-4:00PM, Room: Room 3.03, Chair: Simon Lucas

2:30PM Techniques for Analysis of Evolved Prisoner's Dilemma Strategies with Fingerprints. [#97] Daniel Ashlock and Eun-Youn Kim University of Guelph, Canada; Iowa State University, United States 2:50PM Evolutionary Solo Pong Players [#88] William Langdon and Riccardo Poli University of Essex, United Kingdom 3:10PM Evolution and Incremental Learning in the Iterative Prisoner's Dilemma [#111] Chi Keong Goh, Han Yang Quek, Eu Jin Teoh and Kay Chen Tan National University of Singapore, Singapore 3:30PM Evolution of Cooperative Behavior in the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma under Random Pairing in Game Playing

[#289] Hisao Ishibuchi and Naoki Namikawa Osaka Prefecture University, Japan

Coffee 4:00pm—4:30pm

Session EFE2: Evolutionary Algorithms in Finance and Economics 2 Sunday, September 4, 4:30PM-6:00PM, Room: Riady Lecture Theatre, Chair: David Quintana

4:30PM Analysis of Ausubel Auctions by Means of Evolutionary Computation [#623] Asuncion Mochon, David Quintana, Yago Saez and Pedro Isasi UNED, Spain; Universidad Carlos III, Spain; Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain 4:50PM Brain-inspired Genetic Complementary Learning for Stock Market Prediction [#457] Tuan Zea Tan, Chai Quek and Geok See Ng Nanyang Technological Univeristy, Singapore; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore 5:10PM Equilibrium Selection by Co-evolution for Bargaining Problems under Incomplete Information about Time

Preferences [#508] Nanlin Jin University of Essex, United Kingdom 5:30PM Predicting the impact anticipatory action on US stock market event study using ANFIS (A neural fuzzy model)

[#627] Philip Cheng *, M.I. Mah and Chai Quek

Guangdong Kingold Business Management School, China; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

Session ABC: Ant Systems, Collective Behaviour and Co-evolution Sunday, September 4, 4:30PM-6:00PM, Room: Lindsay Stewart Lecture Theatre, Chair: Bernd Meyer

4:30PM Using Ant Colony Optimization to Find Low Energy Atomic Cluster Structures [#35] Phillip Tomson and Garrison Greenwood ECE Dept., Portland State University, United States 4:50PM Constraint Handling and Stochastic Ranking in ACO [#171] Bernd Meyer Monash University, Australia 5:10PM Co-evolutionary Modular Neural Networks for Automatic Problem Decomposition [#283] Vineet Khare, Xin Yao, Bernhard Sendhoff, Yaochu Jin and Heiko Wersing

School of Comp. Sc., University of Birmingham, United Kingdom; CERCIA, The University of Birmingham, United Kingdom; Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH, Germany

5:32PM Distributed Brain Modelling by means of Hierarchical Collaborative CoEvolution [#217] Michail Maniadakis and Panos Trahanias Institute of Computer Science, FORTH, Greece

Session EAG3: Evoultionary Algorithms: General 3 Sunday, September 4, 4:30PM-6:00PM, Room: Room 1.10, Chair: Mitchell Potter

4:30PM A Self-Adaptive Mate Selection Model for Genetic Programming [#260] Rodney Fry, Stephen Smith and Andy Tyrrell University of York, United Kingdom 4:50PM Evolutionary Computation Variants for Cooperative Spatial Coordination [#132] Georgios Yannakakis, John Hallam and John Levine

The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom; University of Southern Denmark, Denmark; University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom

5:10PM Effects of Experience Bias When Seeding With Prior Results [#603] Mitchell A. Potter, R. Paul Wiegand, H. Joseph Blumenthal and Donald A. Sofge Naval Research Laboratory, United States 5:30PM A Scatter Search-based Optimizer for the Registration of 3D Surfaces [#559] Oscar Cordon, Sergio Damas and Jose Santamaria University of Granada, Spain

Session RW4: Real World Applications 4 Sunday, September 4, 4:30PM-6:00PM, Room: Room 2.10, Chair: David Fogel

4:30PM A Particle Swarm Optimiser with Passive Congregation Approach To Thermal Modelling For Power Transformers [#201]

W.H. Tang, S. He, E. Prempain, Q.H. Wu and J. Fitch The University of Liverpool, United Kingdom; National Grid Transco, United Kingdom 4:50PM An Efficient, Memetic, Permutation-Based Evolutionary Algorithm for Real-World Train Timetabling [#661] Yann Semet and Marc Schoenauer INRIA, France 5:10PM Evolution of L-systems for Compact Virtual Landscape Generation [#100] Daniel Ashlock, Stephen Gent and Kenneth Bryden University of Guelph, Canada; Iowa State University, United States 5:30PM An Analysis of the Search Performance of a Mini-Population Evolutionary Algorithm for a Robot-Locomotion

Control Problem [#387] Gregory Kramer and John Gallagher Wright State University, United States

Session FL: Fitness Landscape Studies Sunday, September 4, 4:30PM-6:00PM, Room: Room 1.06, Chair: Richard Watson

4:30PM Nonlinear Projection for the Display of High Dimensional Distance Data [#95] Daniel Ashlock and Justin Schonfeld University of Guelph, Canada; Iowa State University, United States 4:50PM No Free Lunch, Kolmogorov Complexity and the Information Landscape [#357] Yossi Borenstein and Riccardo Poli University of Essex, United Kingdom 5:10PM Multidimensional Epistasis and the Advantage of Sex [#306] Richard Watson and John Wakeley Southampton University, United Kingdom; Harvard Uinversity, United States 5:30PM Relationships between Internal and External Metrics in Co-evolution [#402] Elena Popovici and De Jong Kenneth George Mason University, United States

Session DUE: Dynamic and Uncertain Environments Sunday, September 4, 4:30PM-6:00PM, Room: Room 2.05, Chair: Shenxiang Yang

4:30PM DynDE: a Differential Evolution for Dynamic Optimization Problems [#583] Rui Mendes and Arvind Mohais Universidade do Minho, Portugal; The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad 4:50PM Genetic Algorithms with Self-Organized Criticality for Dynamic Optimization Problems [#448] Renato Tinos and Shengxiang Yang Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil; University of Leicester, United Kingdom 5:10PM A study of dynamic severity in chaotic fitness landscapes [#75] Hendrik Richter HTWK Leipzig, Germany 5:30PM A Study on Polynomial Regression and Gaussian Process Global Surrogate Model in Hierarchical Surrogate-

Assisted Evolutionary Algorithm [#518] Zongzhao Zhou, Yew Soon Ong, My Hanh Nguyen and Dudy Lim Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Session EPS: Planning and Scheduling Sunday, September 4, 4:30PM-6:00PM, Room: Room 3.03, Chair: Peter Cowling

4:30PM Heterogeneous Multiprocessor Scheduling with Differential Evolution [#90] Krzysztof Rzadca and Franciszek Seredynski Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Techn., Poland; Institute of Computer Science, PAS, Poland 4:50PM Evolving Dispatching Rules for solving the Flexible Job-Shop Problem [#281] Nhu Binh Ho and Joc Cing Tay Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 5:12PM An Empirical Analysis of the Grouping Genetic Algorithm: The Timetabling Case. [#18] Rhydian Lewis and Ben Paechter Centre for Emergent Computing, Napier University, United Kingdom 5:32PM An ACO Algorithm for Service Restoration in Power Distribution Systems [#433] Isamu Watanabe Central Research Inst.of Electric Power Industry, Japan

Plenary Talk PL4: Plenary : David Wolpert: Probability Collectives for Distributed Control and Opt Sunday, September 4, 6:00PM-6:45PM, Room: Riady Lecture Theatre, Chair: Zbigniew Michalewicz

Special Track FUN3: Edinburgh Festival Fireworks Sunday, September 4, 7:30PM-11:55PM,

Coaches depart from conference venue at 7.30 pm for the city centre for viewing of the spectacular Edinburgh Fireworks which draw the International Festival to a close.