gref@NRL-AIC.ARPA.UUCP (06/12/87)
Second International Conference on Genetic Algorithms and Their Applications July 28-31, 1987 MIT Cambridge, Massachusetts Sponsored By American Association for Artificial Intelligence Naval Research Laboratory Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc. Genetic algorithms are adaptive search techniques based on principles derived from natural population genetics, and are currently being applied to a variety of difficult problems in science, engineering, and artificial intelligence. Topics for discussion will include: Fundamental research on genetic algorithms Machine learning using genetic algorithms Implementation techniques, especially on parallel processors Relationships to connectionism and other search and learning techniques Application of genetic algorithms Conference Committee: John H. Holland University of Michigan (Conference Chair) Lashon B. Booker Navy Center for Applied Research in AI Dave Davis Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc. Kenneth A. De Jong George Mason University David E. Goldberg University of Alabama John J. Grefenstette Navy Center for Applied Research in AI (Program Chair) Stephen F. Smith Carnegie-Mellon Robotics Institute Stewart W. Wilson Rowland Institute for Science (Local Arrangements) The registration fee is $120 ($175 after June 15) and includes admission to all sessions, the Conference Proceedings, a Welcoming Reception, and all coffee breaks and lunches. The Conference Banquet is $30 additional per person. The Registration fee for students is $60. For registration forms and information concerning local arrangements, contact: Conference Services Office Room 7-111 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 (617) 253-1703 For copies of the Conference Proceedings, contact: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers 365 Broadway Hillsdale, New Jersey 07642 CONFERENCE PROGRAM TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1987 5:00 - 9:00 REGISTRATION 7:00 - 9:00 WELCOMING RECEPTION 7:00 - 9:00 TUTORIAL (if sufficient interest) WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1987 8:00 REGISTRATION 9:00 OPENING REMARKS 9:20 - 10:40 GENETIC SEARCH THEORY Finite Markov chain analysis of genetic algorithms David E. Goldberg and Philip Segrest An analysis of reproduction and crossover in a binary-coded genetic algorithm Clayton L. Bridges and David E. Goldberg Reducing bias and inefficiency in the selection algorithm James E. Baker Altruism in the bucket brigade Thomas H. Westerdale 10:40 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK 11:00 - 12:00 ADAPTIVE SEARCH OPERATORS I Schema recombination in pattern recognition problems Irene Stadnyk An adaptive crossover distribution mechanism for genetic algorithms J. David Schaffer and Amy Morishima Genetic algorithms with sharing for multimodal function optimization David E. Goldberg and Jon Richardson 12:00 - 2:00 LUNCH 2:00 - 3:20 REPRESENTATION ISSUES The ARGOT strategy: adaptive representation genetic optimizer technique Craig G. Shaefer Nonstationary function optimization using genetic algorithms with dominance and diploidy David E. Goldberg and Robert E. Smith Genetic operators for high-level knowledge representations H. J. Antonisse and K. S. Keller Tree structured rules in genetic algorithms Arthur S. Bickel and Riva Wenig Bickel 3:20 - 3:40 COFFEE BREAK 3:40 - 5:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Genetic algorithms and classifier systems: foundations and future directions John H. Holland 7:00 - 9:00 BUSINESS MEETING THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1987 9:00 - 10:20 ADAPTIVE SEARCH OPERATORS II Greedy genetics G.E. Liepins, M.R. Hilliard, Mark Palmer and Michael Morrow Incorporating heuristic information into genetic search Jung Y. Suh and Dirk Van Gucht Using reproductive evaluation to improve genetic search and heuristic discovery Darrell Whitley Toward a unified thermodynamic genetic operator David J. Sirag and Paul T. Weisser 10:20 - 10:40 COFFEE BREAK 10:40 - 12:00 CONNECTIONISM AND PARALLELISM I Toward the evolution of symbols Charles P. Dolan and Michael G. Dyer SUPERGRAN: a connectionist approach to learning, integrating genetic algorithms and graph induction Deon G. Oosthuizen Parallel implementation of genetic algorithms in a classifier system George G. Robertson Punctuated equilibria: a parallel genetic algorithm J.P. Cohoon, S.U. Hegde, W.N. Martin and D. Richards 12:00 - 2:00 LUNCH 2:00 - 3:20 PARALLELISM II A parallel genetic algorithm Chrisila B. Pettey, Michael R. Leuze and John J. Grefenstette Genetic learning procedures in distributed environments Adrian V. Sannier II and Erik D. Goodman Parallelisation of probabilistic sequential search algorithms Prasanna Jog and Dirk Van Gucht Parallel genetic algorithms for a hypercube Reiko Tanese 3:20 - 3:40 COFFEE BREAK 3:40 - 5:00 CREDIT ASSIGNMENT AND LEARNING Bucket brigade performance: I. Long sequences of classifiers Rick L. Riolo Bucket brigade performance: II. Default hierarchies Rick L. Riolo Multilevel credit assignment in a genetic learning system John J. Grefenstette On using genetic algorithms to search program spaces Kenneth A. De Jong 6:30 - 10:00 CLAM BAKE FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1987 9:00 - 10:20 APPLICATIONS I A genetic system for learning models of consumer choice David Perry Greene and Stephen F. Smith A study of permutation crossover operators on the traveling salesman problem I.M. Oliver, D.J. Smith and J. R. C. Holland A classifier based system for discovering scheduling heuristics M.R. Hilliard, G.E. Liepins, Mark Palmer, Michael Morrow and Jon Richardson Using the genetic algorithm to generate LISP source code to solve the prisoner's dilemma Cory Fujiko and John Dickinson 10:20 - 10:40 COFFEE BREAK 10:40 - 12:00 APPLICATIONS II Optimal determination of user-oriented clusters: an application for the reproductive plan Vijay V. Raghavan and Brijesh Agarwal The genetic algorithm and biological development Stewart W. Wilson Genetic algorithms and communication link speed design: theoretical considerations Lawrence Davis and Susan Coombs Genetic algorithms and communication link speed design: constraints and operators Susan Coombs and Lawrence Davis 12:00 - 2:00 LUNCH 2:00 - 3:20 PANEL DISCUSSION: GA's and AI 3:20 - 3:40 COFFEE BREAK 3:40 - 5:00 INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND FAREWELL