Swarm Intelligence: 8th International Conference, ANTS 2012, Brussels, Belgium, September 12-14, 2012. Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
A Particle Swarm Embedding Algorithm for Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction....Pages 1-12
ABC-Miner: An Ant-Based Bayesian Classification Algorithm....Pages 13-24
Analysing Robot Swarm Decision-Making with Bio-PEPA....Pages 25-36
Automatic Generation of Multi-objective ACO Algorithms for the Bi-objective Knapsack....Pages 37-48
Bare Bones Particle Swarms with Jumps....Pages 49-60
Hybrid Algorithms for the Minimum-Weight Rooted Arborescence Problem....Pages 61-72
Improving the c Ant-Miner PB Classification Algorithm....Pages 73-84
Introducing Novelty Search in Evolutionary Swarm Robotics....Pages 85-96
Measuring Diversity in the Cooperative Particle Swarm Optimizer....Pages 97-108
Multi-armed Bandit Formulation of the Task Partitioning Problem in Swarm Robotics....Pages 109-120
Scalability Study of Particle Swarm Optimizers in Dynamic Environments....Pages 121-132
Self-reconfigurable Modular e-pucks....Pages 133-144
Task Partitioning via Ant Colony Optimization for Distributed Assembly....Pages 145-155
The Self-adaptive Comprehensive Learning Particle Swarm Optimizer....Pages 156-167
Towards Swarm Calculus: Universal Properties of Swarm Performance and Collective Decisions....Pages 168-179
A Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for the Open Vehicle Routing Problem....Pages 180-187
A Self-adaptive Heterogeneous PSO Inspired by Ants....Pages 188-195
A “Thermodynamic” Approach to Multi-robot Cooperative Localization with Noisy Sensors....Pages 196-203
AcoSeeD: An Ant Colony Optimization for Finding Optimal Spaced Seeds in Biological Sequence Search....Pages 204-211
Analysis of Ant-Based Routing with Wireless Medium Access Control....Pages 212-219
Ant-Based Approaches for Solving Autocorrelation Problems....Pages 220-227
Collision-Induced “Priority Rule” Governs Efficiency of Pheromone-Communicating Swarm Robots....Pages 228-235
Dynamic Load Balancing Inspired by Cemetery Formation in Ant Colonies....Pages 236-243
Feasibility of an Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Multi-leaf Collimator (MLC) Aperture Definition and Beam Weighting in Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) Radiotherapy Treatment Planning....Pages 244-251
 Formica ex Machina : Ant Swarm Foraging from Physical to Virtual and Back Again....Pages 252-259
Improving Peer Review with ACORN: ACO Algorithm for Reviewer’s Network....Pages 260-267
Learning Finite-State Machines with Ant Colony Optimization....Pages 268-275
Mobbing Behavior and Deceit and Its Role in Bio-inspired Autonomous Robotic Agents....Pages 276-283
Performance of Bacterial Foraging Optimization in Dynamic Environments....Pages 284-291
Piecewise Linear Approximation of n-Dimensional Parametric Curves Using Particle Swarms....Pages 292-299
Probabilistic Stochastic Diffusion Search....Pages 300-307
Self-organized Clustering of Square Objects by Multiple Robots....Pages 308-315
Self-reproduction versus Transition Rules in Ant Colonies for Medical Volume Segmentation....Pages 316-323
Swarm Interpolation Using an Approximate Chebyshev Distribution....Pages 324-331
Using MOPSO to Solve Multiobjective Bilevel Linear Problems....Pages 332-339
Clustering Moodle Data via Ant Colony Optimization....Pages 340-341
Continuous Trait-Based Particle Swarm Optimisation (CTB-PSO)....Pages 342-343
Exploring Different Functions for Heuristics, Discretization, and Rule Quality Evaluation in Ant-Miner....Pages 344-345
Fuzzy-Based Aggregation with a Mobile Robot Swarm....Pages 346-347
Maturity of the Particle Swarm as a Metric for Measuring the Particle Swarm Intelligence....Pages 348-349
Multi-objective Firefly Algorithm for Energy Optimization in Grid Environments....Pages 350-351
Particle Swarm Optimization with Random Sampling in Variable Neighbourhoods for Solving Global Minimization Problems....Pages 352-353
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