Call For Papers


Special issue of

IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation

on

Analysis and Design of Representations and Operators

Guest editors: F. Rothlauf and D. Thierens

Aim
Successful and efficient use of evolutionary algorithms (EAs) depends on the choice of the problem representation and the variation operators. These choices cannot be made independently of each other. The question whether a certain representation leads to better performing EAs than an alternative representation, can only be answered when the operators applied are taken into consideration. The reverse is also true: deciding between alternative operators is only meaningful in the context of a given representation. Clearly, this choice is problem-dependent, but despite the importance of choosing proper representation-operator combinations on the performance of EAs, little general applicable theory and knowledge is available to help understanding and guiding the construction of high-quality representations and operators for solving problems successfully and efficiently with EAs. The aim of the special issue is to provide a clear view of the state-of-the-art in the analysis and design of representations and operators. We are therefore soliciting papers that discuss the influence and importance of a proper choice of representations and operators for EA design, ranging from theoretical analysis to relevant and interesting real-life applications.


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Author instructions
All manuscripts should be prepared following the format standards of the journal available at http://www.ieee-nns.org/pubs/tec/tecauthors.html. Articles should preferably be submitted electronically to one of the guest editors, or six copies should be send by regular mail to one of the addresses below. An IEEE Transactions LaTeX and Microsoft Word style file can be obtained by email at help@ieee.org or downloaded from http://www.ieee.org/pubs/authors.html.
A pdf file of this CFP can be found here.


Guest editors

Franz Rothlauf
Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik 1
Universität Mannheim
Schloss
D-68131 Mannheim, Germany
rothlauf @ uni-mannheim.de

Dirk Thierens
Institute of Information and Computing Sciences
Utrecht University
PO Box 80.089
3508TB Utrecht, The Netherlands
dirk.thierens @ cs.uu.nl


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