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Conf. on Classifier Sys., SF, CA Jul 7-8, 01 (v15n10) GECCO2001 Gen & Evolutionary Computation Conf, SF, CA Jul 7-11, 01 (v14n16) TARK VIII 8th Conf Theor Aspects of Ratnlty & Knowl, It Jul 8-10, 01 (v14n16) CIMCA2001 Int. Conf. on Comp. Int.,..., Las Vegas, NV Jul 9-11, 01 (v15n4) IAWTIC2001 Int. Conf. on Int. Agents,..., Las Vegas, NV Jul 9-11, 01 (v15n4) WATT2001 Wrkshp of...Automated Timetabling, Rotterdam Jul 9-11, 01 (v15n8) NASAEH 3rd Wrkshp on Evolvable Hardware, Pasadena, CA Jul 12-14, 01 (v15n2) SCI2001 Evolvable Sys. and Gen. Prog., Orlando, FL USA Jul 22-25, 01 (v15n8) IJCAI-01 WS on Empirical MEthods in AI, Seattle, USA Aug 4, 01 (v15n5) IDAMAP2001 Intelligent Data Analysis in Medicine & Phar Sep 4, 01 (v15n3) FUZZY DAYS Int Conf on Comp Intell, Dortmund, Germany Oct 1-3, 01 (v14n17) ICES2001 4th Int Conf on Evolvable Systems, Tokyo Oct 3-5, 01 (v14n19) MCCS 2001 6th Int. Conf on Msr & Ctrl in Compl. Sys, Ukr Oct. 8-12, 01 (v15n10) IAT2001 2nd Asia Pac Conf on Intell Agent Tech, Japan Oct 23-26, 01 (v14n14) EA01 ÉVOLUTION ARTIFICIELLE 2001, Le Creusot, France Oct 29-31, 01 (v15n5) ICDM01 IEEE Int Conf on Data Mining, Silicon Valley, Nov 29-Dec 2, 01 (v14n14) ANNIE 2001 Smart Eng. Systems Design Conf, StL, MO, USA Nov 4-7, 01 (v15n5) FUZZ-IEEE01 10th IEEE Int Conf on Fuzzy Systems, Austr Dec 2- 5, 01 (v14n20) AMT01 6th Int Conf Active Media Tech, Hong Kong, China Dec 18-20, 01 (v15n16) NF2002 1st Int ICSC Congress on Neuro-Fuzzy, Cuba Jan 15-18, 02 (v14n18) ICAIS2002 1st ICSC on Aut. Int. Sys., Geelong, Australia Feb 12-15, 02 (v15n22) EVOLANG2002 4th Int Conf on Evolution of Language, USA Mar 27-30, 02 (v15n21) PATAT 2002 4rth Int. Conf. ... Auto. Timetbl., Belgium Aug 21-23, 02 (v15n10) PPSN VII 7th Int Conf on Parallel Prob.., Granada, Spain Sep 7-11, 02 (v15n21) Send announcements of other activities to GA-List@gmu.edu -------------------------------- Sender: "Andres Perez-Uribe" Subject: postdoctoral position in Fribourg, Switzerland Post-Doctoral Research Position The position ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The position is intended for an enthusiastic postgraduate, who have terminated her/his PhD studies. The candidate will participate in the research activities that are conducted within the WELCOME project. Her/his duties may concern : (i) the use of learning and evolutionary techniques to provide adaptation to the new network-oriented computing frameworks (ubiquitous computing and intelligent networks), (ii) the development of adaptable Agent-based methodologies for Internet-based infrastructures and mobile robots/devices, (iii) the tackling of Human Machine Interaction issues, together with supervision of two Ph.D research works. As far as possible she/he will build contacts with external academic or commercial organizations, and promote industrial applications of her/his research. Moreover, she/he will follow student projects realted to her/his topics of research. An open-mind to interdisciplinary approaches and to non-standard innovation techniques will be appreciated. The position is to be taken September 1st, 2001 (or at convenience). It is granted for two years by the Swiss National Foundation for Scientific Research (with a possibility of renewal once). Job location is Fribourg, a french-german bilingual middle-size city in Switzerland. The requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Education: Ph.D in Computer Science (or a related area) *Ability to speak, read and write French or German or English *Proficient in one or several topics, such as: * Autonomous mobile robots, Adaptive Systems * Agent Technology, Multi-Agent Systems * Artificial Neural Networks, Artificial Life, Evolutionary Computing * Intelligent Networks, Distributed Systems and/or Coordination Languages, * Human Computer Interaction, Immersive and Ubiquitous Computing, Force-feedback interaction, Augmented or virtual reality * Object-Oriented design techniques, Java programming, Jini technology The research group ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Parallelism and Artificial Intelligence (PAI) group is a rapidly growing and dynamic research group that concentrates its research on hot topics related to new information and communication technologies. His interests encompass namely the methodologies of Autonomous and Adaptive Systems, Collective Intelligence, Evolutionary Computing, Agent Technology, Massively Distributed Systems, and Intelligent Networks, but also the field of Human Computer Interaction, where it addresses specifically the Immersive trend and Ubiquitous Computing. Research resources ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The group holds a UNIX workstation environment, and PC and Macintosh machines. In particular, it possesses about 20 Khepera robots: 7 of them are equipped with radio communication modules, grippers (arms), and linear vision, and one of them has a CCD color camera. We have explored both single-robot learning tasks and collective robotic behaviors (See the description of the CALIMA and AMOC projects). Moreover, we are acquiring new mobile devices (wearable eyeglasses, PALM devices, etc.) for our research in Ubiquitous computing, human-machine interfaces, and intelligent networks. Applications with CV and research paper list must be sent to (Email submissions are encouraged): Prof. Béat Hirsbrunner University of Fribourg, ch. du Musée 3, CH-1700 Fribourg Tel.: +41 (0)26 300 8465 (secretariat - morning) Email: beat.hirsbrunner@unifr.ch URL: http://www-iiuf.unifr.ch/pai/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ___ Andres PEREZ-URIBE Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer Parallelism and Artificial Intelligence Group (PAI) Department of Informatics, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Ch. du Musee 3, CH-1700 Fribourg, Office 2.76b Perolles Tel. +41-26-300-8473, Fax +41-26-300-9731 Email:Andres.PerezUribe@unifr.ch, http://www-iiuf.unifr.ch/~aperezu/ -------------------------------- Sender: ICSC-NAISO Subject: Second call for papers ICAIS 2002 SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS ICAIS 2002 First International ICSC Congress on Autonomous Intelligent Systems Deakin University, Waterfront Campus Geelong, Australia 12 - 15 February 2002 www.icsc-naiso.org/conferences/icais2002 General information Autonomous intelligent systems can be described as intelligent entities that are capable of independent action in dynamic, unpredictable environments. This is a very fast growing research area attracting the attention of many researchers around the globe. The aim of the International Congress on Autonomous Intelligent Systems (ICAIS) is to bring the researchers, system developers and users both from industry and academia together to exchange their views and receive the very latest information on the on-going research and development. This will be carried out through a series of keynote addresses, technical sessions, workshops and exhibitions. [ ... modified for brevity by moderator ... ] The International Congress on Autonomous Intelligent Systems welcomes submissions of original and high quality papers. Accepted papers will be formally published in the ICSC Journal of Autonomous Systems. Congress topics Technical issues to be addressed include, but are not restricted to: Evolution of Agents Agent-Based Software Engineering Distributed Architecture For Mobile Navigation Autonomous Robots Autonomous Mobile Robots Path Planning And Obstacle Avoidance With Nonholonomic Robots Cooperative Autonomous Robots For Hazardous Environments Fault-Tolerant Algorithms And Architectures For Robotics Adaptive Path Planning Intelligent Navigation and Guidance Design and Control of Autonomous Underwater Robots A Control Architecture For An Autonomous Mobile Robot Action Selection and Planning Adaptation and Learning Agent Architectures Agent Communication Languages Artificial Market Systems and Electronic Commerce Designing Agent Systems Expert Assistants Fusion of Sensory Systems Real Time Vision Distributed Systems Multi-Agent Systems Machine Learning Intelligent Manufacturing Integration And Coordination Of Multiple Activities Knowledge Acquisition And Management Modeling The Behavior Of Agents Models Of Emotion, Motivation, Or Personality Multi-Agent Teams Multi-Agent Communication, Coordination, And Collaboration Multi-Agent Simulation, Verification, And Validation Evolutionary Computing Data Mining Bayesian and Belief Information Fusion Fusion Applications to Management Fusion Applications to Situation Assessment Diagnostic Information Fusion Data Fusion Evaluation and Test Beds Management / Business Information Fusion Image Fusion / Exploitation Target Recognition / Tracking / Identification` Discrimination Machine Vision [ ... modified for brevity by moderator ... ] Submission of papers Submission of papers can be done through our web site. If you submit a paper you will receive a notification e-mail with your paper number. Please use this reference number in the subject line in all correspondence and send us a draft paper by email for review by the International Program Committee. Please do not send us any hard copies. Please check our website for further instructions. Important dates Submission Deadline: July 31, 2001 (Extended) Notification of Acceptance: October 15, 2001 (Extended) Delivery of Manuscripts: November 30, 2001 Conference: February 12 - 15, 2002 General chair of ICAIS`2002 Professor Saeid Nahavandi Deakin University Waurn Ponds Campus Geelong 3217, Australia email: nahavand@deakin.edu.au Congress organizer ICSC- NAISO The Netherlands (Operating Division) P.O. Box 1091 3360 BB Sliedrecht The Netherlands Phone: +31-184-496999 Fax: +31-184-421065 Email: icais02@ITStransnational.com (ICAIS`2002 Congress) General information: operating@ITStransnational.com (Operating Division) planning@icsc.ab.ca (Planning Division) -------------------------------- Sender: Hamid Arabnia Subject: Call For Participation: June 25-28, 2001, Las Vegas, Computer Science Int'l Multiconference ... C A L L FOR P A R T I C I P A T I O N ================================================ PDPTA + CISST + IC-AI + IC + METMBS + ERSA + ISE + CIC Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA June 25-28, 2001 Dear Colleagues: The 2001 International Multiconference is considered to be a major international gathering in year 2001. It is anticipated that this event will attract well over 1000 participants. This MultiConference is composed of eight conferences that will be held simultaneously (same dates and location: June 25-28, 2001, Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas). Attendees will have full access to all eight conferences. There will also be two tutorials; both will be held on Sunday, June 24, 2001 (at 1:00pm). See numbers 9 and 10 below for titles. The eight conferences are (the final conference programs/schedules can be found at http://www.ashland.edu/~iajwa/conferences): 1. The 2001 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, PDPTA'2001; 2. The 2001 International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and Technology, CISST'2001; 3. The 2001 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IC-AI'2001; 4. International Conference on Internet Computing 2001, IC'2001; 5. The 2001 International Conference on Mathematics and Engineering Techniques in Medicine and Biological Sciences, METMBS'2001; 6. The First International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms, ERSA'01; 7. The 2001 International Symposium on Information Systems and Engineering, ISE'2001; 8. The 2001 International Conference on Communications in Computing, CIC'2001. Tutorials (more information can be found at http://www.ashland.edu/~iajwa/conferences): 9. High-Performance Distributed Heterogeneous Computing Prof. H. J. Siegel, Purdue University, IN, USA; 10. Process Oriented Design for Java - Concurrency for All Prof. P. H. Welch, University of Kent, UK + Prof. G. S. Stiles, Utah State University, UT, USA. LOCATION OF CONFERENCES: The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. This is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3,000 rooms. The hotel is minutes from the Las Vegas airport with free shuttles to and from the airport. This hotel has many vacation and recreational attractions, including: waterfalls, casino, spa, pools & kiddie pools, sunning decks, Easy River water ride, wave pool with cascades, lighted tennis courts, health spa (with workout equipment, whirlpool, sauna, ...), arcade virtual reality game rooms, nightly shows, snack bars, a number of restaurants, shopping area, bars, ... Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a day and most are suitable for families and children. The hotel is within walking distance from most other Las Vegas attractions (major shopping areas, recreational destinations, fine dining and night clubs, free street shows, ...). REGISTRATION: If interested, you can register for the conferences and/or any of the two tutorials on site in Las Vegas. The telephone number of Monte Carlo Resort (in Las Vegas) is 1-702-730-7000 and/or 1-702-730-7777. You will need to reserve your own hotel room. Other hotels are also available (search for "Las Vegas Hotels" on the web). CHAIR, THE 2001 MULTICONFERENCE: Hamid R. Arabnia The University of Georgia Department of Computer Science 415 Graduate Studies Research Center Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, U.S.A. Tel: (706) 542-3480 Fax: (706) 542-2966 E-mail: hra@cs.uga.edu http://www.ashland.edu/~iajwa/conferences -------------------------------- Sender: Uday Chakraborty Subject: Reminder: CFP - Information Sciences ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CALL FOR PAPERS Information Sciences (Elsevier) Special Issue on Evolutionary Computing Guest Editor: Uday K. Chakraborty Submission deadline: June 15, 2001 Information Sciences (Elsevier) (http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/5/7/3/0/index.htt) invites original contributions for a forthcoming special issue on evolutionary computing. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the theory and applications of: - Genetic algorithms - Evolution strategies - Evolutionary programming - Genetic programming - Classifier systems - Evolutionary robotics - Hybrid (evolutionary and other soft computing) systems Manuscripts (in English) should not normally exceed 10,000 words in length. Please provide a title page containing the title of the paper, names and affiliations of the authors, and mailing address, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author. The manuscript must contain an abstract. Four hard copies (not faxes) of the manuscript should be submitted to the guest editor: Uday K. Chakraborty Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science University of Missouri - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63121, U.S.A. Email: uday@cs.umsl.edu Phone: 314 516 6339 Fax: 314 516 5400 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------------------------- Sender: ICSC-NAISO Subject: Second call for papers NF 2002 SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS Neuro-Fuzzy First International ICSC Conference on Neuro-Fuzzy Technologies NF 2002 to be held in Havana, Cuba January 16 - 19, 2002 http://www.icsc-naiso.org/conferences/nf2002 International Computing Sciences Conventions (ICSC) Natural and Artificial Intelligence Systems Organization (NAISO) INTRODUCTION During the past decade, paradigms and benefits from neuro fuzzy systems (NF) have been growing tremendously. Today, not only does NF solve scientific problems, but its applications are also appearing in our daily lives. In order to discuss the state of the art in NF and the future of these exciting topics; we are honored to invite you to Neuro-Fuzzy 2002. We believe it will be an excellent opportunity to share our knowledge on NF and contribute to its development in the next century. This major international conference will be held in a very enjoyable location: Havana, the capital of Cuba, where we hope you will experience the famous Cuban hospitality. [ ... modified for brevity by moderator ... ] TOPICS SUGGESTED (not limited to) - Advanced Neuro and Fuzzy Paradigms - Data Granulation and Fuzzy Rule Extraction - Advanced Training Algorithms - Evolutionary Computation (GA, GP, ET) and Graphical Models - Chaotic Behavior and Fractals - Apllications in signal processing, control, robotics, etc. Of particular interest are applications from the following fields: Sound and image processing, pattern recognition, image understanding, feature binding, perception, sensor fusion, controller design, state observation, motor control, mobile robotics, autonomous navigation, deliberation and planning, active anchoring, gain-scheduling, fault detection, hardware solutions, data mining, financing, e-commerce. [ ... modified for brevity by moderator ... ] SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Submission of papers can be done through our web site. If you submit a paper you will receive a notification e-mail with your paper number. Please use this reference number in the subject line in all correspondence and send us a draft paper by email for review by the International Program Committee. Please do not send us any hard copies. Please check our website for further instructions. IMPORTANT DATES Submission Deadline: June 30, 2001 (extended) Notification of Acceptance: September 30, 2001 (extended) Delivery of Final Manuscripts: October 31, 2001 Conference NF'2002: January 16-19, 2002 CONGRESS ORGANIZER ICSC- NAISO The Netherlands (Operating Division) P.O. Box 1091 3360 BB Sliedrecht The Netherlands Phone:+31-184-496999 Fax: +31-184-421065 Email:nf2002@ITStransnational.com (NF'2002 Congress) General information: operating@ITStransnational.com (Operating Division) planning@icsc.ab.ca (Planning Division) -------------------------------- Sender: goodman@egr.msu.edu Subject: Updated Information for GECCO available The full program for the GECCO-2001 conference (Genetic and Evolutionary Computation COnference - 2001) is now available at the GECCO web site, www.isgec.org/GECCO-2001. The conference will include 24 tutorials, 14 workshops, 167 refereed papers (47% acceptance), 115 refereed posters, and 82 late-breaking papers! The conference will be held in San Francisco from July 7-11. Don't miss this great opportunity to talk with the leaders in the field and learn more about the latest advances in genetic algorithms, genetic programming, evolution strategies, evolutionary programming, and other types of evolutionary computation. It's the oldest and largest conference in the field, combining the ICGA (started in 1985) and the Genetic Programming Conference. Erik Goodman, General Chair goodman@egr.msu.edu For administrative information, mail gecco@aaai.org -------------------------------- Sender: vikaas garg Subject: interested in genetic algorithm [ ... content modified by moderator ... ] I am a student of final year engineering and I am specializing in the area of use of genetic algorithm in the multipurpose batch plant for semiconductors to minimize the average residence time of semiconductors in the processing. I am working under prof Catherine Anjarro Pantel at INP-ENSIACET TOULOUSE, over a software called MELISSA. I just went through the part 1st of "An Overview of Genetic Algorithms" by David Beasely and others. I am interested in knowing more about developments in the genetic algorithm and how its use can be enhanced in the multi-purpose batch plant. It would be highly appreciated if you could send me any information through mail. vikas garg -------------------------------- Sender: Wolfgang Banzhaf Subject: Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines vol 2(2) appeared ANNOUNCEMENT ------------ Apologies if you see this more than once. I am very pleased to announce that volume 2, issue 2 (2001) of the Kluwer journal GENETIC PROGRAMMING AND EVOLVABLE MACHINES has appeared. For your reference I include the table of contents of issue 2 (2001). Abstracts of all papers can be checked under http://www.wkap.nl/issuetoc.htm/1389-2576+2+2+2001 Enjoy reading, Wolfgang Banzhaf Editor-in-Chief Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines Department of Computer Science University of Dortmund 44221 Dortmund, GERMANY ======================================================================== GENETIC PROGRAMMING AND EVOLVABLE MACHINES, Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2001 Table of Contents Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2001 Long Random Linear Programs Do Not Generalize W. B. Langdon pp. 95-100 Using an Individual Evolution Strategy for Stereovision Jean Louchet pp. 101-109 Evolutive Introns: A Non-Costly Method of Using Introns in GP Santiago Garci´a Carbajal, Ferm´in González Martinez pp. 111-122 Exact Schema Theory for Genetic Programming and Variable-Length Genetic Algorithms with One-Point Crossover Riccardo Poli pp. 123-163 What Makes a Problem GP-Hard? Analysis of a Tunably Difficult Problem in Genetic Programming Jason M. Daida, Robert R. Bertram, Stephen A. Stanhope, Jonathan C. Khoo, Shahbaz A. Chaudhary, Omer A. Chaudhri, John A. II Polito pp. 165-191 Book Review: Genetic Programming-An Introduction: On the Automatic Evolution of Computer Programs and Its Applications William Punch pp. 193-195 Book Review: Data Mining Using Grammar-Based Genetic Programming and Applications Alex A. Freitas pp. 197-199 Review: Discipulus: A Commercial Genetic Programming System James A. Foster pp. 201-203 ========================================================================== GENETIC PROGRAMMING AND EVOLVABLE MACHINES The journal is available both in paper and in electronic form. Sample copies can be ordered from Kluwer. http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/1389-2576 Subscription Information: 2001, Volume 2 (4 issues), ISSN 1389-2576 Subscription rate: EUR 299.50 / USD 300.00 Individuals may subscribe at the reduced rate of: EUR 55.00 / USD 55.00 Special rate for ISGEC members: USD 45.00 Subscription Rate refers to either the Paper version or the Online version. To receive the Combined Paper & Online Version please add 20%. The private rate, if applicable, is available for the paper version only. -------------------------------- Sender: AMT 2001 Secretariat Subject: AMT01 paper submission extended ****************************************************************** Deadline Extended to JUNE 15, 2001 !! ****************************************************************** Second Call for Papers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Sixth International Computer Science Conference: ACTIVE MEDIA TECHNOLOGY (AMT-01) 18 - 20 December 2001, Hong Kong Home Page: http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/~amt01 Organized by IEEE Hong Kong Section Computer Chapter Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As a newly-emerged, fast-growing area in information technology and computer science, Active Media Technology (AMT) strongly emphasizes the increasingly important proactive roles of computational systems and media in different aspects of digital life. This conference will particularly focus on (i) the current state of research and development in theory, art, and science of AMT, and (ii) the demonstration of the latest architectures, prototypes, tools, and fielded systems that demonstrate or enable AMT. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: -------------------------- AMT Systems and Interfaces -------------------------- - Entertaining Agents and Smart Toys - Artificial Life Games - Smart Environments - Affective Computing - Smart Materials - Wearable Computers - Self-Organizing or Self-Adapting Computers - Multi-Agent Systems - Learning - Visualization and Displays - Lifelike Animation - Evolutionary Art - Multi-Modal Interfaces - Face and Gesture Recognition - Models of Emotion, Motivation, or Personality - Conversation and Dialogue-Based Bots - Human-Machine Collaboration ----------------------- Internet/Web-Based AMT ----------------------- - Augmented Reality - Synthetic Agents and Believable Avatars - Active Perception - Profiling - Push Technology - Personalization - Direct Marketing - Multi-Modal Content/Service Delivery - Knowledge Network - Collaborative Information Gathering - Internet Ecology - Virtual Marketplace and Community - Distributed Softbots and Netbots - Hand-Held or Satellite-Based Devices - Pervasive Technology [ ... modified for brevity by moderator ... ] Submission: =========== Submission of paper must be in full manuscript. Electronic submission is encouraged. The accepted papers will be published in conference pro-ceedings. It is understood that one of the authors of the accepted paper will register and pre-sent their paper at the conference. Selected high-quality papers from the proceedings will be published in an international journal. Important Dates: ================ Submission Due : June 15, 2001 Notification of Acceptance: August 1, 2001 Camera Ready Manuscripts Due: August 15, 2001 For more information, please contact: ===================================== AMT 2001 Secretariat Department of Computer Science Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Fax: (852)-2339-7892 Email: amt01@comp.hkbu.edu.hk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------------------------- End of Genetic Algorithms Digest ********************************