Genetic Algorithms Digest    Friday, 7 April 1989    Volume 3 : Issue 7

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Today's Topics:
	- GA Conference Call for Participation

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Date: Thu, 6 Apr 89 15:29:19
From: "Ken Dejong" <kdejong@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>
Subject: GA Conference Call for Participation

This issue consists of the electronic version of the ICGA-89
call for participation.  In particular, it contains conference
information and forms which may be used for travel planning and
registration.  A printed version will be mailed to everyone on
our mailing list around April 12, 1989.  If you have not received
our two previous mailings (the call for papers and the conference
poster), you should send your mailing address to Lashon Booker at
NRL (booker@aic.nrl.navy.mil).

_______________________________________________________




                     Call for Participation

                             ICGA-89


              The Third International Conference on
                       Genetic Algorithms




                         June 4-7, 1989
                     George Mason University
                        Fairfax, Virginia


                        with support from

             Navy Center for Applied Research in AI
                               and
                      Philips Laboratories



Conference Chair:       Kenneth A. De Jong, George Mason University

Local Arrangements:     Lashon B. Booker, Naval Research Lab

Program Chair:          J. David Schaffer, Philips Labs

Program Committee:      Lashon B. Booker
                        L. David Davis, Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc.
                        Kenneth A. De Jong
                        David E. Goldberg, University of Alabama
                        John J. Grefenstette, Naval Research Lab
                        John H. Holland, University of Michigan
                        George G. Robertson, Xerox PARC
                        J. David Schaffer
                        Stephen F. Smith, Carnegie-Mellon University
                        Stewart Wilson, Rowland Institute for Science




			CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM

Name  ___________________________________________________________________

Organization  ___________________________________________________________

Address  ________________________________________________________________

City/State/Zip  _________________________________________________________

Country  ________________________ E-mail address ________________________

Work Phone ______________________ Home Phone ___________________

Number          Registration Fees                Amount

______  Advanced registration(s)  at $150       ___________
         (postmarked by May 6, 1989)

______  Regular registration(s)  at $200        ___________
              (after May 6, 1989)

______  Student registration(s) at $75          ___________


            George Mason University Housing

______  Nights x $23/person,  double occupancy  ___________
                 x ______ person(s)

______  Nights x $35/person,  single occupancy  ___________
                 x ______ person(s)

        Arrival Date  and Time ____________________________

        Departure Date  and Time __________________________

        Name of Preferred Roommate ________________________

        Special Requirements ______________________________

                Special Events

______    Tutorial Session at $25               ___________
            (Sunday, June 4, 1989)

______    Banquet ticket at $24                 ___________
              (Tuesday, June 6, 1989)

______    Additional Wine & Cheese              ___________
                tickets at $8

______    Additional Cookout tickets            ___________
                at $15

        TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED           ___________________

Make checks  payable  to GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
and mail form and payment in U.S. dollars  to:

        Business Office
        School of Continuing & Alternative Learning
        George Mason University
        4400 University Drive
        Fairfax, Virginia  22030


		REGISTRATION POLICIES

The conference registration fee includes admission to all techni-
cal  sessions  and  exhibits, as well as a copy of the conference
proceedings.  Also included: the wine & cheese mixer  on  Sunday,
the  informal  cookout  on  Monday, all refreshment breaks, and a
continental breakfast and lunch on Monday through Wednesday.  The
tutorial session and the banquet involve additional fees.

The registration fee is $150 if postmarked by  May  6,  and  $200
after  May  6.  The student registration fee is $75.  Pre- regis-
tration is strongly recommended in order to guarantee a place  at
the conference.

All payments must be in U.S. dollars.  Acceptable methods of pay-
ments are check, bank draft, or purchase order. Make  checks pay-
able to: GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY.  No refunds will be made unless
a  written request is postmarked on or before May 24.  A  $10 ad-
ministrative fee will be assessed.  Substitutions will be allowed
at any time.

Send the completed registration  form on this   page   with  your
payment  to  the address specified.  On receipt of your registra-
tion form and  payment, a confirmation letter with additional in-
formation  will   be  sent to you.  For further information about
the conference, please contact Conferences & Community  Services,
George Mason University, (703) 323-2198.

		THE CONFERENCE SITE

The Conference will be held on the campus of George Mason Univer-
sity  in  Fairfax, VA near Washington, DC. Housing accommodations
are available on campus and at nearby hotels.  Transportation  to
the  many sightseeing opportunities in the Washington, DC area is
easily obtained through free campus buses that connect  with  the
Metro transportation system.

		HOUSING  ACCOMMODATIONS

A block of rooms has been reserved for conference participants in
the  George  Mason  University  dormitories.  Each dormitory room
offers  air-conditioned  accommodations  for  two  persons.   All
conference  activities  are   within   a  few minutes walk of the
dormitories.

The room rate will be $23 per person per night, double occupancy.
Single rooms will  be available  at a rate  of $35 per person per
night on a limited basis.  Linen service is provided.  Rooms will
be  available  on  a  first-come,  first-  served basis, so early
registration is recommended.  Housing reservations may be made by
completing the appropriate section of the Conference Registration
form on this page.

Hotels located within a ten mile radius of George Mason Universi-
ty  include:   Marriott  Courtyard  (703-591-5900), Holiday Inn -
Fair Oaks (703-352-2525), Quality Inn (703-591-5900),  and  Hyatt
- Fair Lakes (703-818-1234).  Their double room rates   currently
range from $63-$95 per person plus tax.  If you desire hotel  ac-
commodations,  please contact them directly.

		TRANSPORTATION

Dulles International and Washington National airports both  serve
the   George  Mason University area.  Detailed travel information
will be included  with the confirmation letter sent to  each  re-
gistrant.

		TRAVEL GRANTS

The conference committee has a limited  number  of travel support
grants available  to assist participants who would not be able to
come otherwise.  Requests for travel support should  be  sent  to
the following address no later than April  24, 1989:

        ICGA-89 Travel Grants
        Conferences & Community Services
        George Mason University
        4400 University Drive
        Fairfax, Virginia  22030



    PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

        Sunday, June 4, 1989

                Registration:  2-9 pm
                Tutorial Sessions: 3-5 pm
                Wine & Cheese Mixer: 5-7 pm

        Monday, June 5, 1989

                Registration:  8 am - 6 pm
                Continental Breakfast:  8:30 am
                Technical Sessions:  9:00 - noon
                Lunch:  noon
                Technical Sessions:  1:30 - 5 pm
                Informal Cookout:  6:00 pm
                Poster Sessions:  7:30 - 9:30 pm

        Tuesday, June 6, 1989

                Registration:  8 am - 2 pm
                Continental Breakfast:  8:30 am
                Technical Sessions:  9:00 - noon
                Lunch:  noon
                Technical Sessions:  1:30 - 5 pm
                Banquet:  7:00 pm

        Wednesday, June 7, 1989

                Continental Breakfast:  8:30 am
                Technical Sessions:  9:00 - noon
                Lunch:  noon
                Technical Sessions:  1:30 - 3:30 pm
                Open Business Meeting:  4 - 5 pm



		CONFERENCE OBJECTIVE

The objective of the International Conference  on  Genetic  Algo-
rithms  is to provide a global forum for the exchange of informa-
tion on genetic algorithm  theory,  technique,  and  application.
This  year,  this  objective will be met with the presentation of
over 60 papers at a combination of general and  poster  sessions.
In  the past, the Conference has provided a collegial environment
conducive to informal information exchange between new faces  and
old  hands alike.  The conference program has been designed care-
fully to maintain this tradition, even though the number of  sub-
missions has grown substantially.

		WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Both budding and established  GA  researchers  and  practitioners
will  find useful information at ICGA89.  For the newcomer, a tu-
torial is available to review the current state of the art. More-
over,  conference  presenters  in the past have been aware of the
diverse backgrounds of their audience and have made  special  ef-
forts  to  provide  essential  background material.  In 1989 this
tradition of concern for newcomers is expected to continue.   For
established researchers and practitioners, ICGA is still the only
regularly scheduled conference entirely devoted to genetic  algo-
rithms  and  genetics-based  machine  learning, and all the major
centers of GA activity will be represented.  This year, the addi-
tion  of  poster  sessions should bolster the healthy exchange of
ideas that has marked past conferences.

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES

This year, the Conference plans a number of special activities:

--- a Tutorial on Sunday afternoon.  Dr.  David Goldberg  of  the
University  of  Alabama will present a 2 hour introduction to the
theory and application of genetic algorithms.   Dr.  Goldberg  is
the  author  of over 44 publications in GAs, including his recent
book, Genetic Algorithms in  Search,  Optimization,  and  Machine
Learning.

---  a Wine and Cheese Mixer on  Sunday  evening.  See  your  old
friends  and make new ones at the official opening of the confer-
ence.

---  an informal  Cookout on Monday evening followed by a  poster
session with more than 30 presenters.

--- a Panel Discussion on Tuesday afternoon. Leading  researchers
and  practitioners  in the field  will discuss current issues and
future directions.

---  a Conference Banquet on Tuesday evening.

--- an Exhibit Area in which software can  be  demon-strated  and
exchanged.

--- a Press Liaison.  For the first time, members of  the  scien-
tific  and engineering press have been invited to attend, and the
Conference Committee will provide a member to act as  liaison  to
the community.



		   TECHNICAL PAPERS


		Genetic Algorithm Theory

Uniform Crossover in Genetic Algorithms,  Gilbert Syswerda

Biases in the Crossover Landscape, Larry Eshelman, Richard A. Caruana
	and J. David Schaffer

How Genetic Algorithms Work: A Critical Look at Implicit Parallelism, John
	J. Grefenstette and James E. Baker

Some Results on Boolean Concept Learning by Genetic Algorithms, Hans Ros

When Both Individuals and Populations Search: Adding Simple Learning to the
	Genetic Algorithm, Richard K. Belew

An Investigation of Niche and Species-formation in Genetic Function
	Optimization, K. Deb and D.  E. Goldberg

A Study of Control Parameters Affecting Online Performance of Genetic
	Algorithms for Function Optimization, J. D. Schaffer,
	R. A. Caruana, L. Eshelman and R. Das

Adapting Operator Probabilities in Genetic Algorithms, Lawrence Davis

Sizing Populations for Serial and Parallel Genetic Algorithms, David E.
	Goldberg

Zen and the Art of Genetic Algorithms, David E. Goldberg

Schema Alphabets: A New Interpretation that Overturns the Binary Coding
	Constraint, H. James Antonisse

Genetic Search with Proportion Estimations, Ping-Chung Chi

GAs for Unfixed Length, Order Dependent Representations, Yuval Davidor

Varying the Probability of Mutation in the Genetic Algorithm, Terence C. 
	Fogerty

The Effects of Population Size, Heuristic Crossover and Local Improvement 
	on a Genetic Algorithm for the Traveling Salesman Problem, P. Jog,
	J. Y. Suh and D. Van Gucht

The GENITOR Algorithm and Selection Pressure: Why Rank-Based Allocation of
	Reproductive Trials is Best, D. Whitley


			Applications

Using Genetic Algorithms to Solve NP-Complete Problems, Kenneth A. De Jong 
	and William M. Spears

Scheduling Problems and Optimal Traveling Salesman: The Genetic Edge
	Recombination Operator, Darrell Whitley, Timothy Starkweather
	and D'Ann Fuquay

Constrained Genetic Optimization via Dynamic Reward-Penalty Balancing and
	Its Use in Pattern Recognition, W. Siedlecki and J. Sklansky

EnGENous Domain Independent, Machine Learning for Design Optimization,
	D. J. Powell, S. Tong and  M. Skolnick

Using Genetic Algorithms to Schedule Flow Shop Releases, Gary A. Cleveland
	and Stephen F. Smith

Application of Genetic Algorithms in Chemometrics, C.B. Lucasins and G. Kateman

Genetic Algorithm for Inducing Control Rules for a Dynamic System, Michael
	Omoniyi Odetayo and D.R. McGregor

A System for Learning Process Control Rules with Genetic Algorithms, John J. 
	Grefenstette

Some Guidelines for Genetic Algorithms with Penalty Functions, R. Richardson, 
	M. Palmer, Gunar E. Liepins and Mike R. Hilliard

Breeding Hybrid Strategies: Optimal Behavior for Oligopolists, Robert E. Marks

A SEAGUL Visits the Race Track, Michael de la Maza

A Comparative Evaluation of Search Methods Applied to Parametric Design of 
	Aircraft, M. Bramlette and R. Cusic

A Genetic Algorithm Approach to the Configuration of Stack Filters, Chee-Hung 
	Henry Chu

Genetic Algorithms and Information Accumulation during the Evolution of Gene
	Regulation, M. Huynen and P. Hogeweg

Optimization of Steiner Trees by Genetic Algorithms, J. Hesser, R. Manner 
	and O. Stucky

Procedure Learning using a Variable Dimension Solution Space, Kenneth J. Hintz

Hierarchical Genetic Algorithms Operating on Populations of Computer Programs,
	John R. Koza


			 Classifier Systems

A Critical Review of Classifier Systems, Stewart W. Wilson & David E. Goldberg

The Emergence of Coupled Sequences of Classifiers, Richard L. Riolo

Triggered Rule Discovery in Classifier Systems, L. Booker

Back Propagation for the Classifier System, Richard K. Belew & Michael Gherrity

A Defense of the Bucket Brigade, Tom Westerdale

Learning by Analogy in Genetic Classifier Systems, Hayong Harry Zhou and
	John J. Grefenstette

Asymptotic Dynamics of Classifier Systems, M. Compiani, D. Montanari, R. Serra,
	G. Valastro and P. Simonini

The Dynamical Behavior of Classifier Systems, Stephanie Forrest and
	John H. Miller

The Context-Array Bucket-Brigade Algorithm: An Enhanced Approach to Credit-
	Apportionment in  Classifier Systems, Dijia Huang

A Rational Reconstruction of Wilson's Animat and Holland's CS-1, Gary Roberts

The Emergence of Default Hierarchies in Learning Classifier Systems, Richard 
	L. Riolo

Representational Difficulties with Classifier Systems, Dale Schuurmans and
	Johnathan Schaeffer

VCS: Variable Classifier Systems, Lingyan Shu and Johnathan Schaeffer

A Study of Rule Set Development in a Learning Classifier System, Robert E. 
	Smith and Manuel Valenzuela-Rendon

Rosetta: A Model of Learning Problems, Steven J. Smith and Stewart W. Wilson

Boolean Analysis of Classifier Sets, M. Valenzuela-Rendon


			Neural Networks

Towards the Genetic Synthesis of Neural Networks, Steven Alex Harp, Tariq 
	Samad and Aloke Guha

Parametric Connectivity: Training of Neural Networks using Genetic Algorithms,
	 T. Caudell and C. Dolan

Mapping Neural Networks into Classifier Systems,  L. Davis

Designing Neural Networks using Genetic Algorithms,  Geoffrey F. Miller, Peter
	M. Todd and Shailesh U. Hegde

Machine Learning: A Mathematical Framework for Neural Network, Symbolic
	and Genetic-Based Learning,  G. Deon Oosthuizen

Optimizing Neural Networks Using Faster, More Accurate Genetic Search,  Darrell
	Whitley and Thomas Hanson


			Parallel Genetic Algorithms

A Theoretical Investigation of a Parallel Genetic Algorithm, Chrisila C. 
	Pettey and Michael R. Leuze

A Parallel Genetic Heuristic for the Quadratic Assignment Problem, Donald E.
	Brown, Christopher L. Huntley and Andrew R. Spillane

Parallel Genetic Algorithms, Population Genetics and Combinatorial 
	Optimization, H. Muhlenbein

ASPARAGOS An Asynchronous Parallel Genetic Optimization Strategy, M. 
	Gorges-Schleuter

Fine-Grained Parallel Genetic Algorithms, Bernard Manderick and Piet Spiessens

Distributed Genetic Algorithms, Reiko Tanese


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