Genetic Algorithms Digest Friday, 7 April 1989 Volume 3 : Issue 7 - Send submissions to GA-List@AIC.NRL.NAVY.MIL - Send administrative requests to GA-List-Request@AIC.NRL.NAVY.MIL Today's Topics: - GA Conference Call for Participation -------------------------------- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 89 15:29:19 From: "Ken Dejong" Subject: GA Conference Call for Participation This issue consists of the electronic version of the ICGA-89 call for participation. In particular, it contains conference information and forms which may be used for travel planning and registration. A printed version will be mailed to everyone on our mailing list around April 12, 1989. If you have not received our two previous mailings (the call for papers and the conference poster), you should send your mailing address to Lashon Booker at NRL (booker@aic.nrl.navy.mil). _______________________________________________________ Call for Participation ICGA-89 The Third International Conference on Genetic Algorithms June 4-7, 1989 George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia with support from Navy Center for Applied Research in AI and Philips Laboratories Conference Chair: Kenneth A. De Jong, George Mason University Local Arrangements: Lashon B. Booker, Naval Research Lab Program Chair: J. David Schaffer, Philips Labs Program Committee: Lashon B. Booker L. David Davis, Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc. Kenneth A. De Jong David E. Goldberg, University of Alabama John J. Grefenstette, Naval Research Lab John H. Holland, University of Michigan George G. Robertson, Xerox PARC J. David Schaffer Stephen F. Smith, Carnegie-Mellon University Stewart Wilson, Rowland Institute for Science CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM Name ___________________________________________________________________ Organization ___________________________________________________________ Address ________________________________________________________________ City/State/Zip _________________________________________________________ Country ________________________ E-mail address ________________________ Work Phone ______________________ Home Phone ___________________ Number Registration Fees Amount ______ Advanced registration(s) at $150 ___________ (postmarked by May 6, 1989) ______ Regular registration(s) at $200 ___________ (after May 6, 1989) ______ Student registration(s) at $75 ___________ George Mason University Housing ______ Nights x $23/person, double occupancy ___________ x ______ person(s) ______ Nights x $35/person, single occupancy ___________ x ______ person(s) Arrival Date and Time ____________________________ Departure Date and Time __________________________ Name of Preferred Roommate ________________________ Special Requirements ______________________________ Special Events ______ Tutorial Session at $25 ___________ (Sunday, June 4, 1989) ______ Banquet ticket at $24 ___________ (Tuesday, June 6, 1989) ______ Additional Wine & Cheese ___________ tickets at $8 ______ Additional Cookout tickets ___________ at $15 TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED ___________________ Make checks payable to GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY and mail form and payment in U.S. dollars to: Business Office School of Continuing & Alternative Learning George Mason University 4400 University Drive Fairfax, Virginia 22030 REGISTRATION POLICIES The conference registration fee includes admission to all techni- cal sessions and exhibits, as well as a copy of the conference proceedings. Also included: the wine & cheese mixer on Sunday, the informal cookout on Monday, all refreshment breaks, and a continental breakfast and lunch on Monday through Wednesday. The tutorial session and the banquet involve additional fees. The registration fee is $150 if postmarked by May 6, and $200 after May 6. The student registration fee is $75. Pre- regis- tration is strongly recommended in order to guarantee a place at the conference. All payments must be in U.S. dollars. Acceptable methods of pay- ments are check, bank draft, or purchase order. Make checks pay- able to: GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY. No refunds will be made unless a written request is postmarked on or before May 24. A $10 ad- ministrative fee will be assessed. Substitutions will be allowed at any time. Send the completed registration form on this page with your payment to the address specified. On receipt of your registra- tion form and payment, a confirmation letter with additional in- formation will be sent to you. For further information about the conference, please contact Conferences & Community Services, George Mason University, (703) 323-2198. THE CONFERENCE SITE The Conference will be held on the campus of George Mason Univer- sity in Fairfax, VA near Washington, DC. Housing accommodations are available on campus and at nearby hotels. Transportation to the many sightseeing opportunities in the Washington, DC area is easily obtained through free campus buses that connect with the Metro transportation system. HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS A block of rooms has been reserved for conference participants in the George Mason University dormitories. Each dormitory room offers air-conditioned accommodations for two persons. All conference activities are within a few minutes walk of the dormitories. The room rate will be $23 per person per night, double occupancy. Single rooms will be available at a rate of $35 per person per night on a limited basis. Linen service is provided. Rooms will be available on a first-come, first- served basis, so early registration is recommended. Housing reservations may be made by completing the appropriate section of the Conference Registration form on this page. Hotels located within a ten mile radius of George Mason Universi- ty include: Marriott Courtyard (703-591-5900), Holiday Inn - Fair Oaks (703-352-2525), Quality Inn (703-591-5900), and Hyatt - Fair Lakes (703-818-1234). Their double room rates currently range from $63-$95 per person plus tax. If you desire hotel ac- commodations, please contact them directly. TRANSPORTATION Dulles International and Washington National airports both serve the George Mason University area. Detailed travel information will be included with the confirmation letter sent to each re- gistrant. TRAVEL GRANTS The conference committee has a limited number of travel support grants available to assist participants who would not be able to come otherwise. Requests for travel support should be sent to the following address no later than April 24, 1989: ICGA-89 Travel Grants Conferences & Community Services George Mason University 4400 University Drive Fairfax, Virginia 22030 PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Sunday, June 4, 1989 Registration: 2-9 pm Tutorial Sessions: 3-5 pm Wine & Cheese Mixer: 5-7 pm Monday, June 5, 1989 Registration: 8 am - 6 pm Continental Breakfast: 8:30 am Technical Sessions: 9:00 - noon Lunch: noon Technical Sessions: 1:30 - 5 pm Informal Cookout: 6:00 pm Poster Sessions: 7:30 - 9:30 pm Tuesday, June 6, 1989 Registration: 8 am - 2 pm Continental Breakfast: 8:30 am Technical Sessions: 9:00 - noon Lunch: noon Technical Sessions: 1:30 - 5 pm Banquet: 7:00 pm Wednesday, June 7, 1989 Continental Breakfast: 8:30 am Technical Sessions: 9:00 - noon Lunch: noon Technical Sessions: 1:30 - 3:30 pm Open Business Meeting: 4 - 5 pm CONFERENCE OBJECTIVE The objective of the International Conference on Genetic Algo- rithms is to provide a global forum for the exchange of informa- tion on genetic algorithm theory, technique, and application. This year, this objective will be met with the presentation of over 60 papers at a combination of general and poster sessions. In the past, the Conference has provided a collegial environment conducive to informal information exchange between new faces and old hands alike. The conference program has been designed care- fully to maintain this tradition, even though the number of sub- missions has grown substantially. WHO SHOULD ATTEND Both budding and established GA researchers and practitioners will find useful information at ICGA89. For the newcomer, a tu- torial is available to review the current state of the art. More- over, conference presenters in the past have been aware of the diverse backgrounds of their audience and have made special ef- forts to provide essential background material. In 1989 this tradition of concern for newcomers is expected to continue. For established researchers and practitioners, ICGA is still the only regularly scheduled conference entirely devoted to genetic algo- rithms and genetics-based machine learning, and all the major centers of GA activity will be represented. This year, the addi- tion of poster sessions should bolster the healthy exchange of ideas that has marked past conferences. SPECIAL ACTIVITIES This year, the Conference plans a number of special activities: --- a Tutorial on Sunday afternoon. Dr. David Goldberg of the University of Alabama will present a 2 hour introduction to the theory and application of genetic algorithms. Dr. Goldberg is the author of over 44 publications in GAs, including his recent book, Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization, and Machine Learning. --- a Wine and Cheese Mixer on Sunday evening. See your old friends and make new ones at the official opening of the confer- ence. --- an informal Cookout on Monday evening followed by a poster session with more than 30 presenters. --- a Panel Discussion on Tuesday afternoon. Leading researchers and practitioners in the field will discuss current issues and future directions. --- a Conference Banquet on Tuesday evening. --- an Exhibit Area in which software can be demon-strated and exchanged. --- a Press Liaison. For the first time, members of the scien- tific and engineering press have been invited to attend, and the Conference Committee will provide a member to act as liaison to the community. TECHNICAL PAPERS Genetic Algorithm Theory Uniform Crossover in Genetic Algorithms, Gilbert Syswerda Biases in the Crossover Landscape, Larry Eshelman, Richard A. Caruana and J. David Schaffer How Genetic Algorithms Work: A Critical Look at Implicit Parallelism, John J. Grefenstette and James E. Baker Some Results on Boolean Concept Learning by Genetic Algorithms, Hans Ros When Both Individuals and Populations Search: Adding Simple Learning to the Genetic Algorithm, Richard K. Belew An Investigation of Niche and Species-formation in Genetic Function Optimization, K. Deb and D. E. Goldberg A Study of Control Parameters Affecting Online Performance of Genetic Algorithms for Function Optimization, J. D. Schaffer, R. A. Caruana, L. Eshelman and R. Das Adapting Operator Probabilities in Genetic Algorithms, Lawrence Davis Sizing Populations for Serial and Parallel Genetic Algorithms, David E. Goldberg Zen and the Art of Genetic Algorithms, David E. Goldberg Schema Alphabets: A New Interpretation that Overturns the Binary Coding Constraint, H. James Antonisse Genetic Search with Proportion Estimations, Ping-Chung Chi GAs for Unfixed Length, Order Dependent Representations, Yuval Davidor Varying the Probability of Mutation in the Genetic Algorithm, Terence C. Fogerty The Effects of Population Size, Heuristic Crossover and Local Improvement on a Genetic Algorithm for the Traveling Salesman Problem, P. Jog, J. Y. Suh and D. Van Gucht The GENITOR Algorithm and Selection Pressure: Why Rank-Based Allocation of Reproductive Trials is Best, D. Whitley Applications Using Genetic Algorithms to Solve NP-Complete Problems, Kenneth A. De Jong and William M. Spears Scheduling Problems and Optimal Traveling Salesman: The Genetic Edge Recombination Operator, Darrell Whitley, Timothy Starkweather and D'Ann Fuquay Constrained Genetic Optimization via Dynamic Reward-Penalty Balancing and Its Use in Pattern Recognition, W. Siedlecki and J. Sklansky EnGENous Domain Independent, Machine Learning for Design Optimization, D. J. Powell, S. Tong and M. Skolnick Using Genetic Algorithms to Schedule Flow Shop Releases, Gary A. Cleveland and Stephen F. Smith Application of Genetic Algorithms in Chemometrics, C.B. Lucasins and G. Kateman Genetic Algorithm for Inducing Control Rules for a Dynamic System, Michael Omoniyi Odetayo and D.R. McGregor A System for Learning Process Control Rules with Genetic Algorithms, John J. Grefenstette Some Guidelines for Genetic Algorithms with Penalty Functions, R. Richardson, M. Palmer, Gunar E. Liepins and Mike R. Hilliard Breeding Hybrid Strategies: Optimal Behavior for Oligopolists, Robert E. Marks A SEAGUL Visits the Race Track, Michael de la Maza A Comparative Evaluation of Search Methods Applied to Parametric Design of Aircraft, M. Bramlette and R. Cusic A Genetic Algorithm Approach to the Configuration of Stack Filters, Chee-Hung Henry Chu Genetic Algorithms and Information Accumulation during the Evolution of Gene Regulation, M. Huynen and P. Hogeweg Optimization of Steiner Trees by Genetic Algorithms, J. Hesser, R. Manner and O. Stucky Procedure Learning using a Variable Dimension Solution Space, Kenneth J. Hintz Hierarchical Genetic Algorithms Operating on Populations of Computer Programs, John R. Koza Classifier Systems A Critical Review of Classifier Systems, Stewart W. Wilson & David E. Goldberg The Emergence of Coupled Sequences of Classifiers, Richard L. Riolo Triggered Rule Discovery in Classifier Systems, L. Booker Back Propagation for the Classifier System, Richard K. Belew & Michael Gherrity A Defense of the Bucket Brigade, Tom Westerdale Learning by Analogy in Genetic Classifier Systems, Hayong Harry Zhou and John J. Grefenstette Asymptotic Dynamics of Classifier Systems, M. Compiani, D. Montanari, R. Serra, G. Valastro and P. Simonini The Dynamical Behavior of Classifier Systems, Stephanie Forrest and John H. Miller The Context-Array Bucket-Brigade Algorithm: An Enhanced Approach to Credit- Apportionment in Classifier Systems, Dijia Huang A Rational Reconstruction of Wilson's Animat and Holland's CS-1, Gary Roberts The Emergence of Default Hierarchies in Learning Classifier Systems, Richard L. Riolo Representational Difficulties with Classifier Systems, Dale Schuurmans and Johnathan Schaeffer VCS: Variable Classifier Systems, Lingyan Shu and Johnathan Schaeffer A Study of Rule Set Development in a Learning Classifier System, Robert E. Smith and Manuel Valenzuela-Rendon Rosetta: A Model of Learning Problems, Steven J. Smith and Stewart W. Wilson Boolean Analysis of Classifier Sets, M. Valenzuela-Rendon Neural Networks Towards the Genetic Synthesis of Neural Networks, Steven Alex Harp, Tariq Samad and Aloke Guha Parametric Connectivity: Training of Neural Networks using Genetic Algorithms, T. Caudell and C. Dolan Mapping Neural Networks into Classifier Systems, L. Davis Designing Neural Networks using Genetic Algorithms, Geoffrey F. Miller, Peter M. Todd and Shailesh U. Hegde Machine Learning: A Mathematical Framework for Neural Network, Symbolic and Genetic-Based Learning, G. Deon Oosthuizen Optimizing Neural Networks Using Faster, More Accurate Genetic Search, Darrell Whitley and Thomas Hanson Parallel Genetic Algorithms A Theoretical Investigation of a Parallel Genetic Algorithm, Chrisila C. Pettey and Michael R. Leuze A Parallel Genetic Heuristic for the Quadratic Assignment Problem, Donald E. Brown, Christopher L. Huntley and Andrew R. Spillane Parallel Genetic Algorithms, Population Genetics and Combinatorial Optimization, H. Muhlenbein ASPARAGOS An Asynchronous Parallel Genetic Optimization Strategy, M. Gorges-Schleuter Fine-Grained Parallel Genetic Algorithms, Bernard Manderick and Piet Spiessens Distributed Genetic Algorithms, Reiko Tanese -------------------------------- End of Genetic Algorithms Digest ********************************