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Day 1 - July 10, 2000

Session 1

10:30
Using the Java Method Evolver for Load Balancing in Communication Networks
Eduard Lukschandl, Peter Nordin, and Mats Nordahl

10:40
Combined Relaxed GAs and Gradient Technie for Fast and Accurate Economic Dispatch
Furong Li

10:50
The Use of Genetic Algorithms as a Project Manager's Decision Support Tool
Nelson F. F. Ebecken, João A.A. do Amaral, and Feniosky P. Mora

11:00
Genetic Synthesis of Cascade Structures for Particle Classification
Alexander Kosorukoff

11:10
Social Classification Structures:  Optimal Decision Making in an Organization
Alexander Kosorukoff

11:20
A Genetic Approach for the Minimum Classification Error Rate in Speech Recognition
Sam Kwong and Q. H. He

11:30
Parallel Genetic Algorithms: An Application for Model Parameter Identification in Process Control
Bonifacio de Andres, Segundo Esteban, Daniel Rivera, Jose Hidalgo, and Manuel Prieto

11:40
Autonomous Life Agent Using Recurrent Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms
Tony Abou-Assaleh and Jianna Zhang

11:50
Adaptive Management of a Future Service Network using a Bacteria Inspired Genetic Algorithm
C.M. Roadknight and I.W. Marshall
 

Session 2


1:30
The Air Crew Scheduling System: The Design of a Real-world, Dynamic Genetic Scheduler
Soraya Rana-Stevens, Benjamin Lubin, and David Montana

1:45
Cooperative-Competitive Model for Genetic Operators: Contributions of Extinctive Selection and Parallel Genetic Operators
Hernan E. Aguirre, Kiyoshi Tanaka, Tatsuo Sugimura, and Shinjiro Oshita

2:00
The Effect of Numerical Integration on Solution Quality of a Genetic Algorithm
Laura A. Albert and David E. Goldberg

2:15
Negative Log-Likelihood and Statistical Hypothesis Testing as the Basis of Model Selection in IDEAs
Peter A.N. Bosman and Dirk Thierens

2:30
Qualitative Visual Presentation of Evolutionary Algorithms
Darko Grundler and Tomislav Rolich

2:45
XCS-Based Inductive Intelligent Multi-agent System
Luis Miramontes Hercog and Terence C. Fogarty
 

Session 3


3:30
Linear Genome Methodology for Analog Circuit Design
Shin Ando and Hitoshi Iba

3:45
On Biologically Inspired Mutations: the Translocation
I. De Falco, A. Iazzetta, E. Tarantino, and A. Della Cioppa

4:00
GP-Beagle: A Benchmarking Problem Repository for the Genetic Programming Community
Robert Feldt, Michael O'Neill, Conor Ryan, Peter Nordin, and William B. Langdon

4:15
Identification of MIMO Non-Linear Systems Using Evolutionary Computation
Katya Rodríguez Vázquez

4:30
An Equilibrium Analysis of the Efficiency of Whiplash PCR
John A. Rose and Russell J. Deaton

4:45
Coadaptation of Cooperative Players in an Iterated Prisoners Dilemma Game using an XML Based GA
Judy Johnson and Soundar Kumara
 

Day 2 - July 11, 2000

 

Session 1


10:30
Breaking the Symmetry of the Graph Colouring Problem with Genetic Algorithms
Anna Marino and Robert I. Damper

10:40
A Study of Parallel GA Using DNA Coding Method for Acquisition of Fuzzy Control Rules
Tomohiro Yoshikawa, Hiroharu Kawanaka, and Shinji Tsuruoka

10:50
Optimal Reactive Power Dispatch Using A Genetic Algorithm
M.I. Awadallah, Erik D. Goodman, and I.H. Khalifa

11:00
A Hybrid Intelligent System Architecture for Machine Vision Applications Using EAs
M.J. Callaghan, T.M. McGinnity, and L.J. McDaid

11:10
Image Segmentation Using Ant Colony System
I.H. Pineda, I. Gokcen, X. Yuan, C. Koutsougeras, and B.P. Buckles

11:20
Implicit Evolvability: An Investigation into the Evolvability of an Embryogeny
Sanjeev Kumar and Peter J. Bentley

11:30
A New Pareto-like Evaluation Method for Finding Multiple Global Optima in Evolutionary Algorithms
Andrea Toffolo and Ernesto Benini

11:40
Nature versus Nurture in Evolutionary Computation: Balancing the Training Environment and Fitness
Lisa Meeden, Jordan Wales, and Jesse Wells

11:50
Trajectory Optimization for Redundant Robots Using Genetic Algorithms with Heuristic Operators
E.J. Solteiro Pires and J.A. Tenreiro Machado
 

Session 2


1:30
EHWPack: A Parallel Software/Hardware Environment for Evolvable Hardware
D. Keymeulen, G. Klimeck, R. Zebulum, Y. Jin, A. Stoica, and C. Salazar-Lazaro

1:45
Automatic Synthesis of a Wire Antenna Using Genetic Programming
John R. Koza, William Comisky, and Jessen Yu

2:00
Use of Time-Domain Simulations in Automatic Synthesis of Computational Circuits Using GP
John R. Koza and William Mydlowec

2:15
Natural Language Text Classification and Filtering with Trigrams and Evolutionary NN Classifiers
W.B. Langdon

2:30
Code Growth is Not Caused by Introns
Sean Luke

2:45
Performance Comparison in Genetic Programming
Norman Paterson and Michael Livesey
 

Session 3


3:30
Polymorphism and Genetic Programming
Tina Yu

3:45
Comparing Lists of Edges with Two Other Genetic Codings of Rectilinear Steiner Trees
Bryant A. Julstrom

4:00
Evolution of Complex Behavior Controllers using Genetic Algorithms
Kerry A.  Gruber, Jason Baurick, and Sushil Louis

4:15
Parallel Implementation of Genetic Programming on Clusters
Ivan Tanev, Takashi Uozumi, and Koichi Ono

4:30
Feasible Encodings for GA Solutions of Constrained Minimal Spanning Tree Problems
William Edelson and Michael L. Gargano

4:45
Using Genetic Programming to Design Decentralized Controllers for Self-Reconfigurable Modular Robots
Forrest H. Bennett III and Eleanor G. Rieffel
 

Day 3 - July 12, 2000

 

Session 1


10:30
A Parallel Genetic Algorithm for Seismic Velocity Inversion
Gordon Shields, Sushil J. Louis, and Satish K. Pullammanappallil

10:40
Applying Self-Organized Criticality to the Diffusion Model
Peter Rickers, Ren Thomsen, and Thiemo Krink

10:50
Improving Computational Performance of Genetic Algorithms: A Comparison of Techniques
Richard J. Povinelli

11:00
Answer Sets Computation by Genetic Algorithms - Preliminary Report
Alessandro Provetti and Luis Tari

11:10
Parallel Implementation of Niched Pareto Genetic Algorithm Code for X-ray Plasma Spectroscopy
Sushil J. Louis, Igor E. Golovkin, and Roberto C. Mancini

11:20
Genetic Algorithms for Quantum Circuit Design - Evolving a Simpler Teleportation Circuit
Taro Yabuki and Hitoshi Iba

11:30
Exploring Knot-Space with Genetic Algorithms
Colin G. Johnson

11:40
Optimization of Tank Size and Shape for Improved Roll Stability in Steady-State Turning Using a GA
Ericka J. Southcombe
 

Session 2


1:30
Gentropy: Evolutionary 2D Texture Generation
Andrea L. Wiens and Brian J. Ross

1:45
Probabilistic Evolution and the Busy Beaver Problem
F.B. Pereira, P. Machado, R. Santana, A. Ochoa-Rodriguez, M. Soto, E. Costa, and A. Cardoso

2:00
Using Graph Grammars and Genetic Algorithms to Represent and Evolve Lego Assemblies
Maxim Peysakhov, Vlada Galinskaya, and William C. Regli

2:15
Improved Static VAr Compensator Siting on Power Systems Using a GA with Variable String Length
James D. Pilgrim and Furong Li

2:30
GAMUT: A System for Customer Modeling Based on Evolutionary Algorithms
Andrea G. B. Tettamanzi, Luca Sammartino, Mikhail Simonov, and Massimo Soroldoni

2:45
A Predecessor Coding in an EA for the Capacitated Minimum Spanning Tree Problem
Günther R. Raidl and Christina Drexel
 

Session 3


3:30
Optimization in Concrete Precasting Plants by Evolutionary Computation
Christian Blume

3:45
A Genetic Algorithm-Guided Model-based Clustering Algorithm
Hui-Dong Jin, Kwong-Sak Leung, and Man-Leung Wong

4:00
A Genetic Programming Framework for Error Recovery in Robotic Assembly Systems
Kazuhiro Saitou and Cem M. Baydar

4:15
On Extended Compact Genetic Algorithm
Kumara Sastry and David E. Goldberg

4:30
Fitness Dynamics of a (2+1) GA Operating on ONEMAX
Stephen Stanhope and Jason Daida

4:45
A Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm for Global Optimization
Anjan Kumar Swain and Alan S. Morris