Applications of Evolutionary Computing: EvoWorkshops 2009: EvoCOMNET, EvoENVIRONMENT, EvoFIN, EvoGAMES, EvoHOT, EvoIASP, EvoINTERACTION, EvoMUSART, EvoNUM, EvoSTOC, EvoTRANSLOG, Tübingen, Germany, April 15-17, 2009. Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
Web Application Security through Gene Expression Programming....Pages 1-10
Location Discovery in Wireless Sensor Networks Using a Two-Stage Simulated Annealing....Pages 11-20
Wireless Communications for Distributed Navigation in Robot Swarms....Pages 21-30
An Evolutionary Algorithm for Survivable Virtual Topology Mapping in Optical WDM Networks....Pages 31-40
Extremal Optimization as a Viable Means for Mapping in Grids....Pages 41-50
Swarm Intelligence Inspired Multicast Routing: An Ant Colony Optimization Approach....Pages 51-60
A Framework for Evolutionary Peer-to-Peer Overlay Schemes....Pages 61-70
Multiuser Scheduling in HSDPA with Particle Swarm Optimization....Pages 71-80
Efficient Signal Processing and Anomaly Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 81-86
Peer-to-Peer Optimization in Large Unreliable Networks with Branch-and-Bound and Particle Swarms....Pages 87-92
Evolving High-Speed, Easy-to-Understand Network Intrusion Detection Rules with Genetic Programming....Pages 93-98
Soft Computing Techniques for Internet Backbone Traffic Anomaly Detection....Pages 99-104
Testing Detector Parameterization Using Evolutionary Exploit Generation....Pages 105-110
Ant Routing with Distributed Geographical Localization of Knowledge in Ad-Hoc Networks....Pages 111-116
Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization for Multiple Destination Routing Problems....Pages 117-122
Combining Back-Propagation and Genetic Algorithms to Train Neural Networks for Ambient Temperature Modeling in Italy....Pages 123-131
Estimating the Concentration of Nitrates in Water Samples Using PSO and VNS Approaches....Pages 132-141
Optimal Irrigation Scheduling with Evolutionary Algorithms....Pages 142-151
Adaptive Land-Use Management in Dynamic Ecological System....Pages 152-161
Evolutionary Money Management....Pages 162-171
Prediction of Interday Stock Prices Using Developmental and Linear Genetic Programming....Pages 172-181
An Introduction to Natural Computing in Finance....Pages 182-192
Evolutionary Approaches for Estimating a Coupled Markov Chain Model for Credit Portfolio Risk Management....Pages 193-202
Knowledge Patterns in Evolutionary Decision Support Systems for Financial Time Series Analysis....Pages 203-212
Predicting Turning Points in Financial Markets with Fuzzy-Evolutionary and Neuro-Evolutionary Modeling....Pages 213-222
Comparison of Multi-agent Co-operative Co-evolutionary and Evolutionary Algorithms for Multi-objective Portfolio Optimization....Pages 223-232
Dynamic High Frequency Trading: A Neuro-Evolutionary Approach....Pages 233-242
Decay of Invincible Clusters of Cooperators in the Evolutionary Prisoner’s Dilemma Game....Pages 243-252
Evolutionary Equilibria Detection in Non-cooperative Games....Pages 253-262
Coevolution of Competing Agent Species in a Game-Like Environment....Pages 263-272
Simulation Minus One Makes a Game....Pages 273-282
Evolving Simple Art-Based Games....Pages 283-292
Swarming for Games: Immersion in Complex Systems....Pages 293-302
Fitness Diversity Parallel Evolution Algorithms in the Turtle Race Game....Pages 303-312
Evolving Strategies for Non-player Characters in Unsteady Environments....Pages 313-322
Grid Coevolution for Adaptive Simulations: Application to the Building of Opening Books in the Game of Go....Pages 323-332
Evolving Teams of Cooperating Agents for Real-Time Strategy Game....Pages 333-342
Design Optimization of Radio Frequency Discrete Tuning Varactors....Pages 343-352
An Evolutionary Path Planner for Multiple Robot Arms....Pages 353-362
Evolutionary Optimization of Number of Gates in PLA Circuits Implemented in VLSI Circuits....Pages 363-368
Particle Swarm Optimisation as a Hardware-Oriented Meta-heuristic for Image Analysis....Pages 369-374
A Novel GP Approach to Synthesize Vegetation Indices for Soil Erosion Assessment....Pages 375-384
Flies Open a Door to SLAM....Pages 385-394
Genetic Image Network for Image Classification....Pages 395-404
Multiple Network CGP for the Classification of Mammograms....Pages 405-413
Evolving Local Descriptor Operators through Genetic Programming....Pages 414-419
Evolutionary Optimization for Plasmon-Assisted Lithography....Pages 420-425
An Improved Multi-objective Technique for Fuzzy Clustering with Application to IRS Image Segmentation....Pages 426-431
Interactive Evolutionary Evaluation through Spatial Partitioning of Fitness Zones....Pages 432-441
 Fractal Evolver : Interactive Evolutionary Design of Fractals with Grid Computing....Pages 442-451
Humorized Computational Intelligence towards User-Adapted Systems with a Sense of Humor....Pages 452-461
Innovative Chance Discovery – Extracting Customers’ Innovative Concept....Pages 462-466
Evolving Approximate Image Filters....Pages 467-477
On the Role of Temporary Storage in Interactive Evolution....Pages 478-487
Habitat: Engineering in a Simulated Audible Ecosystem....Pages 488-497
The Evolution of Evolutionary Software: Intelligent Rhythm Generation in Kinetic Engine....Pages 498-507
Filterscape: Energy Recycling in a Creative Ecosystem....Pages 508-517
Evolved Ricochet Compositions....Pages 518-527
Life’s What You Make: Niche Construction and Evolutionary Art....Pages 528-537
Global Expectation-Violation as Fitness Function in Evolutionary Composition....Pages 538-546
Composing Using Heterogeneous Cellular Automata....Pages 547-556
On the Socialization of Evolutionary Art....Pages 557-566
An Evolutionary Music Composer Algorithm for Bass Harmonization....Pages 567-572
Generation of Pop-Rock Chord Sequences Using Genetic Algorithms and Variable Neighborhood Search....Pages 573-578
Elevated Pitch: Automated Grammatical Evolution of Short Compositions....Pages 579-584
A GA-Based Control Strategy to Create Music with a Chaotic System....Pages 585-590
Teaching Evolutionary Design Systems by Extending “Context Free”....Pages 591-596
Artificial Nature: Immersive World Making....Pages 597-602
Evolving Indirectly Represented Melodies with Corpus-Based Fitness Evaluation....Pages 603-608
Hearing Thinking....Pages 609-614
Memetic Variation Local Search vs. Life-Time Learning in Electrical Impedance Tomography....Pages 615-624
Estimating HMM Parameters Using Particle Swarm Optimisation....Pages 625-634
Modeling Pheromone Dispensers Using Genetic Programming....Pages 635-644
NK Landscapes Difficulty and Negative Slope Coefficient: How Sampling Influences the Results....Pages 645-654
On the Parallel Speed-Up of Estimation of Multivariate Normal Algorithm and Evolution Strategies....Pages 655-664
Adaptability of Algorithms for Real-Valued Optimization....Pages 665-674
A Stigmergy-Based Algorithm for Continuous Optimization Tested on Real-Life-Like Environment....Pages 675-684
Stochastic Local Search Techniques with Unimodal Continuous Distributions: A Survey....Pages 685-694
Evolutionary Optimization Guided by Entropy-Based Discretization....Pages 695-704
The Influence of Population and Memory Sizes on the Evolutionary Algorithm’s Performance for Dynamic Environments....Pages 705-714
Differential Evolution with Noise Analyzer....Pages 715-724
An Immune System Based Genetic Algorithm Using Permutation-Based Dualism for Dynamic Traveling Salesman Problems....Pages 725-734
Dynamic Time-Linkage Problems Revisited....Pages 735-744
The Dynamic Knapsack Problem Revisited: A New Benchmark Problem for Dynamic Combinatorial Optimisation....Pages 745-754
Impact of Frequency and Severity on Non-Stationary Optimization Problems....Pages 755-761
A Critical Look at Dynamic Multi-dimensional Knapsack Problem Generation....Pages 762-767
Evolutionary Freight Transportation Planning....Pages 768-777
An Effective Evolutionary Algorithm for the Cumulative Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem....Pages 778-787
A Corridor Method-Based Algorithm for the Pre-marshalling Problem....Pages 788-797
Comparison of Metaheuristic Approaches for Multi-objective Simulation-Based Optimization in Supply Chain Inventory Management....Pages 798-807
Heuristic Algorithm for Coordination in Public Transport under Disruptions....Pages 808-817
Optimal Co-evolutionary Strategies for the Competitive Maritime Network Design Problem....Pages 818-827
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