From: Bruce Edmonds (b.edmonds@mmu.ac.uk)
Date: Fri 04 Jun 2004 - 10:48:01 GMT
This may be of interest to list members... as the page says:
Memetic algorithms (MAs) are evolutionary algorithms (EAs) that apply a
separate local search process to refine individuals (e.g. improve their
fitness by hill-climbing). These methods are inspired by models of
adaptation in natural systems that combine evolutionary adaptation of
populations of individuals with individual learning within a lifetime.
Additionally, MAs are inspired by Richard Dawkin's concept of a meme,
which represents a unit of cultural evolution that can exhibit local
refinement. Thus a memetic model of adaptation exhibits the plasticity
of individuals that a strictly genetic model fails to capture.
> From: "Natalio Krasnogor" <Natalio.Krasnogor@nottingham.ac.uk>
> Subject: Invitation to participate in the 5th International Workshop on Memetic
> Algorithms
>
> Please accept this brief e-mail as an invitation to participate in the
> 5th International Workshop on Memetic Algorithms (WOMA V)
>
> The next international Workshop on Memetic Algorithms (WOMA-V), will be
> the fifth in a series of workshops dedicated exclusively to Memetic
> Algorithms and will take place in conjunction with PPSN 2004 in
> Birmingham UK on Saturday 18 September 2004
> (http://events.cs.bham.ac.uk/ppsn04/). The WOMA series is a forum where
> the international community of researchers, practitioners and vendors,
> that work on aspects related to memetic algorithms, can engage in
> fruitful discussions, learning, research and where they can contribute
> to the advancement of this field. In previous occasions WOMA was
> co-located with GECCO 2000 in Las Vegas-USA, GECCO 2001 in San
> Francisco-USA, PPSN VII in Granada-Spain and with GECCO 2003 in
> Chicago-USA.
For more information please visit:
http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~nxk/WOMAV/call4Participation.htm
Regards.
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Bruce Edmonds,
Centre for Policy Modelling,
Manchester Metropolitan University, Aytoun Bldg.,
Aytoun St., Manchester, M1 3GH. UK.
Tel: +44 161 247 6479 Fax: +44 161 247 6802
Email: bruce@cfpm.org Web: bruce.edmonds.name
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