New Book Announcement

["Franz Rothlauf" <franz.rothlauf@uni-bayreuth.de>]

Title: Representations for Genetic and Evolutionary Algorithms
       2002, 303 pp. 99 figs., 53 tabs., Hardcover
       ISBN:  3-7908-1496-2
       Recommended Retail Price: EUR 64,95

Author: Franz Rothlauf
         (franz@rothlauf.com
http://wi.oec.uni-bayreuth.de/team.php3?id=rothlauf )

Publisher: Springer
http://www.springer.de/cgi-bin/search_book.pl?isbn=3-7908-1496-2

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Brief Book Description:
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In the field of genetic and evolutionary algorithms (GEAs), much theory and
empirical study has been heaped upon operators and test problems, but
problem representation has often been taken as given. This monograph breaks
with this tradition and studies a number of critical elements of a theory of
representations for GEAs and applies them to the empirical study of various
important idealized test functions and problems of commercial import. The
book considers basic concepts of representations, such as redundancy,
scaling and locality and describes how GEAs' performance is influenced.
Using the developed theory representations can be analyzed and designed in a
theory-guided manner. The theoretical concepts are used as examples for
efficiently solving integer optimization problems and network design
problems. The results show that proper representations are crucial for GEAs'
success.


Features:
o Comprehensive coverage of this important aspect of GEAs
o Decomposition of the representation problem
o Analysis of redundant representations and neutral networks
o Analysis of scaling
o Analysis of low-locality representations
o Time-quality framework for representations
o Demonstration of the framework in well-chosen test problems and problems
of commercial import.
o Includes applications to real-world communication network problems

This book about representations develops applicable theory that allows
understanding on how representations influence the performance of search and
optimization algorithms. It shows how representations affect the efficiency
of search methods and helps people who are working in the areas of
optimization, optimal design, innovative design and evolutionary computing
to develop fast and efficient optimization techniques for real-world
problems in a systematic and theory-guided way.

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Franz Rothlauf
Dept. of Information Systems (BWL VII)
University of Bayreuth
Universitaetsstr. 30
D-95440 Bayreuth/Germany

tel   : +49 921-55 2819
fax   : +49 921-55 84 2819
E-mail: franz.rothlauf@uni-bayreuth.de
URL   : http://wi.oec.uni-bayreuth.de/team.php3?id=rothlauf

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  Watch for REPRESENTATIONS FOR GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS,
  a new book by Franz Rothlauf, to be published in the Springer Series
  "Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing" in June 2002
  http://www.springer.de/cgi-bin/search_book.pl?isbn=3-7908-1496-2
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 2002 Representations for Genetic and Evolutionary Algorithms Workshop
 at GECCO 2002 in New York
 For further information,
 http://btw6x2.oec.uni-bayreuth.de/geccoworkshop2002/ and
 http://www-illigal.ge.uiuc.edu:8080/GECCO-2002/
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