Greedy or Not? Best Improving versus First Improving Stochastic Local Search for MAXSAT (pdf) |
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AAAI, 2013
D. Whitley, A.E. Howe, D. Hains. |
Second order partial derivatives for NK-landscapes (pdf) |
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GECCO, 2013
W. Chen, D. Whitley, D. Hains, A.E. Howe. |
Hyperplane initialized local search for MAXSAT (pdf) |
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GECCO, 2013
D. Hains, D. Whitley, A.E. Howe, W. Chen. |
Quasi-elementary Landscapes and Superpositions of Elementary Landscapes (pdf) |
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LION, 2012
D. Whitley, J.F. Chicano. |
Exact computation of the expectation curves for uniform crossover (pdf) |
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GECCO, 2012
J.F. Chicano, D. Whitley, E. Alba. |
An Empirical Evaluation of O(1) Steepest Descent for NK-Landscapes (pdf) |
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PPSN (1), 2012
D. Whitley, W. Chen, A.E. Howe. |
Improving Lin-Kernighan-Helsgaun with Crossover on Clustered Instances of the TSP (pdf) |
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PPSN (2), 2012
D. Hains, D. Whitley, A.E. Howe. |
Computing the moments of -bounded pseudo-Boolean functions over Hamming spheres of arbitrary radius in polynomial time (pdf) |
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Theoretical Computer Science, Vol. 425, No. 0, pp. 58 - 74, 2012
A.M. Sutton, L.D. Whitley, A.E. Howe. |
Constant Time Steepest Ascent Local Search with Statistical Lookahead for NK-Landscapes(pdf) |
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Proceedings of the annual conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, 2012
D. Whitley, W. Chen. |
Approximating the distribution of fitness over hamming regions
(pdf) |
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Foundations of Genetic Algorithms (FOGA-11)
A.M. Sutton, L.D. Whitley, and A.E. Howe |
Partial neighborhoods of the traveling salesman problem
(pdf) |
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Proceedings of the 13th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation (GECCO-11)
L.D. Whitley and G. Ochoa |
Mutation rates of the (1+1)-EA on pseudo-boolean functions of bounded epistasis
(pdf) |
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Proceedings of the 13th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation (GECCO-11)
A.M. Sutton, L.D. Whitley and A.E. Howe |
Exploiting Decomposability Using Recombination in Genetic Algorithms: An Exploratory Discussion
(pdf) |
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Third International Symposium on Search Based Software Engineering (SSBSE-11)
L.D. Whitley |
Elementary landscape decomposition of the frequency assignment problem (pdf) |
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Theoretical Computer Science, Vol. 412, No. 43, pp. 6002-6019, 2011
J.F. Chicano, L.D. Whitley, E. Alba, F. Luna. |
A Methodology to Find the Elementary Landscape Decomposition of Combinatorial Optimization Problems (pdf) |
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Evolutionary Computation, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 597-637, 2011
J.F. Chicano, L.D. Whitley, E. Alba. |
Revisiting the big valley search space structure in the TSP (pdf) |
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Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 305-312, 2011
D. Hains, L.D. Whitley, A.E. Howe. |
Exploring privacy versus data quality trade-offs in anonymization techniques using multi-objective optimization (pdf) |
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Journal of Computer Security, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 935-974, 2011
R. Dewri, I. Ray, I. Ray, D. Whitley. |
A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for the Traveling Salesman Problem Using Generalized Partition Crossover (pdf) |
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International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving From Nature, 2010
D. Whitley, D. Hains, A.E. Howe. |
On the Formation of Historically k-Anonymous Anonymity Sets in a Continuous LBS (pdf) |
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8th International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks, 2010
R. Dewri, I. Ray, I. Ray, D. Whitley. |
Real time stochastic scheduling in broadcast systems with decentralized data storage (pdf) |
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Real-Time Systems, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 143-175, 2010
R. Dewri, I. Ray, I. Ray, D. Whitley. |
Elementary landscapes of frequency assignment problems (pdf) |
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Proceedings of the annual conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, 2010
L.D. Whitley, J.F. Chicano, E. Alba, F. Luna. |
Directed Plateau Search for MAX-k-SAT (pdf) |
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International Symposium on Combinatorial Search, 2010
A.M. Sutton, A.E. Howe, L.D. Whitley. |
On the Identification of Property Based Generalizations in Microdata Anonymization (pdf) |
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Working Conference on Data and Applications Security and Privacy, 2010
R. Dewri, I. Ray, I. Ray, D. Whitley. |
Query m-Invariance: Preventing Query Disclosures in Continuous Location-Based Services (pdf) |
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Mobile Data Management, 2010
R. Dewri, I. Ray, I. Ray, D. Whitley. |
Partial neighborhoods of elementary landscapes (pdf) |
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Proceedings of the annual conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, 2009
L.D. Whitley, A.M. Sutton. |
On the comparison of microdata disclosure control algorithms (pdf) |
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12th International Conference on Extending Database Technology, 2009
R. Dewri, I. Ray, I. Ray, D. Whitley. |
POkA: identifying pareto-optimal k-anonymous nodes in a domain hierarchy lattice (pdf) |
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18th ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, 2009
R. Dewri, I. Ray, I. Ray, D. Whitley. |
A polynomial time computation of the exact correlation structure of k-satisfiability landscapes (pdf) |
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Proceedings of the annual conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, 2009
A.M. Sutton, L.D. Whitley, A.E. Howe. |
A Theoretical Analysis of the k-Satisfiability Search Space (pdf) |
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In Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Engineering Stochastic Local Search Algorithms, 2009
A.M. Sutton, A.E. Howe, L.D. Whitley. |
A multi-objective approach to data sharing with privacy constraints and preference based objectives (pdf) |
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Proceedings of the annual conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, 2009
R. Dewri, D. Whitley, I. Ray, I. Ray. |
Estimating Bounds on Expected Plateau Size in MAXSAT Problems (pdf) |
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In Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Engineering Stochastic Local Search Algorithms, 2009
A.M. Sutton, A.E. Howe, L.D. Whitley. |
Tunneling between optima: partition crossover for the traveling salesman problem (pdf) |
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Proceedings of the annual conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, 2009
D. Whitley, D. Hains, A.E. Howe. |
Optimizing on-demand data broadcast scheduling in pervasive environments (pdf) |
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11th International Conference on Extending Database Technology, 2008
R. Dewri, I. Ray, I. Ray, D. Whitley. |
Focused no free lunch theorems (pdf) |
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Proceedings of the annual conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, 2008
D. Whitley, J.E. Rowe. |
The Impact of Global Structure on Search (pdf) |
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International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving From Nature, 2008
M. Lunacek, D. Whitley, A.M. Sutton. |
On the Optimal Selection of k in the k-Anonymity Problem (pdf) |
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Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Data Engineering, 2008
R. Dewri, I. Ray, I. Ray, D. Whitley. |
Optimizing Real-Time Ordered-Data Broadcasts in Pervasive Environments Using Evolution Strategy (pdf) |
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International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving From Nature, 2008
R. Dewri, D. Whitley, I. Ray, I. Ray. |
Understanding elementary landscapes (pdf) |
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Proceedings of the annual conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, 2008
D. Whitley, A.M. Sutton, A.E. Howe. |
Security Provisioning in Pervasive Environments Using Multi-objective Optimization (pdf) |
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13th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, 2008
R. Dewri, I. Ray, I. Ray, D. Whitley. |
Evolution strategy based optimization of on-demand dependent data broadcast scheduling (pdf) |
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Proceedings of the annual conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, 2008
R. Dewri, D. Whitley, I. Ray, I. Ray. |
Optimal security hardening using multi-objective optimization on attack tree models of networks (pdf) |
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ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, 2007
R. Dewri, N. Poolsappasit, I. Ray, D. Whitley. |
Using Adaptive Priority Weighting to Direct Search in Probabilistic Scheduling (pdf) |
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International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling, 2007
A.M. Sutton, A.E. Howe, L.D. Whitley. |
Differential evolution and non-separability: using selective pressure to focus search (pdf) |
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Proceedings of the annual conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, 2007
A.M. Sutton, M. Lunacek, L.D. Whitley. |
Understanding Algorithm Performance on an Oversubscribed Scheduling Application
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, Volume 27, pages 577-615,
L. Barbulescu, A.E. Howe, L.D. Whitley, and M. Roberts. |
Deconstructing Nowicki and Smutnicki's i-TSAB Tabu Search Algorithm
for the Job-Shop Scheduling Problem
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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in Journal of Computers and Operations Research, Vol. 33, No. 9, pp 2623-2644, September 2006
J.P. Watson, A.E. Howe, and L.D. Whitley. |
Looking for Shortcuts: Infeasible Search Analysis for Oversubscribed Scheduling Problems
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS-06)
M.F. Rogers, A.E. Howe, and L.D. Whitley. |
Exploiting Portfolio Strategy to Explore the Interaction of Problems and Algorithms in AI Planning
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS-06) Doctoral Consortium
M. Roberts. |
Directing a Portfolio with Learning
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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AAAI 2006 Workshop on Learning for Search
M. Roberts and A.E. Howe. |
Spacetrack: Trading off Quality and Utilization in Oversubscribed Schedules
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS-06)
A.M. Sutton, A.E. Howe, and L.D. Whitley. |
PSO and Multifunnel Landscapes: How cooperation might limit exploration
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-06)
A.M. Sutton, L.D. Whitley, A.E. Howe, and M. Lunacek. |
AFSCN Scheduling: How the Problem and Solution Have Evolved
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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to appear in Mathematical and Computer Modelling
L. Barbulescu, A.E. Howe, and L.D. Whitley. |
Linking Search Space Structure, Run-time Dynamics and
Problem Difficulty: A Step Toward Demystifying Tabu Search
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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in Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, August 2005
J.P. Watson, L.D. Whitley, and A.E. Howe. |
Random Walks and Neighborhood Bias in
Oversubscribed Scheduling
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling (MISTA-05), July 2005
M. Roberts, L.D. Whitley, A.E. Howe, and L. Barbelescu. |
Modeling Local Search: A First Step Toward Understanding
Hill-climbing Search in Oversubscribed Scheduling
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS-05), June 2005
M. Roberts, A.E. Howe, and L.D. Whitley. |
Properties of Gray and Binary Representations
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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in Evolutionary Computation, 2004
J. Rowe, D. Whitley, L. Barbulescu and J.P. Watson. |
A Dynamic Model of Tabu Search for the Job Shop Scheduling Problem
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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Best Paper Award
Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling, August 2003
J.P. Watson, L.D. Whitley and A.E. Howe. |
Problem Difficulty for Tabu Search in Job-Shop Scheduling
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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in Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 143, No. 2, pp. 189-217, February 2003
J.P. Watson, J.C. Beck, A.E. Howe, and L.D. Whitley. |
An Analysis of Iterated Local Search for Job-Shop Scheduling
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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in Proceedings of the Fifth Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC-2003), September 2003
J.P. Watson, A.E. Howe, and L.D. Whitley. |
Adaptive Search Algorithms and Fitness-Distance Correlation
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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in Proceedings of the Fifth Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC-2003), September 2003
J.C. Beck, J.P. Watson. |
A Critical Assessment of Benchmark Comparison in Planning
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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in Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, Vol. 17, pp. 1-33, July 2002
A.E. Howe and E. Dahlman. |
Contrasting Structured and Random Permutation Flow-Shop Scheduling Problems: Search Space Topology and Algorithm Performance
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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in INFORMS Journal on Computing, Vol. 14, No. 1, Spring 2002
J.P. Watson, L. Barbulescu, L.D. Whitley, and A.E. Howe. |
An Overview of Evolutionary Algorithms
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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in Journal of Information and Software Technology, Vol. 43, pp. 817-831, 2001
L.D. Whitley. |
Toward an Understanding of Local Search Cost in Job-Shop Scheduling
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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in Proceedings of the Sixth European Conference on Planning (ECP '01), Toledo, Spain, September 2001
J.P. Watson, J.C. Beck, A.E. Howe, and L.D. Whitley. |
Toward a Descriptive Model Of Local Search Cost in Job-Shop Scheduling
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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in Working Notes of IJCAI-01 Workshop on Stochastic Search Algorithms, Seattle, WA, August 2001
J.P. Watson, J.C. Beck, A.E. Howe, and L.D. Whitley. |
Focusing on the Individual - Why We Need New Methods for Characterizing Problem Difficulty
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in Working Notes of ECAI 2000 Workshop on Empirical Methods in Artificial Intelligence, Berlin, Germany, August 2000
J.P. Watson, A.E. Howe. |
Algorithm Performance and Problem Structure for Flow-shop Scheduling
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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in Proceedings of the Sixteenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-99), 1999
J.P. Watson, L. Barbulescu, A.E. Howe, and L.D. Whitley. |
The Impact of Approximate Evaluation on the Performance of Search Algorithms for Warehouse Scheduling
(pdf) |
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In Journal of Scheduling , 1999
J.P. Watson, S. Rana, L. D. Whitley and A.E. Howe. |
Comparing Heuristic Search Methods and Genetic Algorithms for Warehouse Scheduling
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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In Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1998
L.D. Whitley, A.E. Howe, S. Rana, J.P. Watson, L. Barbulescu. |
A Free Lunch Proof for Gray versus Binary Encodings
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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in Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-99) , 1999
L. D. Whitley. |
A Tractible Walsh Analysis of SAT and it Implications for Genetic Algorithms
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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Nominated for Outstanding Paper Award
in Proceedings of the Fifteenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-98), 1998
S. Rana, R. Heckendorn, D. Whitley. |
Polynomial time summary statistics for a generalization of MAXSAT
(ps.gz
pdf) |
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in Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-99) , 1999
R. Heckendorn, S. Rana, D. Whitley. |