Genetic Algorithms Digest Wednesday, Sept 8, 1999 Volume 13 : Issue 21 - Do NOT send email or reply to gadistr@aic.nrl.navy.mil - Send submissions (articles) to GA-List@aic.nrl.navy.mil - Send administrative requests (subscribe, unsubscribe, change of address, etc.,) to GA-List-Request@aic.nrl.navy.mil ********************************************************************** You can access back issues, GA code, conference announcements, etc., either through the WWW at http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/galist/ or through anonymous ftp at ftp.aic.nrl.navy.mil [132.250.84.25] in /pub/galist. ********************************************************************** Today's Topics: - Re: Too many large EC conferences? (v13n19) - Re: Too many large EC conferences? (v13n19) - 82 books on evolutionary computation - Source Code - GAs and finance - Ontology - Instances where EC has been used to produce a patented invention - Seeking examples of human-competitive results produced by EC - Request a paper about Job shop scheduling with GA - PhD research position available in Vienna, Austria - PhD studentship in evolutionary collective robotics, U.K. - CFP for BioSP3'2000 - Call for Participation (RSFDGrC'99) - REMINDER CFP-ACDM 2000 CONFERENCE-University of Plymouth-UK - FEA'2000 - FEA'2000 (deadline extension) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALENDAR OF GA-RELATED ACTIVITIES: (with GA-List issue reference) ECAL99 5th Euro Conf on Artificial Life, Lausanne, Swi Sep 13-17, 99 (v12n20) EUFIT99 7th Euro Conf on Intell Tech and Soft Comp Sep 13-16, 99 (v13n3) SMC99 Int Conf on System, Man, and Cybernetics, Tokyo Oct 12-15, 99 (v13n4) IES99 Industrial Electronic Seminar, Surabaya, Indonesia Oct 27-28, 99 (v13n10) EWRL4 4th Euro WS on Reinf Learn, Lugano, Switzerland Oct 29-30, 99 (v13n10) EA99 Artificial Evolution, Dunkerque, France Nov 3-5, 99 (v13n5) ANNIE99 Artificial NN in Engineering, St. Louis, MO Nov 7-10, 99 (v13n5) RSFDGrC99 7th Int WS Rough Sets, Fuzzy Sets, Data Min Nov 9-11, 99 (v12n22) NIPS99 Neural Information Processing Systems, Denver, CO Dec 4, 99 (v13n8) DS99 2nd Int Conf on Discovery Science, Tokyo, JP Dec 6-8, 99 (v13n10) AWAPAP99 Appl of AI to Plant and Animal Prod, Sydney, AU Dec 7, 99 (v13n9) IAT99 Intelligent Agent Technology, Hong Kong Dec 15-17, 99 (v12n21) AROB2000 5th Int Symp on Alife and Robotics, Oita, Japan Jan 26-28, 00 (v13n17) ISTA2000 Int Conf on Adv in Intel Sys, Canberra, AU Feb 2-4, 00 (v13n9) CIEF2000 1st Int WS on CIEF, Atlantic City, NJ Feb 27-Mar 3, 00 (v13n11) FEA2000 3rd Int WS on Frontiers in EA, Atlantic City Feb 27-Mar 3, 00 (v13n18) SAC2000 15th ACM Symp on Applied Comp, Como, Italy Mar 19-21, 00 (v13n16) MICAI2000 Mexican Int Conf on AI, Mexico City, MX Apr 10-14, 00 (v13n13) EuroGP2000 3rd European Conf on GP, Edinburgh Apr 15-16, 00 (v13n19) ICES2000 Int Conf on Evolvable Systems, Edinburgh, UK Apr 17-19, 00 (v13n13) OR16 Appl and Science of Comp Intel III, Orlando, FL Apr 24-28, 00 (v13n20) ACDM2000 Adaptive Comp in Design and Manuf, Plymouth, UK Apr 26-28, 00 (v13n9) BioSP3 3rd WS on Bio-Inspired Solns to Para Proc Prob,MX May 1, 00 (v13n21) APGA2000 2nd Asia Pac Conf on GAs and Applications, HK May 3-5, 00 (v13n8) ECNN2000 1st IEEE Symp on Comb of EC/NN, San Antonio, TX May 11-12, 00 (v13n19) NC2000 2nd Int ICSC Symp on Neural Computation, Berlin May 23-26, 00 (v13n14) WS2000 7th Viennese WS Opt Ctrl, Dyn Games, & Nonlin Dyn May 24-26, 00 (v13n12) WAC2000 8th Int Sym on Robotics with Apps, Maui, Hawaii Jun 11-16, 00 (v13n7) EIS2000 2nd Int ICSC Sym on Engr of Intell Sys, UK Jun 29-Jul 2 00 (v13n16) IPMU2000 8th Int Conf on IP and Manag of Uncer, Madrid Jul 3-7, 00 (v13n15) GP2000 Genetic Programming Conference, Las Vegas, NV Jul 8-12, 00 (v13n9) CEC2000 Congress on EC, La Jolla, CA Jul 16-19, 00 (v13n17) PATAT2000 3rd Int Conf Prac & Theor of Auto Timetabling Aug 16-18, 00 (v13n8) Send announcements of other activities to GA-List@aic.nrl.navy.mil. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 10:28:10 -0400 From: "Pete Angeline" Subject: Re: Too many large EC conferences? (v13n19) Dear Colleagues, Alan raises some good points regarding the state of our field RE: conferences. It is important that we all consider the issues he raises to ensure our field maintains integrity. It is especially important for those of us fortunate enough to have a leading role in organizing these conferences to listen to what the community wants rather than acting on what we perceive they want. Simply dismissing these concerns via rhetoric only serves to separate the "planners" from the "attendees", a line that I think should be as indiscernible as possible. In response to Hans-Paul's comments regarding this subject, and with all due respect, I think he overestimates the "inner-American" problem and underestimates the responsibility of organizations outside the US in bringing about our current state of affairs. Every action and inaction has a consequence. It is important for criticisms such as Alan's, and those provided on the response forms at CEC99, to be taken seriously and incorporated into the conference planning where possible. I encourage anyone with comments regarding any aspect of any EC conference, positive or negative, to forward them to cec99@natural-selection.com where they will be reviewed and considered in the planning of CEC2000. And let me take this opportunity to thank everyone who provided feedback at CEC99 via the evaluation forms. We've already found several suggestions which I believe will make CEC2000 even more successful than CEC99. For those interested, preliminary information on CEC2000 can be found at http://pcgipseca.cee.hw.ac.uk/cec2000/ Best of luck, -pete Peter J. Angeline Ph.D. Natural Selection, Inc. 509 Colgate Street, Vestal, NY 13850 Voice: 607-798-6250 Fax: 607-729-8715 mailto:angeline@natural-selection.com http://www.natural-selection.com/people/pja ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 23:01:56 -0700 From: "Richard K. Belew" Subject: Re: Too many large EC conferences? (v13n19) i'm too late to simply say AMEN! to Alan Schultz's articulate statement of what I too see as a growing problem for this community. so at this point let me respond to some of the things that dave goldberg and john koza (friends with whom i've been known to agree on occasion, too:) i personally dislike large meetings, the larger the more i dislike them. but i am happy to report that i liked GECCO much more than i'd ever have expected (DESPITE it being in orlando!). i also was pleasantly surprised by the general quality of work i saw there. i didn't attend CEC and can't speak about it either way. but to have TWO 'big-tent' style meetings occur as close in time and (on a global scale) space with as little coordination (to put it mildly) simply makes the EC community look silly. sure there's lots of research activity in EC, but folks there's lots going in other areas of machine learning, AI, computer science... too! ESPECIALLY as we are experiencing rapid growth, it's important that the random student or colleague, especially those traveling from abroad, be drawn to MORE THAN a single, coherent event per year per continent. (eg, I know for a fact of scientists from japan that just happened into one or another meeting and heard too late that there were two.) it is probably np-complete to find a schedule that respects all the big meeting/small workshop, Asia, America, Europe, .. constraints; i know that the ISGA council and others have worked hard to balance these considerations as well as they can. but i second alan's suggestion that these decision makers do what they can to reduce our collective "attentional bottleneck" (to use classifier system-speak). then, each of us can make our most rational choices to go to those meetings that seem closest to us conceptually, physically and in scale. p.s.: i also happen to think alan is correct about the simpler from of proceedings GIRTH! in this day of (esp. for the EC community) easily downloadable papers and CDROMs, i can see NO REASON that each of us should lug 6 inches of proceedings home on the plane! -- Richard K. Belew rik@cs.ucsd.edu http://www.cs.ucsd.edu/~rik Computer Science & Engr. Dept. 858 / 534-2601 Univ. California -- San Diego 858 / 532-0702 (msgs) 9500 Gilman Dr. (0114) 858 / 534-7029 (fax) La Jolla, CA 92093-0114 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 13:59:07 -0700 From: "John Koza" Subject: 82 books on evolutionary computation Hello: Over 20 people have kindly pointed out additions and errors in the previously posted (considerably smaller) list of authored and edited books and videotapes on evolutionary computation (not counting conference proceedings books) so that the new total is now 53 authored books and videotapes and 29 edited books (for a current grand total of 82). The updated list, can be viewed at http://www.genetic-programming.org/books.html is divided as follows: 10 Authored Books and 3 Videotapes on Genetic Programming (GP) 23 Authored Books on Genetic Algorithms (GA) 3 Authored Books on Evolution Strategies (ES) 4 Authored Books on Evolutionary Programming (EP) 3 Authored Books on Classifier Systems (CFS) 2 Authored Books on Evolvable Hardware (EH) 8 Authored Books on Evolutionary Computation in General (EC) 3 Edited Books on Genetic Programming (GP) 19 Edited Books on Genetic Algorithms (GA) 7 Edited Books on Evolutionary Computation in General (EC) I'd appreciate receiving further additions and corrections at koza@stanford.edu. I'll continue to periodically update this list. Meantime, I'm starting compiling a list of the conference proceeding books (which I estimate will be another equally large list). ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 22:13:59 +0300 From: Tawfik Subject: Source Code Hi everyone, I wonder if anyone had Pascal (or Delphi) source code for applying Genetic Algorithm, if so please send it to me. Tawfik ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 12:29:39 +0200 From: oscar Subject: GAs and finance I'm an Italian student from L'Aquila University school of Economics. I'm preparing my dissertation about Genetic Algorithms and theirs applications in financial problems. I hope you can help me with some information about GA and some possible application. Do you know if someone made some study about application of this method in finance? I thank you for your help in advance. Your faithfully Ada Bonolis adab@mailte.topnet.it Bonolis Ada Via Del Castello 46 64100 Teramo Italy Tel. 0039-0861247846 Fax 0039-0861247488 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 23:21:09 +1000 From: G Subject: Ontology Is there any work being done in the area of systems theoretical design and analyses vis-a-vis genetic algorithms ? I have studied ontological properties of holistic systems and I am searching for any information sources, peripheral or otherwise relating to the area. GA is related, as far as I can tell. Links, anything. My specific interest is in temporal structure and the mapping of complexity as gravitation in a conceptual model which relates to a wide variety of social, biological and psychological systems, among other issues. I am asking in this arena because although my programming skills are still developing - I am endeavouring to broaden my horizons so as to see as many perspectives as possible on the problem. Related interests: consciousness, ontology, time and psychoanalysis(/unconscious or sub-strata cognitive processes), recursive cosmological models and IW. OK. :-) GMW --Australia ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 10:08:18 -0700 From: "John Koza" Subject: Instances where EC has been used to produce a patented invention Hello: I'm trying to identify all the instances where a technique of evolutionary computation has been used to yield an invention that has been granted a patent. I am aware of only two instances. The first is a patent on a particular wire antenna created using the genetic algorithm (Altshuler and Linden). (This patent also covers their method as well as one particular resulting antenna). The second involves a design for an aircraft wing and is a design patent (Kroo, McMasters, and Pavek). Are there any other such instances? I'll post results of this inquiry. Thanks in advance. ==== Altshuler, Edward E. and Linden, Derek S. Process for the design of antennas using genetic algorithm. United States Patent 5,719,794. Applied for on July 19, 1995. Issued on February 17, 1998. ==== Kroo, Ilan M., McMasters, John H. , and Pavek, Richard J. 1995. Large airplane with nonplanar wing. U. S. Design Patent number USD0363696. Applied for on June 23, 1993. Issued October 31, 1995. ==== John R. Koza Consulting Professor Stanford University Stanford, California 94305 Phone: 650-941-0336 Fax: 650-941-9430 E-Mail: koza@stanford.edu WWW Home Page: http://www.smi.stanford.edu/people/koza ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 13:50:11 -0700 From: John Koza Subject: Seeking examples of human-competitive results produced by EC Hello: I've believed for some time that the fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning have become trapped on the local optimum of solving and re-solving academically created "toy" problems. I've also believed that one of the strong points for the field of evolutionary computation is that it has produced numerous examples of non-trivial results that are competitive with human-produced results. I'm writing an article that will include a list of these human-produced results from the EC field. I'd like the list to be as complete and current as possible and would like to know about any examples that I've missed on my FIRST ROUGH DRAFT of a list. I'm particularly interested in examples that satisfy any one of the eight criteria on the list below (although I'd also be equally interested in any that satisfy any other similarly stringent arms-length criteria). THE 8 CRITERIA: An automatically created solution to a problem is competitive with human-produced results if it satisfies any of the eight criteria below (or any other similarly stringent and arms-length criterion). Note that each of the criteria are couched in terms that are entirely external to the fields of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and EC. Note that the criteria are RESULTS-oriented, not METHOD-oriented. That is, each criteria requires the RESULT that stands on its own merit --- not on the fact that the result was mechanically produced. Note also that the criteria all require a direct test that can be performed and verified by an outsider. This excludes, as I think necessary for a list like this, results of the type of "the EC result is 25% better than what our company was previously doing, but sorry I can't tell you what we were previosly doing or doing now." (A) The result was patented as an invention in the past, is an improvement over a patented invention, or would qualify today as a patentable new invention. (B) The result is equal to or better than a result that was accepted as a new scientific result at the time when it was published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. (C) The result is equal to or better than a result that was placed into a database or archive of results maintained by an internationally recognized panel of scientific experts. (D) The result is publishable in its own right as a new scientific result --- independent of the fact that the result was mechanically created. (E) The result is equal to or better than the most recent human-created solution to a long-standing problem for which there has been a succession of increasingly better human-created solutions. (F) The result is equal to or better than a result that was considered an achievement in its field at the time it was first discovered. (G) The result solves a problem of indisputable difficulty in its field. (H) The result holds its own or wins a regulated competition involving human contestants (in the form of either live human players or human-written computer programs). Here are examples that I've located: --- Creation of a sorting network that is superior to the previously known human-created solution to the same problem (Juille 1995) --- creation of a cellular automata rule that outperformed previous human-written algorithms for the same problem (Juille and Pollack 1998) --- design for the shape of an aircraft wing created by the genetic algorithm that was patented (Kroo, McMasters, and Pavek 1995) --- design of a wire antenna that was patented (Altshuler and Linden 1998) --- evolution using EP/ES of a checker player that plays as well as human class B checkers (Fogel and Chellapilla 1999). John R. Koza Consulting Professor Stanford University Stanford, California 94305 Phone: 650-941-0336 Fax: 650-941-9430 E-Mail: koza@stanford.edu WWW Home Page: http://www.smi.stanford.edu/people/koza ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 00:10:37 PDT From: ereach@excite.com Subject: Request a paper about Job shop scheduling with GA My name is Erie Kresna Andana, I'm a college student. Now I'm in condition preparing the research about Genetic Algoritm. That algorithm I plan to solve the job shop scheduling. By the way, I got the information that Davis have succeeded in those research and have released his paper in 1985. The subject is" Job shop scheduling with genetic algorithms". Please if you don't mind give me that paper or further inquire about it. Thanks a lot for your attention. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 16:28:59 +0200 From: Guenther Raidl Subject: PhD research position available in Vienna, Austria **************************************************** **** PhD research position available: **** **** Evolutionary Algorithms for Graph Problems **** **************************************************** The Evolutionary Computation Group of the Institute of Computer Graphics (http://www.apm.tuwien.ac.at/), Vienna University of Technology, Austria, is offering a full-time research position for PhD students in computer science. The project related to this position is concerned with the application of evolutionary algorithms and other optimization methods to graph problems. See also http://www.apm.tuwien.ac.at/research/EA for more information about what is going on at our institute regarding evolutionary computation. To apply for this position, you should fulfill most of the following requirements: - Graduation in computer science or similar (mandatory!) - Intention to do PhD research - Knowledge of algorithms and data structures, preferably in combinatorial optimization - Programming skills (C++, Unix) - Motivation to assist a little in teaching and administrative activities - English; German is appreciated, but not required Starting Date: as soon as possible Project Duration: two years, 40 hrs/week The project is funded by the FWF (Austrian Science Foundation). Your application should include: Curriculum vitae Publication list, including talks, diploma thesis, etc. Contact information (e-mail, URL, street address, phone, etc.) If you are interested please apply to: Dr. Guenther Raidl Mag. Gabriele Kodydek raidl@apm.tuwien.ac.at or kodydek@apm.tuwien.ac.at phone: +43(1)58801-18616 phone: +43(1)58801-18613 Institute of Computer Graphics Vienna University of Technology Karlsplatz 13/1861 A-1040 Vienna, Austria Fax: +43(1)58801-18699 http://www.apm.tuwien.ac.at/ Guenther Raidl Institute of Computer Graphics, Vienna University of Technology Karlsplatz 13/1861, 1040 Vienna, Austria, Europe email: raidl@apm.tuwien.ac.at | phone: +43(1)58801/18616 http://www.apm.tuwien.ac.at/ | fax: +43(1)58801/18699 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Sep 99 13:58:45 BST From: larry@btc.uwe.ac.uk Subject: PhD studentship in evolutionary collective robotics, U.K. Please pass this on to anyone who might be interested: A Ph.D. studentship in Evolutionary Collective Robotics is available at the University of the West of England, U.K. This is a joint project between the Intelligent Computer Systems Centre (http://www.ics.uwe.ac.uk) and the Intelligent Autonomous Systems Lab. (http://www.uwe.ac.uk/facults/eng/ias). The subject of the research is the use of Evolutionary Computing techniques to develop rule-based controllers for multiple autonomous robots. Ideal candidates should have a background in computer science and some knowledge of electrical engineering. Candidates should come forward before September 27th 1999. For more details, please contact: Larry Bull Intelligent Computer Systems Centre Faculty of Computer Studies & Mathematics University of the West of England Bristol BS16 1QY, U.K. larry@ics.uwe.ac.uk ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 16:01:29 -0400 From: Rebecca Parsons Subject: CFP for BioSP3'2000 Third Workshop on Bio-Inspired Solutions to Parallel Processing Problems (BioSP3) In conjunction with International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS) May 1, 2000 Cancun, Mexico http://www.ee.uwa.edu.au/~zomaya/BioSP3_2000.html Techniques based on biological paradigms can provide efficient solutions to a wide variety of problems in parallel processing. A vast literature exists on biology-inspired approaches to solving an impressive array of problems and, more recently, a number of studies have reported on the success of such techniques for solving difficult problems in all key areas of parallel processing. Rather remarkably, most bio-based techniques are inherently parallel. Thus, solutions based on such methods can be conveniently implemented on parallel architectures. This workshop seeks to provide an opportunity for researchers to explore the connection between bio-based techniques and the development of solutions to problems that arise in parallel processing. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: o Bio-based methods (e.g. ant algorithms, genetic algorithms, cellular automata, DNA and molecular computing, neural networks) for solving parallel processing problems (scheduling, data organization and partitioning, communication and routing, VLSI layout etc.) o Other methods based on natural phenomena such as simulated annealing and other artifical-life techniques applied to solve problems in parallel processing are also of interest o Parallel/Distributed platforms for bio-based computations o Techniques for integrating conventional parallel and bio-based Paradigms o Tools and algorithms for parallelizing bio-based techniques o Applications and case studies combining traditional parallel and distributed computing and bio-based techniques o Theoretical work related to solution optimality, convergence issues, and time/space complexities of parallel algorithms that employ bio-based methods All papers will be reviewed, and the proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag. Papers should be submitted to one of the workshop chairs (see below). Professor Albert Y. Zomaya Parallel Computing Research Laboratory Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering The University of Western Australia Nedlands, Perth Western Australia 6907 Australia Tel. +61-8-9380-3875 Fax. +61-8-9380-1088 Email: zomaya@ee.uwa.edu.au Professor Fikret Ercal Department of Computer Science University of Missouri Rolla, MO 65409-0350 USA Tel. +1-573-341-4857 Fax. +1-573-341-4501 Email: ercal@umr.edu Professor Stephan Olariu Department of Computer Science Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 23529-0162 USA Tel. +1-757-683-4417 Fax. +1-757-683-4900 Email: olariu@cs.odu.edu Important Dates: Submission Deadline - November 1, 1999 Notification of Acceptance - December 10, 1999 Final Copy Due - January 5, 2000 [ Moderators' note: For additional details, please see conference homepage at http://www.ee.uwa.edu.au/~zomaya/BioSP3_2000.html ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 00:51:28 +0900 (JST) From: User Zhong Subject: Call for Participation (RSFDGrC'99) RSFDGrC'99 The Seventh International Workshop on Rough Sets, Fuzzy Sets, Data Mining, and Granular-Soft Computing Yamaguchi Resort Center (Yamaguchi Kousei Nenkin Kyuka Center) Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan ============================================== November 9-11, 1999 C A L L F O R P A R T I C I P A T I O N Home Page: http://ain2.ai.csse.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/rsfdgrc99 INTRODUCTION ============ RSFDGrC'99 provides an international forum for sharing original research results and practical development experiences among experts in these emerging fields. An important feature of the workshop is to stress the role of the integration of intelligent information techniques. That is, to promote a deep fusion of these approaches to AI, Soft Computing, and Database communities in order to solve real world, large, complex problems concerned with uncertainty and fuzziness. In particular, rough and fuzzy set methods in data mining and granular computing are on display. The total of 89 papers coming from 21 countries and touching a wide spectrum of topics related to both theory and applications were submitted to RSFDGrC'99. Out of them 45 papers were selected for regular presentations and 15 for short presentations. Seven technical sessions is organized, namely: - Rough Set Theory and Its Applications; - Fuzzy Set Theory and Its Applications; - Non-Classical Logic and Approximate Reasoning; - Information Granulation and Granular Computing; - Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery; - Machine Learning; - Intelligent Agents and Systems. The RSFDGrC'99 program is enriched by four invited speakers: Zdzislaw Pawlak, Lotfi A. Zadeh, Philip Yu, and Setsuo Arikawa, from Soft Computing, Database, and AI communities. A special session on Rough Computing: Foundations and Applications is organized by James F. Peters. The workshop proceedings is published by Springer-Verlag as a book, titled `New Directions in Rough Sets, Data Mining, and Granular-Soft Computing' (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 1711). [ Moderators' note: For additional details, please see conference homepage at http://ain2.ai.csse.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/rsfdgrc99 ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 11:48:40 GMT From: "Pat Trundley(Edc Sec)" Subject: REMINDER CFP-ACDM 2000 CONFERENCE-University of Plymouth-UK R E M I N D E R - C A L L F O R PAPERS Fourth International Conference on ADAPTIVE COMPUTING IN DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE (ACDM 2000) APRIL 26th - 28th, 2000 - UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH UK This fourth PEDC evolutionary / adaptive computing conference will be held in Plymouth, UK from April 26th-28th, 2000. As before, the intention is to explore the integration of evolutionary / adaptive search (AS) and associated Computational Intelligence (CI) technologies (e.g. neural computing, intelligent agent systems, fuzzy logic etc) across a wide spectrum of design and manufacturing activities. A major objective is the identification of fundamental problem areas that can be generically supported by appropriate evolutionary and adaptive computing strategies. Areas of specific interest include but are not restricted to: a) the development and integration of appropriate evolutionary and adaptive computing strategies that offer best benefit re the differing requirements of conceptual, embodiment and detailed design. b) novel application of appropriate evolutionary / adaptive computing strategies to or integration with complex manufacturing systems e.g. control, planning and scheduling, facility layout, robotics, etc c) the development of co-operative frameworks supporting the utilisation of appropriate combinations of evolutionary / adaptive search and other CI technologies within a design / manufacturing environment d) the application of novel adaptive computing techniques and strategies that address specific design / analysis problems of high complexity. e) human-centred aspects i.e. how can the new technologies best interact with current design practice or alternatively, how can changes in design team practice be introduced to achieve best benefit from the integration of search, exploration and optimisati capabilities of the new technologies? f) multi-disciplinary / multi-objective engineering decision-making relating both to design and manufacture g) reducing computational expense re population-based search during detailed design and analysis h) best practice re integration with high-performance computing, parallel architectures etc v evolutionary and adaptive technologies for innovative and creative design i) development and integration of aesthetic fitness measures j) fitness models for uncertain and poorly-defined environments k) evolving design environments l) agent-assisted evolutionary processes m) integration of evolutionary design with undergraduate / post-graduate teaching and industrial training requirements Applied, theoretical, results-oriented and speculative papers from both academia and industry will all be considered for inclusion. The objective is to assess the current state-of-the-art and to investigate a way forward that ensures rapid industrial take up of the currently available technologies whilst identifying appropriate areas warranting more fundamental research on a longer term basis or medium term applied research and development. Application papers must exhibit novel aspects relating to evolutionary / adaptive system design and implementation. Important dates: 15th September, '99 Submission of paper for review 15th November, '99 Notification of acceptance 15th January, 2000 Camera-ready copy required Further details are available at: http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/soc/research/edc Or contact: Mrs P. Trundley Conference Administrator Plymouth Engineering Design Centre University of Plymouth, Devon, UK. email: ptrund@soc.plym.ac.uk ==== I. C. Parmee Director Plymouth Engineering Design Centre University of Plymouth Moneycentre Drakes Circus Plymouth PL4 8AA Devon, UK 'Phone 01752 233509 'Fax 01752 233529 [ Moderators' note: For additional details, please see conference homepage at http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/soc/research/edc ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 10:12:39 -0500 From: David Goldberg Subject: FEA'2000 The 3rd International Workshop on Frontiers in Evolutionary Algorithms Part of the Fifth Joint Conference on Information Sciences Trump Taj Mahal Casino and Resort Atlantic City, New Jersey USA February 27-March 3 (Sunday-Friday), 2000 http:/www.ee.duke.edu/JCIS/ Last Call for Summaries (DEADLINE: September 1, 1999) Colleagues, The chair and program chair of the 3rd International Workshop on the Frontiers in Evolutionary Algorithms (FEA 2000) invite you to submit 4-page research abstracts for possible publication and presentation at the workshop to be held as part of the Fifth Joint Conference on Information Sciences, February 27 to March 3 (Sunday-Friday). Summaries dealing with all areas and types of genetic and evolutionary computation are encouraged, including genetic algorithms, genetic programming, evolutionary programming, evolution strategies, genetics based machine learning (classifier systems), artificial life, quantum computing, evolvable hardware, ant colony optimization, evolving agent-based systems, adaptive behavior systems. Summaries in fundamental issues including theory, operator design, and implementation, as well as applications in areas of scientific, engineering, and commercial endeavor are equally welcome. Please send a hardcopy of a summary (extended abstract), limited to 4 pages, and email its postscript file together with authors' names and addresses to the program chair: Dr. Manuel Grana, Departamento Ciencias de la Computacion, UPV/EHU Facultad de Informatica, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal, 20009 San Sebastian, Spain. E-mail:ccpgrrom@si.ehu.es As the bulk of the reviewing process will be performed through electronic means the PostScript version of the paper is preferred. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings book. Best papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of Information Science Journal. See the conference web site (http://www.ee.duke.edu/JCIS/) for further details. We hope you will consider submitting a research summary by the deadline of Wednesday, September 1, 1999. In any event, please mark your calendar for what promises to be an important workshop in genetic and evolutionary computation and a diverse and intriguing conference. David E. Goldberg FEA 2000 Chair Manuel Grana Romay FEA 2000 Program Chair ================ IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission deadline: September 1, 1999 Notification of acceptance: November 1, 1999 Camera ready paper due: December 1, 1999 Workshop date: February 27, 2000 ================ [ Moderators' note: For additional details, see conference homepage at http://www.ee.duke.edu/JCIS/ ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 19:32:16 +0200 (MET DST) From: Subject: FEA'2000 (deadline extension) Our apologies if you receive this message more than once. We will appreciate if you distribute the following notice: The deadline for paper submissions to the FEA'2000 http://www.ee.duke.edu/JCIS/fea.html has been extended to September 24th. Electronic submissions wil be welcomed. David E. Goldberg FEA 2000 Chair Manuel Grana FEA'2000 Program Chair ------------------------------ End of Genetic Algorithms Digest ******************************