Applications of Evolutionary Computation

EvoCOMNET Contributions.- Detection of DDoS Attacks via an Artificial Immune System-Inspired Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm.- Performance Evaluation of an Artificial Neural Network-Based Adaptive Antenna Array System.- Automatic Parameter Tuning with Metaheuristics of the AODV Routing Protocol for Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks.- WiMAX Network Planning Using Adaptive-Population-Size Genetic Algorithm.- Markov Chain Models for Genetic Algorithm Based Topology Control in MANETs.- Particle Swarm Optimization for Coverage Maximization and Energy Conservation in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Efficient Load Balancing for a Resilient Packet Ring Using Artificial Bee Colony.- TCP Modification Robust to Packet Reordering in Ant Routing Networks.- Solving the Physical Impairment Aware Routing and Wavelength Assignment Problem in Optical WDM Networks Using a Tabu Search Based Hyper-Heuristic Approach.- A Generalized, Location-Based Model of Connections in Ad-Hoc Networks Improving the Performance of Ant Routing.- Using Code Bloat to Obfuscate Evolved Network Traffic.- ABC Supported Handoff Decision Scheme Based on Population Migration.- EvoENVIRONMENT Contributions.- A Hyper-Heuristic Approach for the Unit Commitment Problem.- Application of Genetic Programming Classification in an Industrial Process Resulting in Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions.- Influence of Topology and Payload on CO2 Optimised Vehicle Routing.- Start-Up Optimisation of a Combined Cycle Power Plant with Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms.- EvoFIN Contributions.- A Study of Nature-Inspired Methods for Financial Trend Reversal Detection.- Outperforming Buy-and-Hold with Evolved Technical Trading Rules: Daily, Weekly and Monthly Trading.- Evolutionary Multi-stage Financial Scenario Tree Generation.- EvolvingDynamic Trade Execution Strategies Using Grammatical Evolution.- Modesty Is the Best Policy: Automatic Discovery of Viable Forecasting Goals in Financial Data.- Threshold Recurrent Reinforcement Learning Model for Automated Trading.- Active Portfolio Management from a Fuzzy Multi-objective Programming Perspective.- Evolutionary Monte Carlo Based Techniques for First Passage Time Problems in Credit Risk and Other Applications in Finance.- Calibrating the Heston Model with Differential Evolution.- Evolving Trading Rule-Based Policies.- EvoMUSART Contributions.- Evolving Artistic Styles through Visual Dialogues.- Graph-Based Evolution of Visual Languages.- Refinement Techniques for Animated Evolutionary Photomosaics Using Limited Tile Collections.- Generative Art and Evolutionary Refinement.- Aesthetic Learning in an Interactive Evolutionary Art System.- Comparing Aesthetic Measures for Evolutionary Art.- The Problem with Evolutionary Art Is ....- Learning to Dance through Interactive Evolution.- Jive: A Generative, Interactive, Virtual, Evolutionary Music System.- A Neural Network for Bass Functional Harmonization.- Combining Musical Constraints with Markov Transition Probabilities to Improve the Generation of Creative Musical Structures.- Dynamic Musical Orchestration Using Genetic Algorithms and a Spectro-Temporal Description of Musical Instruments.- Evolutionary Sound Synthesis: Rendering Spectrograms from Cellular Automata Histograms.- Sound Agents.- From Evolutionary Composition to Robotic Sonification.- Musical Composer Identification through Probabilistic and Feedforward Neural Networks.- EvoTRANSLOG Contributions.- Using an Evolutionary Algorithm to Discover Low CO2 Tours within a Travelling Salesman Problem.- A Genetic Algorithm for the Traveling Salesman Problemwith Pickup and Delivery Using Depot Removal and Insertion Moves.- Fast Approximation Heuristics for Multi-Objective Vehicle Routing Problems.- Particle Swarm Optimization and an Agent-Based Algorithm for a Problem of Staff Scheduling.- A Math-Heuristic for the Multi-Level Capacitated Lot Sizing Problem with Carryover.