CEC 2012 Special Session on Nature-Inspired Constrained Optimization

Efrén Mezura-Montes
National Laboratory for Advanced Informatics (LANIA) MEXICO.
emezura@lania.mx

AND

Helio J.C. Barbosa
Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica (LNCC), BRAZIL.

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Book: Constraint-Handling in Evolutionary Optimization
Springer-Verlag, Studies in Computational Intelligence Series, Vol. 198, 2009.

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In their original versions, nature-inspired algorithms for optimization such as evolutionary algorithms (EAs) and swarm intelligence (SI) are designed to sample unconstrained search spaces. Therefore, a considerable amount of research has been dedicated to adapt them to deal with constrained search spaces. The objective of the session is to present the most recent advances in constrained optimization using different nature-inspired techniques.

Scope

The session seeks to promote the discussion and presentation of novel works related with the following (but not limited to) issues:

Novel constraint-handling techniques
Novel/adapted search-engines for constrained optimization
Memetic algorithms in constrained search spaces.
Parameter adaptation in constrained optimization
Mixed (discrete-continuous) constrained optimization.
Theoretical analysis and complexity of algorithms in constrained
optimization.
Performance evaluation of algorithms in constrained optimization.
Constraint-handling techniques in multi and many-objective optimization
Dynamic constraint-handling
Design of difficult and scalable test functions
Applications.

Program Committee

Alfredo Arias-Montaño, CINVESTAV-IPN, MEXICO
Mithun M. Bhaskar, National Insititute of Technology, INDIA
Janez Brest, University of Maribor, SLOVENIA
Eduardo G. Carrano, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais, BRAZIL
Nareli Cruz-Cortés, CIC-IPN, MEXICO
Ricardo Landa-Becerra, CINVESTAV-Tamaulipas, MEXICO
Guillermo Leguizamón, Universidad Nacional de San Luis, ARGENTINA
Ángel E. Muñoz-Zavala, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, MEXICO.
Edgar Alfredo Portilla-Flores, CIDETEC-IPN, MEXICO.
Tapabrata Ray, University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy, AUSTRALIA
Setsuko Sakai, Hiroshima Shudo University, JAPAN
Tetsuyuki Takahama, Hiroshima City University, JAPAN
Gregorio Toscano-Pulido, CINVESTAV-Tamaulipas, MEXICO
Yong Wang, Central South University (CSU), CHINA
Elizabeth F. Wanner, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais, BRAZIL

Submission

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