Since in a sense natural evolution is a process of continuous adaptation, evolutionary algorithms seem to be particularly suited to dynamic optimization problems. And indeed, the topic seems to be promising with the number of papers published in this area rising continuously. The main challenge seems to be to avoid early convergence (in which case the evolutionary algorithm would loose its ability to adapt) without disrupting the search process. Several attempts have been made to find a balance between these two goals, and to tune evolutionary algorithms for optimization in a changing environment.
The goal of the workshop would be to foster interest in the important subject of evolutionary algorithms for dynamic optimization problems, get together the researchers working on the topic, provide an overview on the field and discuss recent trends in the area.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
Papers accepted for the workshop will be judged as to whether an extended version would be suitable for the Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines special issue on "EC in Dynamic and Uncertain Environments". All authors of papers deemed appropriate are encouraged to submit an extended version to the journal, and will undergo a fast track reviewing process.
Important dates:
Paper submission: | 1 April, 2005 (EXTENDED) |
Notification of acceptance: | 20 April, 2005 |
Final camera-ready copy due: | 29 April, 2005 |
Workshop: | 26 June, 2005 |
Workshop Chairs:
Dr. Shengxiang Yang
Department of Computer Science
University of Leicester
University Road
Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
Tel: +44-116-252 5341
Fax: +44-116-252 3915
Email: s.yang@mcs.le.ac.uk
http://www.cs.le.ac.uk/people/syang
Dr. Jürgen Branke
Institute AIFB
University of Karlsruhe
76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
Tel: +49-721-608 6585
Fax: +49-721-693717
Email: branke@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de
http://www.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/~jbr/jbr.engl.html
Program Committee:
Ernesto Costa (Portugal)
Kenneth DeJong (USA)
Ron Morrison (USA)
Karsten Weicker (Germany)
Tim Blackwell (UK)
Sima Uyar (Turkey)
William Rand (USA)
Hussein A. Abbass (Australia)
Daniel Merkle (Germany)