2. PPSN 1992: Brussels, Belgium

Reinhard Männer, Bernard Manderick (Eds.): Parallel Problem Solving from Nature 2, PPSN-II, Brussels, Belgium, September 28-30, 1992. Elsevier 1992

Theory of Evolutionary Algorithms

Kenneth A. De Jong: Are Genetic Algorithms Function Optimizers? 3-14
Heinz Mühlenbein: How Genetic Algorithms Really Work: Mutation and Hillclimbing. 15-26
Samir W. Mahfoud: Crowding and Preselection Revisited. 27-36
David E. Goldberg, Kalyanmoy Deb, Jeffrey Horn: Massive Multimodality, Deception, and Genetic Algorithms. 37-48
Hillol Kargupta, Kalyanmoy Deb, David E. Goldberg: Ordering Genetic Algorithms and Deception. 49-58
Mauro Manela, John A. Campbell: Harmonic Analysis, Epistasis and Genetic Algorithms. 59-66
Rob J. M. Vaessens, Emile H. L. Aarts, Jan Karel Lenstra: A Local Search Template. 67-

Yuval Davidor, O. Ben-Kiki: The Interplay Among the Genetic Algorithm Operators: Information Theory Tools Used in a Holistic Way. 77-86
Thomas Bäck: The Interaction of Mutation Rate, Selection, and Self-Adaptation Within a Genetic Algorithm. 87-96
Mark A. Bedau, F. Ronneburg, M. Zwick: Dynamics of Diversity in an Evolving Population. 97-106
Günter Rudolph: On Correlated Mutations in Evolution Strategies. 107-116
Jürgen Hesser, Reinhard Männer: Investigation of the M-Heuristic for Optimal Mutation Probabilities. 117-

J. L. Dessalles: Biomimetic Use of Genetic Algorithms. 129-138
John J. Grefenstette: Genetic Algorithms for Changing Environments. 139-146
Dipankar Dasgupta, Douglas R. McGregor: Nonstationary Function Optimization using the Structured Genetic Algorithm. 147-156
Hans-Michael Voigt, Ivan Santibáñez-Koref, Joachim Born: Hierarchically Structured Distributed Genetic Algorithms. 157-166
Hitoshi Iba, Sumitaka Akiba, Tetsuya Higuchi, Taisuke Sato: BUGS: A Bug-Based Search Strategy using Genetic Algorithms. 167-

Reinhard Lohmann: Structure Evolution and Incomplete Induction. 177-188
Joachim Born, Hans-Michael Voigt, Ivan Santibáñez-Koref: Alternative Evolution Strategies to Global Optimization. 189-198
Andreas Ostermeier: An Evolution Strategy with Momentum Adaptation of the Random Number Distribution. 199-208
Michael Herdy: Reproductive Isolation as Strategy Parameter in Hierarichally Organized Evolution Strategies. 209-

Keith E. Mathias, L. Darrell Whitley: Genetic Operators, the Fitness Landscape and the Traveling Salesman Problem. 221-230
Jan Paredis: Exploiting Constraints as Background Knowledge for Genetic Algorithms: A Case-Study for Scheduling. 231-240
Carlos B. Lucasius, Gerrit Kateman: Towards Solving Subset Selection Problems with the Aid of the Genetic Algorithm. 241-250
Cezary Z. Janikow, H. Cai: A Genetic Algorithm Application in Nonparametric Functional Estimation. 251-260
Nicholas J. Radcliffe: Non-Linear Genetic Representations. 261-270
Inman Harvey: The SAGA Cross: The Mechanics of Recombination for Species with Variable Length Genotypes. 271-

Takeshi Yamada, Ryohei Nakano: A Genetic Algorithm Applicable to Large-Scale Job-Shop Problems. 283-292
Wilfried Jakob, Martina Gorges-Schleuter, Christian Blume: Application of Genetic Algorithms to Task Planning and Learning. 293-302
Samir W. Mahfoud, David E. Goldberg: A Genetic Algorithm for Parallel Simulated Annealing. 303-312
Yukinori Kakazu, Hidenori Sakanashi, Keiji Suzuki: Adaptive Search Strategy for Genetic Algorithms with Additional Genetic Algorithms. 313-322
Si-Eng Ling: Integrating Genetic Algorithms with a Prolog Assignment Program as a Hybrid Solution for a Polytechnic Timetable Problem. 323-

Una-May O'Reilly, Franz Oppacher: An Experimental Perspective on Genetic Programming. 333-342
Rafael Van Driessche, R. Piessens: Load Balancing with Genetic Algorithms. 343-352
G. Füllen: On the Self-Organisation of Pseudo-Randomness. 353-362
Hans-Georg Beyer: Some Aspects of the `Evolution Strategiy' for Solving TSP-Like Optimization Problems Appearing at the Design Studies of a 0.5 TeV e⁺e^--Linear Collider. 363-372
P. W. Poon, Geoffrey T. Parks: Optimizing PWR Reload Core Designs. 373-382
K. J. Hunt: Optimal Control System Synthesis with Genetic Algorithms. 383-

Steffen Schulze-Kremer: Genetic Algorithms for Protein Tertiary Structure Prediction. 393-402
D. C. Youvan, Adam P. Arkin, M. M. Yang: Recursive Ensemble Mutagenesis: A Combinatorial Optimization Technique for Protein Engineering. 403-412
Peter Roosen, F. Meyer: Determination of Chemical Equilibria by means of an Evolution Strategy. 413-

Daniel Polani, Thomas Uthmann: Adaptation of Kohonen Feature Map Topologies by Genetic Algorithms. 423-432
Norio Baba: Utilization of Stochastic Automata and Genetic Algorithms for Neural Network Learning. 433-442
Peter J. B. Hancock: Recombination Operators for the Design of Neural Nets by Genetic Algorithm. 443-452
N. Almássy, Paul F. M. J. Verschure: Optimizing Self-Organizing Control Architectures with Genetic Algorithms: The Interaction Between Natural Selection and Ontogenesis. 453-

Werner Ebeling: The Optimization of a Class of Functionals Based on Developmental Strategies. 465-484
Ray Paton: Bio/Computational Sources for PPSN Models. 475-484
Hugues Bersini, Gregory Seront: In Search of a Good Evolution-Optimization Crossover. 485-494
Hugo de Garis, Hitoshi Iba, Tatsumi Furuya: Differentiable Chromosomes: The Genetic Programming of Switchable Shape-Genes. 495-504
Hiroshi Yokoi, Yukinori Kakazu: An Approach to Autonomic Spatial Nesting Problem by Vibrating Potential Method. 505-514
Alberto Colorni, Marco Dorigo, Vittorio Maniezzo: An Investigation of some Properties of an ``Ant Algorithm''. 515-526
Thomas Laußermair: Hyperplane Annealing and Activator-Inhibitor-Systems. 527-

V. Scott Gordon, L. Darrell Whitley, A. P. Wim Böhm: Dataflow Parallelism in Genetic Algorithms. 539-548
M. G. A. Verhoeven, Emile H. L. Aarts, E. van Sluis, Rob J. M. Vaessens: Parallel Local Search and the Travelling Salesman Problem. 549-558
Martina Gorges-Schleuter: Comparison of Local Mating Strategies in Massively Parallel Genetic Algorithms. 559-568
Tsutomu Maruyama, Akihiko Konagaya, Koichi Konishi: An Asynchronous Fine-Grained Parallel Genetic Algorithm. 569-578
Hisashi Tamaki, Yoshikazu Nishikawa: A Parallel Genetic Algorithm based on a Neighborhood Model and Its Application to Jobshop Scheduling. 579-588
Kurt H. Thearling: Putting Artificial Life to Work. 589-598
Franciszek Seredynski: Mapping by migrating Boltzmann Machine. 599-608
W. O. Camp Jr., Jan Van der Spiegel, Min Xiao: A Silicon VLSI Optical Sensor Based on Mammalian Vision. 609-618