In such cases, when the problem changes over the course of the optimization, the purpose of the optimization algorithm changes from finding an optimal solution to being able to continuously track the movement of the optimum through time. Since in a sense natural evolution is a process of continuous adaptation, it seems straightforward to consider evolutionary algorithms as appropriate candidates for dynamic optimization problems.
And indeed, the number of papers published in that area is rising continuously (see e.g. the online repository on the topic). Most of these publications can be grouped into one of the following basic categories:
The goal of the workshop will be to foster interest in the subject, get together researchers working on that topic, and achieve an informal agreement on some of the key issues in the field.
A similar workshop has been held at GECCO-1999, GECCO-2001, and GECCO-2003 with 60-100 participants each. Now, another two years later, it seems to be time for an update.
8:30 | Shengxiang Yang and Jürgen Branke. EvoDOP-2005 Workshop Introduction |
8:35 | Abdunnaser Younes, Paul Calamai, and Otman Basir. Generalized Benchmark Generation for Dynamic Combinatorial Problems |
9:00 | William Rand and Rick Riolo. Measurements for Understanding the Behavior of the Genetic Algorithm in Dynamic Environments: A Case Study Using the Shaky Ladder Hyperplane-Defined Functions |
9:25 | Peter A.N. Bosman. Learning, Anticipation and Time-Deception in Evolutionary Online Dynamic Optimization |
9:50 | Break |
10:05 | Amine Boumaza. Learning Environment Dynamics from Self-Adaptation |
10:30 | Dudy Lim, Yew-Soon Ong, Bu-Sung Lee. Inverse Multi-Objective Robust Evolutionary Design Optimization in the Presence of Uncertainty |
10:55 | Yaochu Jin, Markus Olhofer, and Bernhard Sendhoff. Finding the Optimal Search Dimension for Evolution Strategies with a Small Population |
11:20 | Break |
11:35 | Open discussion on topics listed below |
12:30 | End of the workshop |
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)