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.
Author(s): Joe Dumoulin, James A. Foster, James F. Frenzel, Steve McGrew (auth.), Stefano Cagnoni (eds.)
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1803
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 400
Tags: Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity; Computer Communication Networks; Image Processing and Computer Vision; Systems and Information Theory in Engineering
Special Purpose Image Convolution with Evolvable Hardware....Pages 1-11
Stereoscopic Vision for a Humanoid Robot Using Genetic Programming....Pages 12-21
A Faster Genetic Clustering Algorithm....Pages 22-33
Scene Interpretation using Semantic Nets and Evolutionary Computation....Pages 34-43
Evolutionary Wavelet Bases in Signal Spaces....Pages 44-53
Finding Golf Courses: The Ultra High Tech Approach....Pages 54-64
Sound Localization for a Humanoid Robot by Means of Genetic Programming....Pages 65-76
On the Scalability of Genetic Algorithms to Very Large-Scale Feature Selection....Pages 77-86
Combining Evolutionary, Connectionist, and Fuzzy Classification Algorithms for Shape Analysis....Pages 87-96
Experimental Determination of Drosophila Embryonic Coordinates by Genetic Algorithms, the Simplex Method, and Their Hybrid....Pages 97-106
A Genetic Algorithm with Local Search for Solving Job Problems....Pages 107-116
Distributed Learning Control of Traffic Signals....Pages 117-126
Time Series Prediction by Growing Lateral Delay Neural Networks....Pages 127-138
Trajectory Controller Network and Its Design Automation through Evolutionary Computing....Pages 139-146
Evolutionary Computation and Nonlinear Programming in Multi-model-robust Control Design....Pages 147-157
Benchmarking Cost-Assignment Schemes for Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithms....Pages 158-167
Automatic Synthesis of Both the Topology and Parameters for a Controller for a Three-Lag Plant with a Five-Second Delay Using Genetic Programming....Pages 168-177
Automatic Design of Multivariable QFT Control System via Evolutionary Computation....Pages 178-194
Development of Power Transformer Thermal Models for Oil Temperature Prediction....Pages 195-204
Automatic Validation of Protocol Interfaces Described in VHDL....Pages 205-214
Evolutive Modeling of TCP/IP Network Traffic for Intrusion Detection....Pages 214-223
Multimodal Performance Profiles on the Adaptive Distributed Database Management Problem....Pages 224-234
Protocol Construction Using Genetic Search Techniques....Pages 235-246
Prediction of Power Requirements for High-Speed Circuits....Pages 247-254
A Communication Architecture for Multi-Agent Learning Systems....Pages 255-266
An Ambulance Crew Rostering System....Pages 267-279
A Systematic Investigation of GA Performance on Jobshop Scheduling Problems....Pages 280-289
An Ant Algorithm with a New Pheromone Evaluation Rule for Total Tardiness Problems....Pages 290-299
A New Genetic Representation and Common Cluster Crossover for Job Shop Scheduling Problems....Pages 300-309
Optimising an Evolutionary Algorithm for Scheduling....Pages 310-321
On-line Evolution of Control for a Four-Legged Robot Using Genetic Programming....Pages 322-329
Optimized Collision Free Robot Move Statement Generation by the Evolutionary Software GLEAM....Pages 330-341
Self-Adaptive Mutation in ZCS Controllers....Pages 342-349
Using a Hybrid Evolutionary-A* Approach for Learning Reactive Behaviours....Pages 350-359
Supervised Evolutionary Methods in Aerodynamic Design Optimisation....Pages 360-369
An Evolutionary Algorithm for Large Scale Set Covering Problems with Application to Airline Crew Scheduling....Pages 370-384
Design, Implementation, and Application of a Tool for Optimal Aircraft Positioning....Pages 385-396
