Coevolutionary algorithms are stochastic, population-based search methods
that have been applied to a wide variety of domains--from game playing to
optimization to model induction--and have yielded many impressive results.
Nevertheless, coevolutionary algorithms have also been known to frequently
exhibit a variety of pathologies that harm algorithm performance.
Several research efforts have begun to clarify the issues involved in these
pathologies and are now pointing towards new algorithmic constructions and
areas of application; this is an exciting time for coevolution research.
The GECCO Coevolution Track aims to provide investigators an invigorating
forum in which to meet and exchange ideas from all areas of coevolution research.
The Coevolution Track welcomes original submissions on all aspects of coevolutionary
algorithms, which include (but are not limited to) the following topics and themes:
- Applications (e.g., game playing, negotiation, optimization, robotics,
design)
- Comparisons between coevolution and other methods (e.g.,
reinforcement learning)
- Evolutionary representation and its role in complexification
- Game theory, economics, evolution of cooperation
- Methods (e.g., for coevolutionary search, measuring progress,
improving performance)
- Open-ended processes and progress
- Theoretical and empirical analyses (e.g., of algorithm operation, coevolutionary problem
structure, common pathologies, time/space bounds, other guarantees on
operation)
More information to follow.
See GECCO 2006 website for complete details.
Track Chair
Program Committee (as of Feb. 6)
- Alan Blair,
University of New South Wales
- Anthony Bucci,
Brandeis University
- Larry Bull,
University of the West of England
- Seth Bullock,
University of Southampton
- Edwin D. de Jong,
Universiteit Utrecht
- Jeffrey Horn,
Northern Michigan University
- Thomas Jansen,
Universität Dortmund
- Hugues Juillé,
Eurobios
- Tom Lenaerts,
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
- Risto Miikkulainen,
University of Texas at Austin
- Liviu Panait,
George Mason University
- Mitchell A. Potter,
Naval Research Laboratory
- Sandip Sen,
University of Tulsa
- Kenneth O. Stanley,
University of Central Florida
- Richard A. Watson,
University of Southampton
- R. Paul Wiegand,
Naval Research Laboratory
