Artificial Neural Nets and Genetic Algorithms: Proceedings of the International Conference in Norwich, U.K., 1997

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Obstacle Identification by an Ultrasound Sensor Using Neural Networks....Pages 1-5
A Modular Reinforcement Learning Architecture for Mobile Robot Control....Pages 6-10
Timing without Time — An Experiment in Evolutionary Robotics....Pages 11-15
Incremental Acquisition of Complex Behaviour by Structured Evolution....Pages 16-20
Evolving Neural Controllers for Robot Manipulators....Pages 21-25
Using Genetic Algorithms with Variable-length Individuals for Planning Two-Manipulators Motion....Pages 26-30
Ensembles of Neural Networks for Digital Problems....Pages 31-34
A Modular Neural Network Architecture with Additional Generalization Abilities for Large Input Vectors....Pages 35-39
Principal Components Identify MLP Hidden Layer Size for Optimal Generalisation Performance....Pages 40-43
Bernoulli Mixture Model of Experts for Supervised Pattern Classification....Pages 44-48
Electric Load Forecasting with Genetic Neural Networks....Pages 49-52
Multiobjective Pressurised Water Reactor Reload Core Design using a Genetic Algorithm....Pages 53-57
Using Artificial Neural Networks to Model Non-Linearity in a Complex System....Pages 58-61
Transit Time Estimation by Artificial Neural Networks....Pages 62-65
Evolving Asynchronous and Scalable Non-uniform Cellular Automata....Pages 66-70
One-Chip Evolvable Hardware: 1C-EHW....Pages 71-77
Evolving Low-Level Vision Capabilities with the GENCODER Genetic Programming Environment....Pages 78-82
NLRFLA: A Supervised Learning Algorithm for the Development of Non-Linear Receptive Fields....Pages 83-87
Fuzzy-tuned Stochastic Scanpaths for AGV Vision....Pages 88-92
On VLSI Implementation of Multiple Output Sequential Learning Networks....Pages 93-97
Automated Parameter Selection for a Computer Simulation of Auditory Nerve Fibre Activity using Genetic Algorithms....Pages 98-102
Automatic Extraction of Phase and Frequency Information from Raw Voice Data....Pages 103-106
A Speech Recognition System using an Auditory Model and TOM Neural Network....Pages 107-111
Fahlman-Type Activation Functions Applied to Nonlinear PCA Networks Provide a Generalised Independent Component Analysis....Pages 112-115
Blind Source Separation via Unsupervised Learning....Pages 116-120
Neural Networks for Higher-Order Spectral Estimation....Pages 121-125
Estimation of Fractal Signals by Wavelets and GAs....Pages 126-128
Classification of 3-D Dendritic Spines using Self-Organizing Maps....Pages 129-132
Neural Network Analysis of Hue Spectra from Natural Images....Pages 133-137
Detecting Small Features in SAR Images by an ANN....Pages 138-142
Optimising Handwritten-Character Recognition with Logic Neural Networks....Pages 143-146
Combined Neural Network Models for Epidemiological Data: Modelling Heterogeneity and Reduction of Input Correlations....Pages 147-151
A Hybrid Expert System Architecture for Medical Diagnosis....Pages 152-156
Enhancing Connectionist Expert Systems by IAC Models through Real Cases....Pages 157-160
A Schema Theorem-Type Result for Multidimensional Crossover....Pages 161-165
Möbius Crossover and Excursion Set Mediated Genetic Algorithms....Pages 166-170
The Single Chromosome’s Guide to Dating....Pages 171-174
A Fuzzy Taguchi Controller to Improve Genetic Algorithm Parameter Selection....Pages 175-178
Walsh Functions and Predicting Problem Complexity....Pages 179-182
Migration through Mutation Space: A Means of Accelerating Convergence in Evolutionary Algorithms....Pages 183-187
Dual Genetic Algorithms and Pareto Optimization....Pages 188-192
Multi-layered Niche Formation....Pages 193-197
Using Hierarchical Genetic Populations to Improve Solution Quality....Pages 198-201
A Redundant Representation for use by Genetic Algorithms on Parameter Optimisation Problems....Pages 202-205
A Genetic Algorithm for Learning Weights in a Similarity Function....Pages 206-209
Learning SCFGs from Corpora by a Genetic Algorithm....Pages 210-214
Adaptive Product Optimization and Simultaneous Customer Segmentation: A Hospitality Product Design Study with Genetic Algorithms....Pages 215-218
Genetic Algorithm Utilising Neural Network Fitness Evaluation for Musical Composition....Pages 219-223
Analyses of Simple Genetic Algorithms and Island Model Parallel Genetic Algorithms....Pages 224-228
Supervised Parallel Genetic Algorithms in Aerodynamic Optimisation....Pages 229-233
A Genetic Clustering Method for the Multi-Depot Vehicle Routing Problem....Pages 234-237
A Hybrid Genetic / Branch and Bound Algorithm for Integer Programming....Pages 238-240
Breeding Perturbed City Coordinates and Fooling Travelling Salesman Heuristic Algorithms....Pages 241-244
Improvements on the Ant-System: Introducing the MAX-MIN Ant System....Pages 245-249
A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for the 0–1 Multiple Knapsack Problem....Pages 250-254
Genetic Algorithms in the Elevator Allocation Problem....Pages 255-258
Generational and Steady-State Genetic Algorithms for Generator Maintenance Scheduling Problems....Pages 259-263
Four Methods for Maintenance Scheduling....Pages 264-269
A Genetic Algorithm for the Generic Crew Scheduling Problem....Pages 270-274
Genetic Algorithms and the Timetabling Problem....Pages 275-280
Evolutionary Approaches to the Partition/Timetabling Problem....Pages 281-284
Discovering Simple Fault-Tolerant Routing Rules by Genetic Programming....Pages 285-288
The Ring-Loading and Ring-Sizing Problem....Pages 289-293
Evolutionary Computation Techniques for Telephone Networks Traffic Supervision Based on a Qualitative Stream Propagation Model....Pages 294-298
NOMaD: Applying a Genetic Algorithm/Heuristic Hybrid Approach to Optical Network Topology Design....Pages 299-303
Application of a Genetic Algorithm to the Availability-Cost Optimization of a Transmission Network Topology....Pages 304-307
Breeding Permutations for Minimum Span Frequency Assignment....Pages 308-311
A Practical Frequency Planning Technique for Cellular Radio....Pages 312-316
Chaotic Neurodynamics in the Frequency Assignment Problem....Pages 317-320
A Divide-and-Conquer Technique to Solve the Frequency Assignment Problem....Pages 321-324
Genetic Algorithm Based Software Testing....Pages 325-328
An Evolutionary/Meta-Heuristic Approach to Emergency Resource Redistribution in the Developing World....Pages 329-332
Automated Design of Combinational Logic Circuits by Genetic Algorithms....Pages 333-336
Forecasting of the Nile River Inflows by Genetic Algorithms....Pages 337-340
A Comparative Study of Neural Network Optimization Techniques....Pages 341-345
GA-RBF: A Self-Optimising RBF Network....Pages 346-349
Canonical Genetic Learning of RBF Networks Is Faster....Pages 350-353
The Baldwin Effect on the Evolution of Associative Memory....Pages 354-358
Using Embryology as an Alternative to Genetic Algorithms for Designing Artificial Neural Network Topologies....Pages 359-363
Empirical Study of the Influences of Genetic Parameters in the Training of a Neural Network....Pages 364-367
Evolutionary Optimization of the Structure of Neural Networks by a Recursive Mapping as Encoding....Pages 368-372
Using Genetic Engineering To Find Modular Structures for Architectures of Artificial Neural Networks....Pages 373-377
Evolutionary Learning of Recurrent Networks by Successive Orthogonal Inverse Approximations....Pages 378-383
Evolutionary Optimization of Neural Networks for Reinforcement Learning Algorithms....Pages 384-388
Generalising Experience in Reinforcement Learning: Performance in Partially Observable Processes....Pages 389-392
Optimal Control of an Inverted Pendulum by Genetic Programming: Practical Aspects....Pages 393-396
Evolutionary Artificial Neural Networks and Genetic Programming: A Comparative Study Based on Financial Data....Pages 397-400
A Canonical Genetic Algorithm Based Approach to Genetic Programming....Pages 401-404
Is Genetic Programming Dependent on High-level Primitives?....Pages 405-408
DGP: How To Improve Genetic Programming with Duals....Pages 409-413
Fitness Landscapes and Inductive Genetic Programming....Pages 414-418
Discovery of Symbolic, Neuro-Symbolic and Neural Networks with Parallel Distributed Genetic Programming....Pages 419-423
A Neural Network Technique for Detecting and Modelling Residential Property Sub-Markets....Pages 424-427
Versatile Graph Planarisation via an Artificial Neural Network....Pages 428-431
Artificial Neural Networks for Generic Predictive Maintenance....Pages 432-435
The Effect of Recurrent Networks on Policy Improvement in Polling Systems....Pages 436-439
EXPRESS — A Strategic Software System for Equity Valuation....Pages 440-444
Virtual Table Tennis and the Design of Neural Network Players....Pages 445-448
Investigating Arbitration Strategies in an Animat Navigation System....Pages 449-453
Sequence Clustering by Time Delay Networks....Pages 454-458
Modeling Complex Symbolic Sequences with Neural Based Systems....Pages 459-463
An Unsupervised Neural Method for Time Series Analysis, Characterisation and Prediction....Pages 464-467
Time-Series Prediction with Neural Networks: Combinatorial versus Sequential Approach....Pages 468-472
A New Method for Defining Parameters to SETAR(2; k 1 , k 2 )-models....Pages 473-476
Predicting Conditional Probability Densities with the Gaussian Mixture — RVFL Network....Pages 477-481
An Artificial Neuron with Quantum Mechanical Properties....Pages 482-485
Computation of Weighted Sum by Physical Wave Properties — Coding Problems by Unit Positions....Pages 486-490
Some Analytical Results for a Recurrent Neural Network Producing Oscillations....Pages 491-494
Upper Bounds on the Approximation Rates of Real-valued Boolean Functions by Neural Networks....Pages 495-499
A Method for Task Allocation in Modular Neural Network with an Information Criterion....Pages 500-504
A Meta Neural Network Polling System for the RPROP Learning Rule....Pages 505-508
Designing Development Rules for Artificial Evolution....Pages 509-513
Improved Center Point Selection for Probabilistic Neural Networks....Pages 514-517
The Evolution of a Feedforward Neural Network trained under Backpropagation....Pages 518-522
Fuzzy Vector Bundles for Classification via Neural Networks....Pages 523-526
A Constructive Algorithm for Real Valued Multi-category Classification Problems....Pages 527-531
Classification of Thermal Profiles in Blast Furnace Walls by Neural Networks....Pages 532-534
Geometrical Selection of Important Inputs with Feedforward Neural Networks....Pages 535-538
Classifier Systems Based on Possibility Distributions: A Comparative Study....Pages 539-542
Learning by Co-operation: Combining Multiple Computationally Intelligent Programs into a Computational Network....Pages 543-546
Comparing a Variety of Evolutionary Algorithm Techniques on a Collection of Rule Induction Tasks....Pages 547-550
An Investigation into the Performance and Representations of a Stochastic, Evolutionary Neural Tree....Pages 551-554
Experimental Results of a Michigan-like Evolution Strategy for Non-stationary Clustering....Pages 555-559
Excursion Set Mediated Evolutionary Strategy....Pages 560-564
Use of Mutual Information to Extract Rules from Artificial Neural Networks....Pages 565-569
Connectionism and Symbolism in Symbiosis....Pages 570-574
Genetic Design of Robust PID Controllers....Pages 575-578
Coevolutionary Process Control....Pages 579-582
Cooperative Coevolution in Inventory Control Optimisation....Pages 583-587
Dynamic Neural Nets in the State Space Utilized in Non-Linear Process Identification....Pages 588-591
Distal Learning for Inverse Modeling of Dynamical Systems....Pages 592-596
Genetic Algorithms in Structure Identification for NARX Models....Pages 597-600
A Model-based Neural Network Controller for a Process Trainer Laboratory Equipment....Pages 601-605
MIMO Fuzzy Logic Control of a Liquid Level Process....Pages 606-610
A Practical Application of a Learning Classifier System in a Steel Hot Strip Mill....Pages 611-614
Multi-Agent Classifier Systems and the Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma....Pages 615-618
Complexity Cost and Two Types of Noise in the Repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma....Pages 619-623
Back Matter....Pages 624-639