Advances in Evolutionary Computing: Theory and Applications

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Smoothness, Ruggedness and Neutrality of Fitness Landscapes: from Theory to Application....Pages 3-44
Fast Evolutionary Algorithms....Pages 45-94
Visualizing Evolutionary Computation....Pages 95-116
New Schemes of Biologically Inspired Evolutionary Computation....Pages 117-151
On the Design of Problem-specific Evolutionary Algorithms....Pages 153-173
Multiparent Recombination in Evolutionary Computing....Pages 175-192
 TCG-2 : A Test-Case Generator for Non-linear Parameter Optimisation Techniques....Pages 193-212
A Real-coded Genetic Algorithm using the Unimodal Normal Distribution Crossover....Pages 213-237
Designing Evolutionary Algorithms for Dynamic Optimization Problems....Pages 239-262
Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithms: Introducing Bias Among Pareto-optimal Solutions....Pages 263-292
Gene Expression and Scalable Genetic Search....Pages 293-319
Solving Permutation Problems with the Ordering Messy Genetic Algorithm....Pages 321-350
Effects of Adding Perturbations to Phenotypic Parameters in Genetic Algorithms for Searching Robust Solutions....Pages 351-365
Evolution of Strategies for Resource Protection Problems....Pages 367-392
A Unified Bayesian Framework for Evolutionary Learning and Optimization....Pages 393-412
Designed Sampling with Crossover Operators....Pages 413-439
Evolutionary Computation for Evolutionary Theory....Pages 441-460
Computational Embryology: Past, Present and Future....Pages 461-477
An Evolutionary Approach to Synthetic Biology: Zen in the Art of Creating Life....Pages 479-517
Scatter Search....Pages 519-537
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Ant Colony Optimization Paradigm for Combinatorial Optimization....Pages 539-557
Evolving Coordinated Agents....Pages 559-577
Exploring the Predictable....Pages 579-612
Front Matter....Pages 613-613
Approaches to Combining Local and Evolutionary Search for Training Neural Networks: A Review and Some New Results....Pages 615-641
Evolving Analog Circuits by Variable Length Chromosomes....Pages 643-662
Human-competitive Applications of Genetic Programming....Pages 663-682
Evolutionary Algorithms for the Physical Design of VLSI Circuits....Pages 683-711
From Theory to Practice: An Evolutionary Algorithm for the Antenna Placement Problem....Pages 713-737
Routing Optimization in Corporate Networks by Evolutionary Algorithms....Pages 739-753
Genetic Algorithms and Timetabling....Pages 755-771
Machine Learning by Schedule Decomposition — Prospects for an Integration of AI and OR Techniques for Job Shop Scheduling....Pages 773-798
Scheduling of Bus Drivers’ Service by a Genetic Algorithm....Pages 799-817
A Survey of Evolutionary Algorithms for Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery....Pages 819-845
Data Mining from Clinical Data using Interactive Evolutionary Computation....Pages 847-861
Learning-integrated Interactive Image Segmentation....Pages 863-895
An Immunogenetic Approach in Chemical Spectrum Recognition....Pages 897-914
Application of Evolutionary Computation to Protein Folding....Pages 915-940
Evolutionary Generation of Regrasping Motion....Pages 941-954
Recent Trends in Learning Classifier Systems Research....Pages 955-988
Beyond Samuel: Evolving a Nearly Expert Checkers Player....Pages 989-1004
Back Matter....Pages 1005-1007