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WOMA II - First call for papers]



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 Dear Colleague,
 
 You are invited to submit papers to the "2nd Workshop on Memetic
 Algorithms (WOMA II)".
 
 WOMA II will be held within the "Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
 Conference (GECCO-2001)"
 in San Francisco, California, U.S.A. the 7th of July 2001 at the
Holiday
 Inn Golden Gateway Hotel.
 The Workshop is open to the participation of all GECCO-2001 attendees.
 
 Memetic algorithms (MAs) are evolutionary algorithms (EAs) that apply a
 separate
 local search process to refine individuals (i.e. improve their fitness
 by
 hill-climbing). Under different contexts and situations, MAs are also
 known as hybrid EAs,
 genetic local searchers, Baldwinian EAs, Lamarkian EAs, Cultural
 Algorithms, etc.
 
 Combining global and local search is a strategy used by many successful
 global
 optimization approaches, and MAs have in fact been recognized as a
 powerful algorithmic paradigm for
 evolutionary computing.  In particular, the relative advantage of MAs
 over EAs is quite consistent on complex search spaces.
 
 It is the purpose of this workshop to bring together researchers
working
 on the general topic of Memetic Algorithms.  This workshop is the
second
 edition
 of a previous Workshop held at GECCO2000 in Las Vegas last year. It
will
 provide a forum for
 both:
  - identifying and exploring the key issues that affect the theory,
 design and application of
 MAs and
  -  the development of new collaborations between people involved with
 MAs in the academia and industry.
 
 The topics of interest are (but not limited to):
 
 *       Theory of Memetic Algorithms and Memetics.
 *       Applications of MAs on continuous, discrete and mixed domains.
 *       Memetic Algorithms for multi-objective optimization.
 *       Hybridization issues for constrained problems.
 *       MAs applied to dynamic optimization.
 *       Frameworks for describing and classifying MAs.
 *       Practical guidelines to combine local search and EAs.
 *       Scalability of MAs.
 *       Distinction between `intelligent' evolutionary operators and
local
 search.
 *       Distributed/Parallel MAs.
 *       Tools and software engineering of MAs.
 
 Submission details like deadlines, style, publication, etc are
described
 in WOMA II
 web page at http://www.csm.uwe.ac.uk/~n2krasno/WOMAII/WOMAII.html.
 
 Authors are invited to submit 2 to 4 pages-long extended abstracts
 papers.
 The papers must fulfill GECCO-2001 main conference papers formatting
 instructions.
 The planned deadlines for authors are:
 
 * March 26, Paper submission deadline (electronic copies preferable).
 * April  7, Notification of paper acceptance/rejection.
 * April 20, Camera ready paper (ONLY hard copies accepted).
 * July   7, WOMA II in San Francisco.
 
 The organizers of WOMA II will appreciate if you can send a letter of
 intention
 that will help with  organizational matters.
 
 Furthermore, if you have any inquiry please don't hesitate to contact
 any of the organizers.
 
 Looking forward to meeting you in WOMA II!!!
 
 William Hart
 Natalio Krasnogor
 Jim Smith.
 
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 Contact Details:
 
 William E. Hart
 Optimization/Uncertainty Estimation Dept
 (9211), MS 1110
 P.O. Box 5800, Sandia National Labs
 Albuquerque, NM 87185-1110
 Phone: (505) 844-2217
 FAX  : (505) 845-7442
 Email: wehart@sandia.gov
 Web  : www.cs.sandia.gov/~wehart/main.html
 
 Natalio Krasnogor
 Intelligent Computer Systems Centre
 Faculty of Computer Studies and Mathematics
 University of the West of England
 Coldarbour Lane,
 Bristol, BS16 1QY
 United Kingdom.
 Phone: +44 (0) 117 3443357
 FAX  : +44 (0) 117 9750416
 Email: natalio2.krasnogor@uwe.ac.uk
 Web  : www.csm.uwe.ac.uk/~n2krasno
 
 Jim E. Smith
 Intelligent Computer Systems Centre
 Faculty of Computer Studies and Mathematics
 University of the West of England
 Coldarbour Lane,
 Bristol, BS16 1QY
 United Kingdom.
 Phone: +44 (0) 117 3443161
 FAX  : +44 (0) 117 9750416
 Email: jim.smith@ics.uwe.ac.uk
 Web  : www.csm.uwe.ac.uk/~jsmith
 
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_________________________________________________________________________________ 
 NATALIO KRASNOGOR                Intelligent Computer Systems Centre 
 Research Assistant               Faculty of  Computer Studies and
Mathematics
 Visiting Lecturer		  Frenchay Campus, Office 3p30	
                                  University of the West of England 
 Tel.: +44 - 0117 - 3443357       Coldarbour Lane
 Fax.: +44 - 0117 - 3443182       Bristol, BS16 1QY          
 				  United Kingdom. 
 
 URL: http://www.csm.uwe.ac.uk/~n2krasno  
 
 e-mail: Natalio2.Krasnogor@uwe.ac.uk 
         nkrasno@cs.sandia.gov         
         nkrasnogor@hotmail.com 

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