Genetic Algorithms Digest Thursday, November 8, 2001 Volume 15 : Issue 39 SUBMISSION ADDRESS: GA-List@gmu.edu LIST INFORMATION: http://ga-digest.research.ucf.edu/ LIST ARCHIVE: http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/galist/ (UN)SUBSCRIPTION INSTRUCTIONS: at the bottom of this email -------------------------------- Today's Topics: - New Book: Blondie24: Playing at the Edge of AI - New Book: from Kluwer GENA Series: Estimation of Distribution Algs. - EuroGP2002 deadline 16 NOV is fast approaching - CEC'2002 - Extended Deadline 1 Dec 2001 - SAB'02 CFP - IlliGAL New Technical Reports Announcement (November 2001) - AAAI spring symposium CFP; extended deadline - GECCO 2002: Call for Reviewers - Canada Research Chair in Computer Science - Faculty Position: Computer Science and Cognitive Science -------------------------------- CALENDAR OF GA-RELATED ACTIVITIES: (with GA-List issue reference) ICDM01 IEEE Int Conf on Data Mining, Silicon Valley, Nov 29-Dec 2, 01 (v14n14) ANNIE 2001 Smart Eng. 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Learn., Sydney, Australi Jul 8-12, 02 (v15n33) GECCO2002 Genetic and Evolutionary Comp. Conf, NY, USA Jul 9-13, 02 (v15n30) AAMAS2002 Aut. Agents & Multi-Agent Sys., Bologna, Italy Jul 15-19, 02 (v15n38) SAB2002 From Animals to Animats, 7th Int... Edinburgh,UK Aug 4-11, 02 (v15n39) PATAT 2002 4rth Int. Conf. ... Auto. Timetbl., Belgium Aug 21-23, 02 (v15n10) FOGA VII Foundations of GA's., Torremolinos, Spain Sep 4-6, 02 (v15n30) PPSN VII 7th Int Conf on Parallel Prob.., Granada, Spain Sep 7-11, 02 (v15n21) ICSC-NAISO 3rd ICSC on Eng of Int. Sys., Malago, Spain Sep 24-27, 02 (v15n24) AI'02 15th Australian Joint Conf. on AI, Canberra, Aust. Dec 2-6, 02 (v15n28) Send announcements of other activities to GA-List@gmu.edu -------------------------------- Sender: sfillat@mkp.com Subject: New Book: Blondie24: Playing at the Edge of AI Morgan Kaufmann Publishers - New Book Announcement Blondie24: Playing at the Edge of AI by David B. Fogel http://www.mkp.com/books_catalog/catalog.asp?ISBN=1-55860-783-8 Blondie24 tells the story of a computer that taught itself to play checkers far better than its creators ever could by using a program that emulated the basic principles of Darwinian evolution--random variation and natural selection-- to discover on its own how to excel at the game. Unlike Deep Blue, the celebrated chess machine that beat Garry Kasparov, the former world champion chess player, this evolutionary program didn't have access to strategies employed by human grand masters, or to databases of moves for the endgame moves, or to other human expertise about the game of checkers. With only the most rudimentary information programmed into its "brain," Blondie24 (the program's Internet username) created its own means of evaluating the complex, changing patterns of pieces that make up a checkers game by evolving artificial neural networks---mathematical models that loosely describe how a brain works. It's fitting that Blondie24 should appear in 2001, the year when we remember Arthur C. Clarke's prediction that one day we would succeed in creating a thinking machine. In this compelling narrative, David Fogel, author and co-creator of Blondie24, describes in convincing detail how evolutionary computation may help to bring us closer to Clarke's vision of HAL. Along the way, he gives readers an inside look into the fascinating history of AI and poses provocative questions about its future. __ Morgan Kaufmann Publishers San Francisco, California http://www.mkp.com orders@mkp.com -------------------------------- Sender: "David E. Goldberg" Subject: New Book from Kluwer GENA Series: Estimation of Distribution Algorithms Colleagues, The Kluwer Series on Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Computation (GENA) is pleased to announce a new book edited by Pedro Larranaga and Jose A. Lozano entitled "Estimation of Distribution Algorithms: A New Tool for Evolutionary Computation." The book is a tightly edited collection of papers covering EDA theory, practice, implementation, and application. I believe it is a welcome addition to our literature in a growing subfield. More information is available at the website http://www.wkap.nl/series.htm/GENA/ or at online book sellers. The book is the second volume in the GENA series. The first volume, Erick Cantu-Paz's volume on "Efficient and Accurate Parallel Genetic Algorithms" continues to sell well in its second printing. An online review of that volume is available at www.amazon.com. The GENA Series continues to solicit new volumes. If you have an idea for a book, please send it to me (deg@uiuc.edu) or Melissa Fearon (Melissa.Fearon@wkap.com) for further information on making a formal proposal. Dave Goldberg, Consulting Editor Kluwer GENA Series --- David E. Goldberg, Professor Director, Illinois Genetic Algorithms Laboratory (IlliGAL) Affiliate, Technology Enterpreneurship Center (TEC) Department of General Engineering Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 117 Transportation Building 104 S. Mathews Avenue Urbana, IL 61801 deg@uiuc.edu http://www-illigal.ge.uiuc.edu/ (GA Lab) http://online.cen.uiuc.edu/webcourses/ge485/(GA Course) http://www-advancedgec.ge.uiuc.edu/ (Advanced GEC Course) http://www.ge.uiuc.edu/tec/ (Technology Entrepreneur Ctr) http://www-bplan.ge.uiuc.edu/ (Business Plan Wrkshp Course) http://www.davidegoldberg.com/ (Consulting) phone: 217/333-0897; fax: 217/244-5705 --- 2002 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO-2002, will be held in New York, NY, July 9-13, 2002 (Tuesday-Saturday). For further information, http://www.isgec.org Chair: Erick Cantu-Paz, cantupaz@llnl.gov --- Watch for THE DESIGN OF INNOVATION, a new book by David E. Goldberg, to be published soon in the Kluwer Series on GAs and EC (GENA) http://www.wkap.nl/series.htm/GENA/ -------------------------------- Sender: Julian F Miller Subject: EuroGP2002 deadline 16 NOV is fast approaching Hello all GPers out there There are only about TWO WEEKS before the EuroGp2002 conference deadline. So it is now time to put the finishing touches on your latest (and best) work and send it in. Details below. Come on. Don't be shy! Julian ****** THIRD CALL FOR PAPERS ******** ****** EuroGP2002 ******** ****** 5th European Conference ******** ****** on Genetic Programming ******** ****** 3-5 April, Kinsale, Ireland ******** ****** http://evonet.dcs.napier.ac.uk/eurogp2002 ******** --- Key dates Submission deadline: 16 November 2001 Notification of acceptance: 18 December 2001 Camera ready copy due: 11 January 2002 --- The annual EuroGP series are the premier conferences in Europe devoted entirely to genetic programming. It attracts about 125 registrants including many of the leading names in the field from all over the world. Typically 30-35 submitted papers are published in the conference proceedings. The standard is high with about 40% of submissions accepted. The conference is a mixture of oral presentations and poster sessions. ALL accepted papers (both orals and posters) are published as full papers in the proceedings. EuroGP conferences are always enjoyable and offer good opportunities for informal contact with fellow researchers in a friendly and relaxed setting. EuroGP2002 will be held in the historic town of Kinsale, County Cork in the southwest of Ireland with its pretty streets, friendly pubs and natural harbour. --- Submission procedure --- High quality papers are sought on topics strongly relating to genetic programming. Submissions should be a maximum of ten A4 pages and they should be sent in zipped postscript format. It is advisable that the papers conform to the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science format (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). It is very important that the email accompaying submission should state ALL the authors, including ALL their email addresses. Papers should be emailed to one of the program chairs James Foster Foster@cs.uidaho.edu Evelyne Lutton Evelyne.Lutton@inria.fr --- Organising Committe --- Program co-chairs (as above) Local chair: Conor Ryan conor.ryan@ul.ie Publication chair: Andrea Tettamanzi tettaman@genetica-soft.com Publicity chair: Julian Miller j.miller@cs.bham.ac.uk *** END *** -------------------------------- Sender: "Evolab" Subject: CEC'2002 - Extended Deadline 1 Dec 2001 ****** Extended Submission Deadline: 1 December 2001 ****** CALL FOR PAPERS 2002 Congress on Evolutionary Computation May 12-17, 2002 Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, HI Held as part of the WCCI World Congress on Computational Intelligence (http://www.wcci2002.org) The annual Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) is one of the premier international conferences in the field. It covers all topics in evolutionary computation: from combinatorial to numerical optimization, from supervised to unsupervised learning, from co-evolution to collective behaviors, from evolutionary design to evolvable hardware, from molecular to quantum computing, from ant colony to artificial ecology, etc. The emphasis of the Congress will be on original theories and novel applications of evolutionary computation techniques. The Congress welcomes paper submissions from researchers, practitioners, and students worldwide. The 2002 Congress will be held in conjunction with the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) and the IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE) as part of the World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI). Crossfertilization of the three fields will be strongly encouraged. The Congress will feature keynote speeches and tutorials by world-leading researchers. It also will include a number of special sessions and workshops on the latest hot topics. Your registration admits you to all events and includes the World Congress proceedings and banquet. The new extended deadline for submissions is 1 December 2001. Look for more details on paper submission and conference registration at http://www.wcci2002.org. CEC is jointly supported by the IEEE Neural Networks Council, the Evolutionary Programming Society, and the Institution of Electrical Engineers. -------------------------------- Sender: Bridget Hallam Subject: SAB'02 CFP Apologies to anyone who gets this too many times. If you want to email me, I can remove your individual name from my list, but you'll still get a reminder for each group you belong to! Bridget --- SAB'02 : From Animals to Animats 4-11 August, 2002, Edinburgh, UK http://www.isab.org.uk/sab02 --- CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS FROM ANIMALS TO ANIMATS The Seventh International Conference on the SIMULATION OF ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR (SAB'02) http://www.isab.org.uk/sab02 An International Conference organized by The International Society for Adaptive Behavior (ISAB) 4-10 August 2002, Edinburgh, UK The objective of this interdisciplinary conference is to bring together researchers in computer science, alife, control, artificial intelligence, robotics, neurosciences, ethology, and related fields so as to further our understanding of the behaviors and underlying mechanisms that allow natural and artificial animals to adapt and survive in uncertain environments. The conference will focus on experiments with well-defined models --- robot models, computer simulation models, mathematical models --- designed to help characterize and compare various organizational principles or architectures underlying adaptive behavior in real animals and in synthetic agents, the animats. In addition there will be sessions on psychological issues and on the industrial applications of animat research. Contributions treating any of the following topics from the perspective of adaptive behavior will receive special emphasis: The Animat approach Philosophical and psychological issues Characterization of agents and environments Passive and active perception Motor control Visually-guided behaviors Action selection Behavioral sequencing Navigation and mapping Internal models and representation Learning and development Motivation and emotion Emergent structures and behaviors Collective and social behavior Neural correlates of behavior Evolutionary and co-evolutionary approaches Autonomous robotics Software agents and virtual creatures Applied adaptive behavior Animats in education Authors should make every effort to suggest implications of their work for both natural and artificial animals, and to distinguish the portions of their work which use simulation from those using a physical agent. Papers that do not deal explicitly with adaptive behavior will be rejected. Submission Instructions Submitted papers must not exceed 10 pages. Because the whole review process heavily relies on electronic means, the organizers insist on electronic submissions of PDF (preferred) or Postscript documents wherever possible. Submit your paper by ftp upload. Detailled submission instructions can be found on the conference Web site. Otherwise, contact sab02-nopdf@isab.org.uk for alternative submission procedures. Computer, video, and robotic demonstrations are also invited for submission. Submit a 2-page proposal plus a title page to the program chair. Indicate equipment requirements and relevance to the themes of the conference. Edinburgh Festivals SAB'02 is concurrent with the first week of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and will finish just as the Edinburgh International Festival starts. This is an ideal opportunity to sample some of the shows, but also means that accommodation will be booked up early. BEWARE!!! Also note that all 9000 seats for the nightly Edinburgh Military Tattoo are normally filled at least three months in advance. www.edinburghfestivals.co.uk gives access to more detail on these three festivals and others. Because of the accommodation problem we have pre-booked a number of standard rooms (see web site). If you want one please tell us, they will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. If you'd prefer something else book VERY early. IMPORTANT DATES (2002) JAN 18: Submissions must be received FEB 22: Notification of acceptance or rejection (via e-mail) MAR 08: Camera ready revised versions due AUG 04 -- 10: Conference dates Conference Chairs: Bridget Hallam, Syddansk University Dario Floreano, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne John Hallam, Edinburgh University and Syddansk University Gillian Hayes, Edinburgh University Jean-Arcady Meyer, Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6 Workshop and Tutorial Chair: Gillian Hayes, University of Edinburgh Local Arrangement Chair: Deirdre Burke, University of Edinburgh Publisher: Robert Prior, MIT Press General queries to: sab02@isab.org.uk WWW Page: http://www.isab.org.uk/sab02 -------------------------------- Sender: Martin Pelikan Subject: IlliGAL New Technical Reports Announcement (November 2001) The Illinois Genetic Algorithms Laboratory (IlliGAL) is pleased to announce the publication of the following new technical reports and software. Most IlliGAL technical reports, as well as reprints of other publications, are available in hardcopy and can be ordered from the IlliGAL librarian, (see below for ordering information). The technical reports in this announcement are also available electronically on our ftp and WWW servers (see the end of this announcement for ftp and WWW access instructions). --- IlliGAL Report No 2001027 Classifiers that Approximate Functions Wilson, S.W. Abstract: A classifier system, XCSF, is introduced in which the prediction estimation mechanism is used to learn approximations to functions. The addition of weight vectors to the classifiers allows piecewise-linear approximation, where the classifier's prediction is calculated instead of being a fixed scalar. Results on functions of up to six dimensions show high accuracy. The idea of calculating the prediction leads to the concept of a generalized classifier in which the payoff prediction approximates the environmental payoff function over a subspace defined by the classifier condition and an action restriction specified in the classifier, permitting continuous-valued actions. --- IlliGAL Report No 2001028 Convergence-time models for the simple genetic algorithm with finite population Ceroni, A., Pelikan, M., Goldberg, D.E. Abstract: This paper presents various convergence models for the simple genetic algorithm (SGA) in the case of finite population. A piecewise convergence-time model is derived using ideas from two existing convergence models. The factors affecting the convergence with small population size are explained and used to construct a correct model of the variance in fitness for the OneMax problem. This knowledge is included in the existing asymptotic model to derive the embedded convergence-time model. The model is extended to a different environment and modified to include an unexpected behavior that makes the SGA converge solely by genetic drift. --- RETRIEVAL/ORDERING: The above IlliGAL reports and publications, along with other publications and source code, are available electronically via FTP or WWW, or as hardcopy directly from us: FTP: ftp ftp-illigal.ge.uiuc.edu login: anonymous password: (your email address) cd /pub/papers/IlliGALs (for reports) or cd /pub/papers/Publications (for preprints) or cd /pub/src (for GA and classifier system source code) binary get 99022.ps.Z (for example) Please look at the README files for explanations of what the file names mean. IlliGAL reports are all compressed postscript files. WWW: To access the IlliGAL home page, open http://www-illigal.ge.uiuc.edu/ HARDCOPY: You can also order hardcopy versions of most IlliGAL publications Use the order form in the web or request them directly (by IlliGAL number or title) from the IlliGAL librarian: Internet: library@illigal.ge.uiuc.edu Phone: 217/333-2346 Fax: 217/244-5705 Surface mail: IlliGAL Librarian Department of General Engineering 117 Transportation Building 104 South Mathews Avenue Urbana, IL 61801-2996, USA When ordering hardcopy, please include your surface mail address! Martin Pelikan --- Martin Pelikan Illinois Genetic Algorithms Laboratory University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 117 Transportation Building 104 S. Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801 Tel: (217) 333-2346, FAX: (217) 244-5705 E-mail: pelikan@illigal.ge.uiuc.edu WWW: http://www-illigal.ge.uiuc.edu/~pelikan/ -------------------------------- Sender: "Goebel, Kai F (CRD)" Subject: AAAI spring symposium CFP; Decision Making in Diagnostics and Pro gnostics; extended deadline Call For Abstracts Extended Submission Deadline: 9. November 2001 AAAI Spring Symposium, 25-27 March 2002, Palo Alto, CA Information Refinement and Revision for Decision Making: Modeling for Diagnostics, Prognostics, and Prediction Many companies have discovered the value of preserving and maintaining their corporate knowledge as they are collecting large amount of process data and business information. This collection is accelerated by the use of advanced and less expensive sensors, massive information storage, and internet-facilitated access. As a result, diagnostic decision makers are faced with the daunting task of extracting relevant morsels from this information hodge-podge, dealing with conflicting information, repudiating stale and outdated information, and evaluating the merits of a found solution. Automated decision-making systems also need to heed the effect of degrees of redundancy in the information considered, which may skew the decision pursued. In addition, temporal effects play a major role in the decision making process not only because information integrity fades over time but also because new information needs to be factored in. Although this new information does not exist at the time of the system design, one must provide a system maintenance plan to account for it. Ways to judge the relevance of this new information and optimization issues need to be discussed in this context. Finally, the quality and uncertainty of the newly found system and its resulting decisions need to be evaluated. This workshop will explore some of the following topics within that context: * Conflict resolution * Information half-life * Adaptive optimization * Uncertainty management * Distributed evolutionary agents * Temporal information updating * Link discovery in large databases * Distributed resource management * Aggregation of heterogeneous information * Distributed multiple hypothesis management * Automated updating of classification systems * Maintenance of decision making units over time * Multi-criteria decision making based on changing information * Postponement of commitments in design analysis * Interactive tradeoff analysis between search and decision Submissions Potential participants should submit an abstract (>= 150 words) electronically to goebelk@crd.ge.com by Nov. 9 More information is available at the web site http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~goebel/ss02/index.html Organizing Committee: * Alice Agogino, UC Berkeley; aagogino@euler.me.berkeley.edu; Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 5136 Etcheverry Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1740 * Piero Bonissone, GE CRD; bonissone@crd.ge.com; GE Corporate Research & Development; One Research Circle; K1-5C32A; Niskayuna, NY 12309; * Kai Goebel, GE CRD; goebelk@crd.ge.com; GE Corporate Research & Development; One Research Circle; K1-5C4A; Niskayuna, NY 12309; * Soundar R.T. Kumara, skumara@psu.edu; Dept. of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 363 Leonhard Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 * Karl Reichard, Penn State; kmr5@psu.edu; Applied Research Laboratory, 229 ARL Building, University Park, PA 16802 * George Vachtsevanos, Georgia Tech; george.vachtsevanos@ee.gatech.edu; The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0250 * Xenofon Koutsoukos, Xerox PARC; koutsouk@parc.xerox.com; Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 -------------------------------- Sender: "Roy, Rajkumar" Subject: GECCO 2002: Call for Reviewers *** GECCO 2002 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference July 9-13, New York http://www-illigal.ge.uiuc.edu:8080/GECCO-2002/index.html *** CALL FOR REVIEWERS for 'Real World Application (RWA) Track' --- Please respond by 8th November 2001 ! --- Active researchers and practioners in Evolutionary Computing Application are invited to be the referees for the 'Real World Application Track' of GECCO 2002. There is a minimum requirement to be a reviewer for GECCO conferences. The reviewers should have published at least three publications in recognised conferences or journals in last 2 years to be member of a 'Scientific Committee' for the RWA Track. Also you can only review papers for only one Track of GECCO 2002. We will request you to provide detailed review of maximum five papers. If you are interested, pleae provide the following information to Dr. Rajkumar Roy at r.roy@cranfield.ac.uk by 8th November 2001: --- (mailto: r.roy@cranfield.ac.uk) Name: Institutional Affiliation: Postal Address: REQUIRED Telephone: Fax: Email: REQUIRED Keywords describing your areas of expertise: REQUIRED List of EC related publications in last 2 years: REQUIRED --- For any further queries, please contact: Rajkumar Roy: r.roy@cranfield.ac.uk David Davis: david.davis@nutechsolutions.com --- Dr. Rajkumar Roy CEng Senior Lecturer and Course Director, IT for Product Realisation Department of Enterprise Integration, School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedford, MK43 0AL, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 (0)1234 754072 or +44 (0)1234 750111 Ext. 2423 Fax: +44 (0)1234 750852 Email: r.roy@cranfield.ac.uk or r.roy@ieee.org URL: http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/sims/staff/royr.htm http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/sims/cim/people/roy.htm -------------------------------- Sender: "Frank Dehne (www.dehne.net)" Subject: Canada Research Chair in Computer Science Canada Research Chair in Computer Science School of Computer Science, Carleton University Applications are invited for a tenure-track faculty position in the School of Computer Science at Carleton University. The position will be supported through the Canada Research Chair program. The School of Computer Science has strong research groups in the areas of software engineering, networks and security, high performance computing, algorithms and computational geometry, artificial intelligence, databases and distributed computing. For more details, please consult www.scs.carleton.ca. We are particularly interested in candidates with a research specialization in software engineering, networks, security, high performance computing, algorithms, artificial intelligence, databases, distributed computing, graphics, robotics, and bioinformatics. However, strong candidates in all areas of Computer Science will be considered. In accordance with the goals of the Canada Research Chair program, we invite applications from outstanding computer scientists with a strong research record, who have demonstrated research creativity and the ability to attract excellent co-workers and students. The level and salary for this appointment will be commensurate with experience. Candidates should send a curriculum vitae and a statement outlining their past research and future research plan, and arrange for letters from three referees to be sent to Dr. Frank Dehne Professor and Director, School of Computer Science Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6 E-mail: dehne@scs.carleton.ca Tel.: 613-520-4330. Fax: 613-520-4334. The deadline for applications is January 15th 2002, but applications will be accepted as long as the position is unfilled. Carleton University is committed to equality of employment for women, aboriginal people, visible minorities, and people with disabilities. The position is subject to final budgetary approval. -------------------------------- Sender: "Frank Dehne (www.dehne.net)" Subject: Faculty Position: Computer Science and Cognitive Science Faculty Position: Computer Science and Cognitive Science Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada seeks applicants for a tenure-track joint appointment in Computer Science and Cognitive Science at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor commencing July 1, 2002. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. and a solid record of research in artificial intelligence and proven ability to teach the subject at all levels. A new Minor in Cognitive Science for computer science students will be a major part of the responsibilities of the position. For suitable candidates, teaching a senior logic course (Philosophy) is a possibility. Salary and terms and conditions of employment will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Carleton University actively encourages applications from woman, visible minorities, aboriginal candidates, and candidates with physical challenges. Applications including a c.v., at least three letters of reference, samples of recent research, summaries of courses recently taught and/or seminars given, and teaching evaluations where available should be sent to: Prof. Andrew Brook, Director, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, or Professor Frank Dehne, Director, School of Computer Science, Carleton University, 1125 Col. By Drive, Ottawa K1S 5B6. Candidates are welcome to communicate by email: andrew_brook@carleton.ca or frank_dehne@carleton.ca. The deadline for the for receipt of applications is January 15, 2002 but applications will be accepted thereafter until the position is filled. Subject to budgetary approval. -------------------------------- (UN)SUBSCRIPTION INSTRUCTIONS: - Send submissions (articles) to GA-List@gmu.edu. 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