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Applications of Evolutionary Computing - Evoworkshops: EvoBIO, EvoCOMNET, EvoHot, EvoIASP, EvoMUSART, and EvoSTOC (Paperback, 2005 ed.)
Franz Rothlauf, Jurgen Branke, Stefano Cagnoni, David W. Corne, Rolf Drechsler, …
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Evolutionary computation (EC) techniques are e?cient
nature-inspired pl- ning and optimization methods based on the
principles of natural evolution and genetics. Due to their e?ciency
and the simple underlying principles, these methods can be used for
a large number of problems in the context of problem solving,
optimization, andmachinelearning. Alargeandcontinuouslyincreasing
number of researchers and practitioners make use of EC techniques
in many - plication domains. The book at hand presents a careful
selection of relevant EC applications combined with thorough
examinations of techniques for a successful application of EC. The
presented papers illustrate the current state of the art in the
application of EC and should help and inspire researchers and
practitioners to develop e?cient EC methods for design and problem
solving. All papers in this book were presented during EvoWorkshops
2005, which was a varying collection of workshops on
application-oriented aspects of EC. Since 1999, the format of the
EvoWorkshops has proved to be very successful and well
representative of the advances in the application of EC.
Consequently, over the last few years, EvoWorkshops has become one
of the major events addressing the application of EC. In contrast
to other large conferences in the EC ?eld, the EvoWorkshops focus
solely on application aspects of EC and are an important link
between EC research and the application of EC in a large variety of
di?erent domain
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Real-World Applications of Evolutionary Computing - EvoWorkshops 2000: EvoIASP, EvoSCONDI, EvoTel, EvoSTIM, EvoRob, and EvoFlight, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, April 17, 2000 Proceedings (Paperback, 2000 ed.)
Stefano Cagnoni, Riccardo Poli, George D Smith, David Corne, Martin Oates, …
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The increasingly active eld of Evolutionary Computation (EC)
provides val- ble tools, inspired by the theory of natural
selection and genetic inheritance, to problem solving, machine
learning, and optimization in many real-world app- cations. Despite
some early intuitions about EC, that can be dated back to the -
vention of computers, and a better formal de nition of EC, made in
the 1960s, the quest for real-world applications of EC only began
in the late 1980s. The dramatic increase in computer performances
in the last decade of the 20th c- tury gave rise to a positive
feedback process: EC techniques became more and more applicable,
stimulating the growth of interest in their study, and allowing, in
turn, new powerful EC paradigms to be devised. In parallel with new
theoretical results, the number of elds to which EC is being
applied is increasing day by day, along with the complexity of
applications and application domains. In particular, industrially
relevant elds, such as signal and image processing, computer
vision, pattern recognition, industrial control, telecommunication,
scheduling and timetabling, and aerospace engineering are employing
EC techniques to solve complex real-world problems.
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Evolutionary Image Analysis, Signal Processing and Telecommunications - First European Workshops, EvoIASP'99 and EuroEcTel'99 Goeteborg, Sweden, May 26-27, 1999, Proceedings (Paperback, 1999 ed.)
Riccardo Poli, Hans-Michael Voigt, Stefano Cagnoni, David Corne, George D Smith, …
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This book consitutes the refereed joint proceedings of the First
European Workshop on Evolutionary Computation in Image Analysis and
Signal Processing, EvoIASP '99 and of the First European Workshop
on Evolutionary Telecommunications, EuroEcTel '99, held in G
teborg, Sweden in May 1999. The 18 revised full papers presented
were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the volume.
The book presents state-of-the-art research results applying
techniques from evolutionary computing in the specific application
areas.
This is the third in a series of conferences devoted primarily to
the theory and applications of artificial neural networks and
genetic algorithms. The first such event was held in Innsbruck,
Austria, in April 1993, the second in Ales, France, in April 1995.
We are pleased to host the 1997 event in the mediaeval city of
Norwich, England, and to carryon the fine tradition set by its
predecessors of providing a relaxed and stimulating environment for
both established and emerging researchers working in these and
other, related fields. This series of conferences is unique in
recognising the relation between the two main themes of artificial
neural networks and genetic algorithms, each having its origin in a
natural process fundamental to life on earth, and each now well
established as a paradigm fundamental to continuing technological
development through the solution of complex, industrial, commercial
and financial problems. This is well illustrated in this volume by
the numerous applications of both paradigms to new and challenging
problems. The third key theme of the series, therefore, is the
integration of both technologies, either through the use of the
genetic algorithm to construct the most effective network
architecture for the problem in hand, or, more recently, the use of
neural networks as approximate fitness functions for a genetic
algorithm searching for good solutions in an 'incomplete' solution
space, i.e. one for which the fitness is not easily established for
every possible solution instance.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the
pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the
pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the
pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.
In September 1993 a unique dialogue took place. Humanists from
around the country gathered in Salt Lake City, Utah, to exchange
ideas with Mormons on the topics of feminism, freedom of
conscience, academic freedom in Mormon universities, and clashes
between "dissident intellectuals" and Mormon church authorities. Of
particular concern in the discussion was the recent excommunication
of members of the Mormon church and the departure of two professors
from Brigham Young University for allegedly expressing ideas at
variance with church teachings. Ironically, despite such conflicts,
Mormons officially and individually endorse freedom of conscience;
the dignity of the human right to exercise free agency is a
principle rooted in the Mormon as well as the humanist tradition.
On this basis for mutual understanding, the dialogue between the
two diverse cultures of Mormonism and humanism proceeded. George D.
Smith has collected twelve essays, all but one of which were
presented at the Utah conference, for this thought-provoking
volume. Among the subjects covered are ecclesiastical abuse and the
excommunicated "September Six", academic freedom at Brigham Young
University, the politics of exclusivity, and free inquiry in a
religious context. Paul Kurtz, editor of Free Inquiry, introduces
the discussion with an overview of "Humanism and the Idea of
Freedom". The volume concludes with a 1939 essay by noted American
journalist Walter Lippmann entitled "The Indispensable Opposition".
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