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        International Workshop Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (PPSN)
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Subject:  International Workshop Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (PPSN)

                         International Workshop
                  Parallel Problem Solving from Nature
                                 (PPSN)
                            October 1-3, 1990
                       University of Dortmund, FRG

Chairmen of the Conference
==========================

Hans-Paul Schwefel          University of Dortmund

Heinz Muehlenbein           National Centre for Mathematics and Data
                            Processing, St. Augustin

Scientific Committee
====================

Reinhard Maenner   (chair)  University of Heidelberg,            FRG
David E. Goldberg  (chair)  University of Illinois at Urbana-
                            Champaign,                           USA

Emile M.L. Aarts            Philips Research Laboratories,
                            Eindhoven,                           NL
Peter Bock                  The George Washington University,
                            Washington D.C.,                     USA
Vladimir Cerny              University of Bratislava,            CSFR
Yuval Davidor               The Weizmann Institute of Science,
                            Rehovot,                             Israel
Gunter Dueck                IBM Deutschland GmbH, Heidelberg,    FRG
Werner Ebeling              Humboldt University, Berlin,         GDR
John J. Grefenstette        Naval Research Laboratories,
                            Washington D.C.,                     USA
Antoon W.J. Kolen           University of Limburg, Maastricht,   NL
Bernard Manderick           Vrije Universiteit, Brussel,         Belgium
Hans Roeck                  University of Bielefeld,             FRG
Burghardt Schallenberger    Siemens AG, Muenchen,                FRG
Heinz Schwaertzel           Siemens AG, Muenchen,                FRG
Karl Sigmund                University of Vienna,                Austria
Branko Soucek               University of Zagreb,                YU
A.A. Vedenov                Kurchatov Institute, Moscow,         USSR
Hans-Michael Voigt          Academy of Sciences, Berlin,         GDR

Organization Committee
======================

Thomas Baeck                University of Dortmund
Joerg D. Becker             University BW Neubiberg, Muenchen
Heike Bracklo               University of Dortmund
Frank Hoffmeister           University of Dortmund
Hans-Paul Schwefel          University of Dortmund
Ewald Speckenmeyer          University of Dortmund
Alfred Ultsch               University of Dortmund

PPSN-Organization Secretariate
==============================

Heike Bracklo and Hans-Paul Schwefel
University of Dortmund
Dept. of Computer Science          Phone:+49-2 31-7 55-45 90
P. O. Box 50 05 00                 Fax:+49-2 31-7 55-20 47
D-4600 Dortmund 50                 Telex:822465 unido d
F. R. Germany                      bitnet:uin005 at ddohrz11

Scope
=====

With the appearance of massively parallel computers increased attention has
been paid to algorithms which rely upon analogies to natural processes. The
workshop scope includes but is not limited to the following topics:

-Darwinian methods such as Evolution Strategies and Genetic Algorithms;
-Boltzmann methods such as Simulated Annealing;
-Classifier Systems and Neural Networks insofar as problem solving predominates;
-Transfer of other natural metaphors to artificial problem solving.

The objectives of this workshop are

-to bring together scientists and practitioners working on and with such
 strategies;
-to gather theoretical results about as well as experimental comparisons
 between these algorithms;
-to discuss various implementations on different parallel computer
 architectures (e. g.  SIMD, MIMD, LAN);
-to look for current and future applications in science, technology, and
 administration;
-to summarize the state of the art in this field which up to now has been
 scattered so widely among disciplines as well as geographically.

Sponsors
========

Parsytec GmbH and Paracom GmbH, Aachen
Ministry of Science and Research of Northrhine-Westfalia, Duesseldorf
Society of the Friends of the University of Dortmund e.V., Dortmund
IBM Deutschland GmbH, Stuttgart
Siemens AG, Muenchen
The Computer Society of IEEE

General Information
===================

Location of the conference:
---------------------------

Conference room 1 of the
Conference Centre 'Westfalenhallen Dortmund'
Rheinlanddamm 200
D-4600 Dortmund 1
F. R. Germany                                Phone: +49-2 31-12 04-0

It is recommended to book rooms at the nearby Parkhotel (see below).

Dates:
------

Deadline for submission of full papers (for preprints): September 1,1990
Workshop:                                               October 1-3,1990
Deadline for submission of final papers:                December  1,1990

Access:
-------

By plane: - International Airport of Duesseldorf; from there take one of
            the Ruhr District city trains S21 or S7 (and S1):

                - S21 directly to Dortmund Central Station (every hour);
            or  - S7 to the first stop 'Duesseldorf-Unterrath'; from there
                  with S1 or S21 to Dortmund Central Station
                  (every 20 minutes).

For further transportation see under 'By train'.

          - Local Airport Dortmund-Wickede with regular air services between
            Dortmund and Muenchen/Munich, Berlin, London, Nuernberg/Nuremberg,
            and Stuttgart. From Wickede you best take a taxi to the
            conference site (about 20 minutes, 25 DM).

By train: - Dortmund Central Station ('Hauptbahnhof'). From there take the
            underground/subway U45 up to its terminal station
            'Westfalenstadion' or a taxi.

Reception:
----------

The conference reception desk will be open on Sunday, September 30,
from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm and on Monday, October 1, from 7:00 am on.
It is recommended to join the warm-up gathering in the restaurant
'Rosenterrassen' at about 7:00 pm on Sunday.

Registration fees:
------------------

Registration fees include: access to the conference sessions, reception,
and one set of the preprints.

                             Full fees for non-      (Reduced fees for
                             members of IEEE         IEEE-members*)

- Normal

Before September 1, 1990         240 DM                 (215 DM)
After  September 1, 1990         300 DM                 (270 DM)

- Students**

Before September 1, 1990         150 DM                 (130 DM)
After  September 1, 1990         200 DM                 (180 DM)

*  Please give your IEEE membership number (see conference registration form).
** Student fee is applicable only if a copy of a valid student identity card
   is enclosed.

Proceedings:
------------

Every speaker and poster presenter will get one volume of the proceedings
free of charge (Publisher: Springer Verlag, Berlin, FRG).

Final papers are due to December 1, 1990. They should be limited in the
following way:

- up to 10 full pages for oral presentations;
- up to 5 full pages for poster presentations.

The preprints may be a bit longer. They will be distributed at the conference.

To be published in the preprint volume, manuscripts have to be submitted to the
conference chair before September 1, 1990.

Layout rules will be sent to authors only.

Lectures:
---------

Concerning the technical equipment for the lectures an overhead projector for
transparencies will be available. If you are selected to be a lecturer and if
you need more  or other devices, this  should be specified on  the conference
registration form.

Posters:
--------

For each poster to be presented a space of 140 cm x 140 cm is available.

Accomodations on site:
----------------------

Conference participants should stay directly at the conference center in the
hotel  'Parkhotel Westfalenhallen'. The  fees are  listed on the  conference
registration form.

Lunches:
--------

Participants should book lunches and coffee during session breaks in advance
on  the conference  registration form. Special lunch  requirements (koscher,
vegetarian) can be fulfilled.

Dortmund tourist office:
------------------------

Alternative accomodations might be booked individually by using the enclosed
form of the Dortmund tourist office:

Dortmunder Verkehrsverein
Quartiervermittlung
Koenigswall 20
D-4600 Dortmund 1             Phone: +49-2 31-5 42-2 21 74
F. R. Germany                        +49-2 31-5 42-2 21 64

General Information about Dortmund
==================================

Dortmund

- was a Germanic settlement 1000 years ago;
- was a Free Imperial City in the Middle Ages;
- was a member of the Hanseatic League (and still has the second largest inner
  harbour of Germany);
- had become one of  the prospering coal-and-steel  centres at the Eastern end
  of the famous Ruhr District during the last century;
- was destroyed during World War II by 93%;
- lies at the railway and motorway crossings Stockholm (Sweden) - Rome (Italy)
  and Paris (France) - Moscow (Soviet Union);
- is the capital of  Westphalia between the green meadows of the  Muensterland
  to the North and the lovely mountains of the Sauerland to the South;
- has got 0.6 Million inhabitants within a city half of which is green (parks,
  woodland areas, lawns);
- has become a  University town not  earlier than 1968 and attracted,  by now,
  more than 20.000 students (the faculty of Computer Science with 2500 students
  is the second largest within Germany now);
- is becoming one of the High Tech centres of the next century with its
  exponentially growing Technology Park next to the green field Campus;
- is Europe's leading beer brewing city, famous for its soccer team, its
  futuristic Casino and its huge Westphalia Hall for all kinds of cultural
  events (for 16 500 visitors).

The conference will take place  in the conference room 1 of the Westphalia
Terraces next to the German Rosary within the Westphalia Park (nearby is a
modern hotel  'Parkhotel Westfalenhallen', the  television tower 'Florian'
(720 ft high, rotating cafe), an exhibition center, the Westphalia Stadium
and the Westphalia Hall with daily performances of international standard).

Dortmund has got its own local Airport (Dortmund-Wickede) with regular air
services between Dortmund  and Muenchen/Munich, Berlin, London, Nuernberg/
Nuremberg and  Stuttgart. The  next international Airport  is Duesseldorf,
from where  a city train  (every 20  minutes)  will carry you  to Dortmund
within 90 minutes.

Nearly 800 national  and international trains  are passing Dortmund  Main
Station daily, and many regular bus lines connect Dortmund with other cities
within Germany and Europe.

Payments
========

Payments will be accepted only in German DM by bank transfer or cheque payable
to

               SDZ*-Sonderkonto PPSN
Account-No.:   821 001 994
Bank:          Stadtsparkasse Dortmund (F. R. Germany)
Bank Code:     440 501 99

*SDZ (SimulationsDienstleistungsZentrum GmbH)
Emil-Figge-Strasse 76
D-4600 Dortmund 50
F. R. Germany
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                        Tentative PPSN-Programme

                         International Workshop
                  Parallel Problem Solving from Nature
                           October 1-3, 1990
                      University of Dortmund, FRG

                        PPSN-Conference location:

                         Conference room 1 of the
                Conference Center 'Westfalenhallen Dortmund'
                            Rheinlanddamm 200
                            D-4600 Dortmund 1
                              F. R. Germany

                           Registration hours:

                  Sunday,September 30 1990 18:00-21:00
                  Monday,October    1 1990 from 7:00 on

Sunday, September 30, 1990
--------------------------

18:00-21:00    Welcome service and registration for the
               participants at the conference location and
               restaurant 'Rosenterassen'

Monday, October 1, 1990
-----------------------

 8:00- 8:45    Introduction
 8:45-10:15    2 Lectures
10:15-11:30    Coffee break and Poster session 1 (15 posters)
11:30-13:00    2 Lectures
13:00-14:30    Lunch and Poster session 1
14:30-16:00    2 Lectures
16:00-16:30    Coffee break
16:30-18:00    2 Lectures
19:00-23:00    Inspection of one of Dortmund's breweries
               and the brewery museum

Tuesday, October 2, 1990
------------------------

 8:00-10:15    3 Lectures
10:15-11:30    Coffee break and Poster session 2 (15 posters)
11:30-13:00    2 Lectures
13:00-14:30    Lunch and Poster session 2
14:30-16:00    2 Lectures
16:00-16:30    Coffee break
16:30-18:00    2 Lectures
19:00-21:00    Banquet
               (speaker: Peter Bock, The George Washington University:
               'Building the Ultimate Machine: The Emergence of Personal
                Artificial Intelligence')

Wednesday, October 3, 1990
--------------------------

 8:00-10:15    3 Lectures
10:15-11:30    Coffee break and Poster session 3 (15 posters)
11:30-13:00    2 Lectures
13:00-14:30    Lunch and Poster session 3
14:30-16:00    2 Lectures
16:00-16:30    Coffee break
16:30-17:15    1 Lecture
17:15-18:00    Summary
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                                PPSN-Lectures

===============================================================================

1 )----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  W. Banzhaf

  Hyogo, Japan

  The 'Molecular' Traveling Salesman

2 )----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Stephen T. Barnard   Aviv Bergman

  Menlo Park, CA

  Adaption in Signal Spaces

3 )----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  T. Boseniuk  W. Ebeling

  Berlin, GDR

  Boltzmann, Darwin and Haeckel Strategies for Solving
  Optimization Problems

4 )----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  J. P. Cohoon   W. N. Martin   D. S. Richards

  Charlottesville, VA

  Genetic Algorithms and Punctuated Equilibria

5 )----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Yuval Davidor

  Rehovot, Israel

  An Evolution Standing on Redundant Robot Manipulator Design

6 )----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Kenneth De Jong   William M. Spears

  Fairfax, VA   Washington D.C.

  An Analysis of the Interacting Roles of Population Size and
  Crossover in Genetic Algorithms

7 )----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  A. E. Eiben   E. H. L. Aarts   K. M. Van Hee

  Eindhoven, Netherlands

  Global Convergence of Genetic Algorithms - an Infinite Markov Chain
  Analysis

8 )----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  David E. Goldberg

  Tuscaloosa, AL and   Urbana, IL

  Real-coded Genetic Algorithms, Virtual Alphabets, and Blocking

9 )----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Martina Gorges-Schleuter

  Koeln, FRG

  Explicit Parallelism of Genetic Algorithms through Population Structures

10)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Claas de Groot   Diethelm Wuertz   Karl Heinz Hoffmann

  Zuerich, Switzerland   Heidelberg, FRG

  Simulated Annealing and Evolution Strategy - a Comparison

11)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Juergen Hesser   Reinhard Maenner

  Heidelberg, FRG

  Towards an Optimal Mutation Probability for Genetic Algorithms

12)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Frank Hoffmeister   Thomas Baeck

  Dortmund, FRG

  Genetic Algorithms and Evolution Strategies - Similarities and
  Differences

13)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Reinhard Lohmann

  Berlin, FRG

  Application of Evolution Strategy in Parallel Populations

14)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  R. C. Paton   H. S. Nwana   M. J. R. Shave
  T. J. M. Bench-Capon   S. Hughes

  Liverpool, UK

  Transfer of Natural Metaphors to Parallel Problem Solving Applications

15)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  P. Roussel-Ragot   G. Dreyfus

  Paris, France

  A Problem-independent Parallel Implementation of Simulated
  Annealing and its Application to Block Placement

16)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  W. Schiffmann   M. Joost   R. Werner

  Koblenz, FRG

  Performance Evaluation of Evolutionary Created Neural Network Topologies

17)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Jonathan Schull

  Haverford, PA

  The View from the Adaptive Landscape

18)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  R. L. Shoemaker   H. H. Barrett   R. H. Seacat III

  Tucson, AZ

  TRIMM  - a Parallel Processor for Image Reconstruction by Simulated
  Annealing

19)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Nico L. J. Ulder   Erwin Pesch   Peter J. M. van Laarhoven
  Hans-Juergen Bandelt   Emile H. L. Aarts

  Venlo/Maastricht and   Eindhoven, Netherlands

  Improving TSP Exchange Heuristics by Population Genetics

20)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Francisco J. Varela   Hugues Bersini

  Paris, France   Bruxelles, Belgium

  Hints for Adaptive Control Gleaned from Immune Networks

21)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  A. A. Vedenov   M. V. Zurin   E. B. Levchenko
  G. D. Mylnikov   A. N. Timashev   A. Yu. Turygin

  Troitsk/Moscow, USSR

  Optical Image Preprocessing for Neural Network Classifier System

22)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Hans-Michael Voigt

  Berlin, GDR

  Modelling and Simulation of Distributed Evolutionary Search Processes

23)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  D. Whitley   T. Starkweather   K. Mathias

  Fort Collins, CO

  Combinatorial Optimization Using Distributed Genetic
  Algorithms

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                                PPSN-Posters

===============================================================================

1 )----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Nobue Adachi  Kazuhiro Matsuo

  Tokyo, Japan

  Ecological Dynamics under Different Selection Rules in Distributed
  and Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma Game

2 )----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Alex M. Andrew

  Lifton, UK

  The Response-Time Constraint in Neural Evolution

3 )----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Hans-Georg Beyer

  Ettlingen, FRG

  Determination of Stable Steady States in Dissipative Systems by
  Darwinian Evolution

4 )----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  J. N Bhuyan  V. V. Raghavan  V. K. Elayavalli Jitender S. Deogun

  Lafayette, LA  Lincoln, NE

  On Enhancements to Genetic Clustering

5 )----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Christian Blume

  Karlsruhe, FRG

  GLEAM - a System for Simulated 'Intuitive Learning'

6 )----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  H. J. Bremermann  R. W. Anderson

  Berkeley, CA

  An Alternative to Back-Propagation - a Simple Rule of Synaptic
  Modification for Neural Net Training and Memory

7 )----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Robert J. Collins  David R. Jefferson

  Los Angeles, CA

  Representations for Artificial Organisms

8 )----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Alberto Colorni  Marco Dorigo  Vittorio Maniezzo

  Milano, Italy

  A Genetic Approach to the Time-Table Problem

9 )----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Jo Decuyper  Didier Keymeulen

  Bruxelles, Belgium

  A Reactive Robot Navigation System Based on a Fluid Dynamics
  Metaphor

10)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Gunter Dueck

  Heidelberg, FRG

  New Optimization Heuristics - the Great Deluge Algorithm and the
  Record-to-Record Travel

11)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Iaakov Exman

  Jerusalem, Israel

  Solving Sequential Games with Boltzmann-learned Tactics

12)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  T. C. Fogarty R. Huang E. H. Genshow

  Bristol, UK

  Implementing the Genetic Algorithm on Transputer Based Parallel
  Processing Systems

13)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Stephanie Forrest

  Los Alamos, NM

  Parallelism in Classifier Systems

14)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Hugo de Garis

  Bruxelles, Belgium

  Building Artificial Nervous Systems with GenNet Modules

15)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  M. Gerrits  P. Hogeweg

  Utrecht, Netherlands

  A Genetic Algorithm Application on the Search for Minimal Mutation
  Phyletic Trees, an NP-Complete Problem

16)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  P. J. B. Hancock

  Stirling, UK

  GANNET - Genetic Design of a Neural Net for Face Recognition

17)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Michael Herdy

  Berlin, FRG

  Application of the Evolutionsstrategie to Discrete Optimization
  Problems

18)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Juergen Hesser  Reinhard Maenner

  Heidelberg, FRG

  An Alternative Genetic Algorithm

19)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Tien H. Hoang

  Hanoi, Vietnam

  Classifying the Information Processing in Neural Networks

20)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Klaus-U. Hoeffgen H. Peter Siemon Alfred Ultsch

  Dortmund, FRG

  Genetic Improvements of Feedforward Nets for Approximating Functions

21)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Karl Heinz Hoffmann  Michael Cristoph  Martin Hanf

  Heidelberg, FRG

  Optimizing Simulated Annealing

22)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Martin Hulin

  Muenchen, FRG

  Circuit Partitioning with Genetic Algorithms Using a Coding Scheme
  to Preserve the Structure of a Circuit

23)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Philip Husbands  Frank Mill  Stephen Warrington

  Brighton/Edinburgh and  Glasgow, UK

  Genetic Algorithms, Production Plan Optimisation and Scheduling

24)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Mark Jurik

  Aptos, CA

  A Summary Report on Backpercolation

25)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  John R. Koza

  Stanford, CA

  The Genetic Programming Paradigm for Breeding Computer Programs to Solve
  Problems

26)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  I. Kreuzer  K. Goser

  Dortmund, FRG

  A Local Timing Model for Parallel Optimization with Boltzmann
  Machines

27)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Berthold Kroeger  Peter Schwenderling  Oliver Vornberger

  Osnabrueck, FRG

  Parallel Genetic Packing of Rectangles

28)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Frank Kursawe

  Dortmund, FRG

  A Variant of Evolution Strategies for Vector Optimization

29)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Gregor von Laszewski  Heinz Muehlenbein

  St. Augustin, FRG

  A Parallel Genetic Algorithm for the Graph Partitioning Problem

30)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Luis Lopez  John Caufield

  Huntsville, AL

  A Principle of Minimum Complexity in Evolution and its
  Implications to the Design of Optical and Neural Vision Systems

31)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Caro Lucas

  Tehran, Iran

  An Information Theoretical Approach to Neural Networks

32)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  C. B. Lucasius  M. J. J. Blommers  G. Kateman

  Nijmegen, Netherlands

  Conformational Analysis of DNA using Genetic Algorithms

33)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Bernard Manderick

  Bruxelles, Belgium

  Selectionist Categorization

34)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Maja J. Mataric

  Cambridge, MA

  A Model for Parallel Distributed Spatial Mapping for Mobile
  Robot Navigation

35)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Thomas P. Maxwell  Robert Costanza

  Solomons, MD

  Evolutionary Self-Organization in Model Ecosystems

36)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Barry McMullin

  Dublin, Ireland

  The Holland alpha-Universes Revisited

37)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Peter Neuhaus

  Karlsruhe, FRG

  Solving the Mapping-problem - Experiences with a Genetic Algorithm

38)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Yoav Ossia  Larry Rudolph

  Jerusalem, Israel

  Adaptive Algorithms

39)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Jan Paredis

  Maastricht, Netherlands

  The Evolution of Behaviour - some Experiments

40)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Selwyn Piramuthu

  Urbana, IL

  Feature Construction for Back-propagation

41)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Ralf Salomon

  Berlin, FRG

  Improved Convergence Rate of Back-propagation with Dynamic
  Adaptation of the Learning Rate

42)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Andreas Schachtner

  Dortmund, FRG

  A Classifier System with Integrated Genetic Operators

43)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Michael Scholz

  Berlin, FRG

  A Learning Strategy for Neural Networks Based on a Modified
  Evolutionary Strategy

44)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Chang Shu  Hilary Buxton

  London, UK

  Path Planning for Mobile Robots Using a Reaction-Diffusion
  Model

45)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Jung-Yul Suh  Chan-Do Lee

  Bloomington, IN

  Extending Distributed Genetic Algorithm to problem solving -
  the Case of Sliding Block Puzzle

46)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  D. Thierens  L. Vercauteren

  Ghent, Belgium

  Incremental Reinforcement Learning with Topology Preserving
  Maps to Control Dynamic Systems

47)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Peter Todd  Geoffrey Miller

  Stanford, CA

  Evolution of Unsupervised Learning in Adaptive Networks

48)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Manuel Valenzuela-Rendon

  Monterrey, Mexico

  The Fuzzy Classifier System - Motivations and First Results

49)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Antanas Zilinskas

  Vilnius, Lithuania

  Some Ideas of Parallelization of Global Optimization Algorithms

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                        International Workshop
                 Parallel Problem Solving from Nature
                                (PPSN)
                          October 1-3, 1990

Conference Registration Form
============================

Please complete this registration form (mark the '( )' fields and enter
amounts) and return it before September 1, 1990 to

Heike Bracklo and Hans-Paul Schwefel
University of Dortmund
Dept. of Computer Science               Phone:+49-2 31-7 55-45 90
P. O. Box 50 05 00                      Fax:+49-2 31-7 55-20 47
D-4600 Dortmund 50                      Telex:822465 unido d
F. R. Germany                           bitnet:uin005{ddohrz11

Participant Information
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Title   First Name/Given Name   (Middle Initials)       Last Name/Surname

.............................................................................

Affiliation...................................................................

Address.......................................................................

.............................................................................

.............................................................................

Accompanied by................................................................

Technical equipment requirements (for lecturers)..............................

.............................................................................

Registration fees
-----------------

(including access to the conference sessions, reception, one set of preprints)

                                Full fees for    (Reduced fees for
                                non-IEEE members IEEE-members 1))

( ) Normal,     before Sept. 1, 1990:   240 DM      (215 DM)        ........ DM

( ) Normal,     after  Sept. 1, 1990:   300 DM      (270 DM)        ........ DM

( ) Student 2), before Sept. 1, 1990:   150 DM      (130 DM)        ........ DM

( ) Student 2), after  Sept. 1, 1990:   200 DM      (180 DM)        ........ DM

1)Please give your IEEE membership number: ........................

2)Student fee is applicable only if a copy of a valid student
  identity card is enclosed.

Accomodations
-------------

( )     I intend to stay at the conference center in the hotel
        'Parkhotel Westfalenhallen'. Prices include breakfast.

Single: Date of arrival:   .......................

        Date of departure: ....................... = ... days x 99 DM = .....DM

Double: Date of arrival:   .......................

        Date of departure: ....................... = ... days x140 DM = .....DM

( )     I intend to make my own hotel reservation
        (special form enclosed).

Lunches and coffee breaks 3)
----------------------------

(at the conference location)

                             36 DM x ...... persons x ...... days = ........ DM

3) Special lunch requirements:  ( ) koscher  ( ) vegetarian

Evening program
---------------

Monday, Oct. 1, 1990

Brewery inspection                           50 DM x ..... persons =........ DM

Tuesday, Oct. 2, 1990

Banquet at the conference location           50 DM x ..... persons =........ DM

Ladies' programme
-----------------

Monday, Oct. 1, 1990

morning (9:00 am - 13:00 pm):
        Sightseeing tour of Dortmund by bus,
        Westphalia Park walk,
        TV tower 'Florian',
        museum of cookery-books             32 DM x ..... persons = ........ DM

afternoon (2:00 pm - 6:00 pm):
        City visit and shopping

Tuesday, Oct. 2, 1990

starting at 9:00 am:
        Excursion to the Open-air museum at Hagen
        (historical German buildings and furnishings),
        bus transfers
                                             30 DM x ..... persons =........ DM

Wednesday, Oct. 3, 1990

morning (10:00 am - 12:00 am):
        Visit of the Chinese Xi'an
        terracotta-warrior exhibition
        in the Ostwallmuseum of Dortmund     18 DM x ..... persons =........ DM

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TOTAL (sum of values in last column of the form):                   ........ DM

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Payments
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The completion of this form is binding for the participant and it must be
accompanied by payment in full.

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Date: Sun, 5 Aug 90 14:03:57 -0400
From: Thomas Ray <ray@sun.udel.edu>
Subject: AL in the media

     Artificial Life is featured in the current issues of Time magazine
(Aug. 6, 1990), Whole Earth Review (Summer 1990) and Mondo 2000 (Summer 1990).

                             Tom Ray
                       University of Delaware
                  School of Life & Health Sciences
                      Newark, Delaware  19716
                        302-451-2281 (FAX)
                         ray@sun.udel.edu
                           302-451-2753



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Date: Tue, 7 Aug 1990 8:59:17 EDT
From: B Chandrasekaran <chandra@cis.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: Report on AL for IEEE Expert

I am Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Expert, and I think it'd be interesting to have
a report on AL in the Magazine.  IEEE Expert has an international circulation
of more than 18,000.  

I am looking for an article that outlines the goals of the enterprise,
the ideas that are currently fermenting, difficulties, and perhaps a
report on the recent AL meeting.  I am thinking in terms of a 3-5
printed pages.  Those of you interested in writing such an article,
pl get in touch with me with some description of what you might cover,
and also let me have an idea about your background.

Thanks for your attention.




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From: erol@ehei.ehei.fr
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 90 11:08:28 +2 
Subject: Re:  Call for Papers - ICGA-91

Concerning the scope of the conference, could the program chairman indicate
what the boundaries of the area of genetic algorithms are in the context of
this meeting ?

This can be indicated by providing one or more references the conference
chairman considers to be "typical" work in this area.

Erol Gelenbe




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