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Dear Colleagues,
Please consider submitting your research paper on mixed-integer optimization to the
following special session (CEC-33) at the IEEE-WCCI/CEC-Conference (Vancouver, 2016):
https://cec2016mixedinteger.wordpress.com/
Special Session Title:
Evolutionary Algorithms for Mixed-Integer Optimization Problems
Description:
Many real-world applications are based on both: continuous and discrete parameters. Optimization models that consider these two kind of parameters simultaneously are referred to as mixed-integer problems and are exceptionally difficult to solve. While there exists comprehensive analysis of deterministic algorithms for mixed-integer problems, evolutionary algorithms for this kind of problem is still a young and emerging field. Considering the robustness of evolutionary algorithms and their often existing capability for parallelization and multi/many-objective optimization, evolutionary algorithms can offer a significant new potential for the class of mixed-integer problems. In the context of evolutionary computing, this will be the first session especially dedicated to mixed-integer problems.
Scope and Topics:
This special session intends to bring together researchers who apply evolutionary algorithms and other search heuristics on mixed integer optimization problems. Aim of this session is to provide a forum, where experience and new techniques in solving mixed-integer problems via such methods is shared and discussed. The main topics include but are not limited to:
#) Evolutionary algorithms and other search heuristics
#) Hybrid approaches combining various methods
#) Computational comparisons
#) Theoretical analysis
#) Single and multi/many-objective problems
#) Constraint and unconstrained optimization
#) Real-world applications
#) Academic benchmark sets
#) Parallelization techniques for mixed-integer algorithms
#) Large-scale mixed integer problems
#) Mixed-integer problems with stochastic noise
Important Dates
Submission Deadline: Jan. 15, 2016
Notification of Acceptance: Mar. 15, 2016
Final Paper Submission: Apr. 15, 2016
Contact Information:
For any inquires on this special session, please feel free to contact:
Martin Schlueter
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Tel +81-50-3362-5040, Fax +81-42-759-8461
Email: martin [at-symbol] flab.isas.jaxa.jp
Email: schlueter [at-symbol] midaco-solver.com
Hernan Aguirre
Associate Professor
Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University, JAPAN
Tel. +81-26-269-5253, Fax. +81-26-269-5220
Email: ahernan [at-symbol] shinshu-u.ac.jp
Akira Oyama
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Tel 050-3362-4172, Fax 042-759-8461
Email: oyama [at-symbol] flab.isas.jaxa.jp
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