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GECCO
2010
Springer
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Consultant-guided search algorithms for the quadratic assignment problem
Abstract. Consultant-Guided Search (CGS) is a recent swarm intelligence metaheuristic for combinatorial optimization problems, inspired by the way real people make decisions based ...
Serban Iordache
GECCO
2010
Springer
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Superstate identification for state machines using search-based clustering
State machines are a popular method of representing a syshigh level of abstraction that enables developers to gain an overview of the system they represent and quickly understand ...
Mathew Hall, Phil McMinn, Neil Walkinshaw
GECCO
2010
Springer
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Shared memory genetic algorithms in a multi-agent context
In this paper we present a concurrent implementation of genetic algorithms designed for shared memory architectures intended to take advantage of multi-core processor platforms. O...
Dana Vrajitoru
GECCO
2008
Springer
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14 years 19 days ago
Reduced computation for evolutionary optimization in noisy environment
Evolutionary Algorithms’ (EAs’) application to real world optimization problems often involves expensive fitness function evaluation. Naturally this has a crippling effect on ...
Maumita Bhattacharya
GECCO
2008
Springer
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Towards memoryless model building
Probabilistic model building methods can render difficult problems feasible by identifying and exploiting dependencies. They build a probabilistic model from the statistical prope...
David Iclanzan, Dumitru Dumitrescu
GECCO
2008
Springer
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Emergent architecture in self organized swarm systems for military applications
Many sectors of the military are interested in Self-Organized (SO) systems because of their flexibility, versatility and economics. The military is researching and employing auto...
Dustin J. Nowak, Gary B. Lamont, Gilbert L. Peters...
GECCO
2008
Springer
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Towards incremental social learning in optimization and multiagent systems
Social learning is a mechanism that allows individuals to acquire knowledge from others without incurring the costs of acquiring it individually. Individuals that learn socially c...
Marco Antonio Montes de Oca, Thomas Stützle
GECCO
2008
Springer
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A bivariate probabilistic model-building genetic algorithm for graph bipartitioning
We investigate a bi-variate probabilistic model-building GA for the graph bipartitioning problem. The graph bipartitioning problem is a grouping problem that requires some modifi...
Dirk Thierens
GECCO
2008
Springer
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Analysis of mammography reports using maximum variation sampling
A genetic algorithm (GA) was developed to implement a maximum variation sampling technique to derive a subset of data from a large dataset of unstructured mammography reports. It ...
Robert M. Patton, Barbara G. Beckerman, Thomas E. ...
GECCO
2008
Springer
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Parameterizing pair approximations for takeover dynamics
Pair approximations have often been used to predict equilibrium conditions in spatially-explicit epidemiological and ecological systems. In this work, we investigate whether this ...
Joshua L. Payne, Margaret J. Eppstein