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Conference Program
Plenary Talk SO1: Plenary Talk 1
Monday, April 2, 10:15AM-11:15AM, Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2, Speaker: Steen Rasmussen
Session SO2: Complex Adaptive Systems-1
Monday, April 2, 11:15AM-12:15PM, Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2, Chair: Steen Rasmussen
| 11:15AM |
Sensitivity of Self-Organized Speciation to Long-Distance Dispersal [#11008] |
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Joshua Payne, Margaret Eppstein and Charles Goodnight |
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The University of Vermont, United States |
| 11:45AM |
Repeated Occurrences of the Baldwin Effect Can Guide Evolution on Rugged Fitness Landscapes [#11071] |
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Reiji Suzuki and Takaya Arita |
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Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya U, Japan |
Session SO3: Evolution-1
Monday, April 2, 1:15PM-3:15PM, Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2, Chair: Chrystopher L. Nehaniv
| 1:15PM |
Studying Long-term Evolution with Artificial Life [#11010] |
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Antonio Lafusa |
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Macquarie University, Australia |
| 1:45PM |
Towards a Framework for Observing Artificial Life Forms [#11016] |
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Martin Henz and Janardan Misra |
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National University of Singapore; Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab, India |
| 2:15PM |
Evolution of Tool Use Behavior [#11021] |
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Boris Schaefer, Nicklas Bergfeldt, Maria Jose Riveiro Carballa and Tom Ziemke |
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Linkoping University, Sweden; University of Skovde, Sweden |
| 2:45PM |
Predicting Fitness Effects of Beneficial Mutations in Digital Organisms [#11024] |
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Haitao Zhang and Michael Travisano |
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University of Houston, United States |
Session SO4: Biology
Monday, April 2, 3:30PM-5:30PM, Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2
| 3:30PM |
Evolving an Artificial Regulatory Network for 2D Cell Patterning [#11081] |
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Arturo Chavoya and Yves Duthen |
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University of Guadalajara, Mexico; University of Toulouse 1, France |
| 4:00PM |
A Uniform Framework of Molecular Interaction for an Artificial Chemistry with Compartments [#11084] |
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Tooru
Watanabe, Kazumasa Koizumi, Kishi Koji, Nakamura Masaki, Kobayashi
Keiji, Kazuno Mitsuyoshi, Suzuki Yoshikazu, Asada Yuuki and Kazuto
Tominaga |
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Tokyo University of Technology, Japan |
| 4:30PM |
Exploring Logic Artificial Chemistries: An Illogical Attempt? [#11085] |
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Christof Teuscher |
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Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States |
| 5:00PM |
The Essential Motif That Wasn't There: Topological and Lesioning Analysis of Evolved Genetic Regulatory Networks [#11090] |
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Johannes F. Knabe, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv and Maria J. Schilstra |
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University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom |
Plenary Poster Session Poster 1: Poster Session 1
Monday, April 2, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Room: Coral Ballroom I/II
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Epistasis in Multi-Objective Evolutionary Recurrent Neuro-Controllers [#11013] |
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Mario Ventresca and Beatrice Ombuki-Berman |
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University of Waterloo, Canada; Brock University, Canada |
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Research on Structure Learning of Dynamic Bayesian Networks by Particle Swarm Optimization [#11014] |
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Heng Xing-Chen, Qin Zheng, Shao Li-Ping and Tian Lei |
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Xi'an Jiaotong University, China |
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Artificial Immune System for Solving Constrained Global Optimization Problems [#11015] |
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Jui-Yu Wu |
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Ching-Yun University, Taiwan |
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An Evolutionary Model of Brand Competition [#11019] |
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Abhijit Sengupta, Danica Vukadinovic Greetham and Michael Spence |
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Unilever Corporate Research, United Kingdom; Tessella Support Services, United Kingdom |
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Using Artificial Organisms To Study The Evolution of Backbones in Fish [#11036] |
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Chun Wai Liew, Robert G Root, John H Long Jr. and Thomas J Koob |
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Lafayette College, United States; Vassar College, United States; Shriners Hospital, United States |
Session SO5: Foundations
Tuesday, April 3, 8:00AM-10:00AM, Room: Sea Pearl Suites 1-2, Chair: Mark Bedau
| 8:00AM |
Reproducer Classification Using the Theory of Affordances [#11069] |
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Matt Webster and Grant Malcolm |
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University of Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| 8:30AM |
Artifical life, natural rationality and probability matching [#11070] |
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Benoit Hardy-Vallee |
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University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
| 9:00AM |
Sexyloop: Self-Reproduction, Evolution, and Sex in Cellular Automata [#11086] |
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Nicolas Oros and Chrystopher L. Nehaniv |
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University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom |
| 9:30AM |
The Species Problem in Artificial Life [#11096] |
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George Kampis, Laszlo Gulyas and Sandor Soos |
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Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary; Aitia Iternational, Inc., Hungary |
Session SO6: Robotics-1
Tuesday, April 3, 8:00AM-10:00AM, Room: Sea Pearl Suites 3-4
| 8:00AM |
Sensory-motor Coordination in Object Detection [#11040] |
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Guido de Croon and Eric Postma |
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MICC-IKAT, Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands |
| 8:30AM |
The Gridbrain: an Heterogeneous Network for Open Evolution in 3D Environments [#11060] |
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Telmo Menezes and Ernesto Costa |
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University of Coimbra, Portugal |
| 9:00AM |
The Benefits of Boredom: an Exploration in Developmental Robotics [#11075] |
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Scott Bolland and Shervin Emami |
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KCHF, The University of Queensland, Australia; ITEE, The University of Queensland, Australia |
| 9:30AM |
Formation of spatial representations in evolving autonomous robots [#11035] |
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Onofrio Gigliotta and Stefano Nolfi |
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ISTC-CNR, Rome and University of Palermo, Italy; ISTC-CNR, Rome, Italy |
Plenary Talk SO7: Plenary Talk 2
Tuesday, April 3, 10:15AM-11:15AM, Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2, Speaker: Lee Altenberg
Session SO8: Biology
Tuesday, April 3, 11:15AM-12:15PM, Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2, Chair: Lee Altenberg
| 11:15AM |
Co-option and Irreducibility in Regulatory Networks for Cellular Pattern Development [#11051] |
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Ranjitha Dhanasekaran, Gregory Podgorski and Nicholas Flann |
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Utah State University, United States |
| 11:45AM |
Is there a Liquid State Machine in the Bacterium Escherichia Coli? [#11065] |
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Ben Jones, Chrisantha Fernando, Dov Stekel and Jon Rowe |
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School of Computer Science,Birmingham University, United Kingdom; School of biosciences, Birmingham University, United Kingdom |
Session SO9: Self-Organization
Tuesday, April 3, 1:15PM-3:15PM, Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2
| 1:15PM |
Understanding and Harnessing Self-Organization [#11033] |
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Cristina Santini and Andy Tyrrell |
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University of York, United Kingdom |
| 1:45PM |
Minimal Communication Strategies for Self-Organising Synchronisation Behaviours [#11078] |
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Vito Trianni and Stefano Nolfi |
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ISTC - National Research Council, Italy |
| 2:15PM |
Maximization of Potential Information Flow as a Universal Utility for Collective Behaviour [#11089] |
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Philippe Capdepuy, Daniel Polani and Chrystopher Nehaniv |
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University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom |
| 2:45PM |
Generative Network
Automata: A Generalized Framework for Modeling Complex Dynamical
Systems with Autonomously Varying Topologies [#11095] |
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Hiroki Sayama |
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Dept. of Bioengineering, Binghamton University, United States |
Session SO10: Multi-Agent Systems-1
Tuesday, April 3, 3:30PM-5:30PM, Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2
| 3:30PM |
The Core: Evolving Autonomous Agent Control without a Fitness Function [#11041] |
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Matt Parker and Gary Parker |
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Indiana University, United States; Connecticut College, United States |
| 4:00PM |
Evolving A Better Adversary: A Case Study in a German Castle [#11058] |
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Daniel McFarlin and Peter Todd |
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Indiana University Bloomington, United States |
| 4:30PM |
Cooperation Achieved by Migration and Evolution in a Multilevel Selection Context [#11080] |
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Genki Ichinose and Takaya Arita |
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Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya U, Japan |
| 5:00PM |
A New Step for Artificial Creatures [#11097] |
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Nicolas Lassabe, Herv\'e Luga and Yves Duthen |
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IRIT/UT1 UMR 5505, France |
Plenary Poster Session Poster 2: Poster Session 2
Tuesday, April 3, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Room: Coral Ballroom I/II
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Basic Technologies for Knowledge Transfer in Intelligent Systems [#11037] |
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Oliver Buchtala and Bernhard Sick |
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University of Passau, Germany |
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The Extended Concept-based Multi-objective Path Planning and its A-life implications [#11072] |
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Amiram Moshaiov and Gideon Avigad |
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Tel-Aviv University, Israel |
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HIFF-II: A Hierarchically Decomposable Problem with Inter-level Interdependency [#11083] |
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Susan Khor |
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Concordia University, Canada |
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The Structure of False Social Beliefs [#11046] |
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M. Afzal Upal |
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University of Toledo, United States |
Session SO11: Multi-Agent Systems-2
Wednesday, April 4, 8:00AM-10:00AM, Room: Sea Pearl Suites 1-2
| 8:00AM |
Flocking for Multi-Agent Systems with a Virtual Leader [#11031] |
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Hong Shi, Long Wang, Tianguang Chu and Feng Fu |
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Peking University, China |
| 8:30AM |
Social, Physical, and Computational Tradeoffs in Collaborative Multi-agent Territory Exploration Tasks [#11053] |
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Paul Schermerhorn and Matthias Scheutz |
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University of Notre Dame, United States |
| 9:00AM |
An Evolving Ecosystems Approach to Generating Complex Agent Behaviour [#11074] |
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Peter-Paul Pichler and Lola Canamero |
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University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom |
| 9:30AM |
Pattern Formation in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Swarms: Differences Between Versatile and Specialized Agents [#11094] |
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Sven Magg and Rene te Boekhorst |
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University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom |
Session SO12: Cognition
Wednesday, April 4, 8:00AM-10:00AM, Room: Sea Pearl Suites 3-4
| 8:00AM |
A Critical Reappraisal of the Dynamical Approach to Cognition [#11044] |
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Simon McGregor, Nathaniel Virgo and James Dyke |
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COGS and CCNR, University of Sussex, United Kingdom; CCNR, University of Sussex, United Kingdom |
| 8:30AM |
Scaffolding Language Emergence Using the Autotelic Principle [#11047] |
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Luc Steels and Pieter Wellens |
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Sony CSL Paris, France; VUB AI Lab, Belgium |
| 9:00AM |
Social Learning and Cultural Evolution in Embodied and Situated Agents [#11066] |
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Alberto Acerbi and Stefano Nolfi |
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Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technology, Italy |
| 9:30AM |
Exploring the
Design Space of Robot Appearance and Behavior in an Attention-Seeking
'Living Room' Scenario for a Robot Companion [#11077] |
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Michael L. Walters, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Rene te Boekhorst, Kheng Lee Koay and Sarah N Woods |
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University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom |
Session SO14: Robotics-2
Wednesday, April 4, 1:15PM-3:15PM, Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2, Chair: Stefano Nolfi
| 1:15PM |
Cooperation of Multiple Fish-like Microrobots Based on Reinforcement Learning [#11011] |
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Jinyan Shao and Long Wang |
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Peking University, China |
| 1:45PM |
Experiments on Fault-Tolerant Self-Reconfiguration and Emergent Self-Repair [#11028] |
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David Christensen |
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Maersk Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark |
| 2:15PM |
Representations of Streetscape Perceptions Through Manifold Learning in the Space of Hough Arrays [#11087] |
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Stephan K. Chalup, Riley Clement, Joshua Marshall, Chris Tucker and Michael J. Ostwald |
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The University of Newcastle, Australia |
| 2:45PM |
Sensorless but not Senseless: Prediction in Evolutionary Car Racing [#11052] |
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Hugo Marques, Julian Togelius, Magdalena Kogutowska, Owen Holland and Simon M. Lucas |
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University of Essex, United Kingdom |
Session SO15: Complex Adaptive Systems-2
Wednesday, April 4, 3:30PM-5:30PM, Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2
| 3:30PM |
New Higher-Order Conservation Functions for 1-D Cellular Automata [#11001] |
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Barry Fagin and Leemon Baird |
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US Air Force Academy, United States |
| 4:00PM |
An Unbounded Parallel Binary Tree Adder for use on a Cellular Platform [#11029] |
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James Weston and Peter Lee |
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University of Kent, England |
| 4:30PM |
Hebbian Learning using Fixed Weight Evolved Dynamical 'Neural' Networks [#11042] |
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Eduardo Izquierdo-Torres and Inman Harvey |
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CCNR, University of Sussex., United Kingdom |
| 5:00PM |
The Emergence of Social Consensus in Boolean Networks [#11099] |
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David Green,, Tania Leishman and Suzanne Sadedin |
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Monash University, Australia |
Session SO16: Evolution-2
Thursday, April 5, 8:00AM-10:00AM, Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2
| 8:00AM |
Rethinking the Adaptive Capability of Accretive Evolution on the Hierarchically Consistent Problem [#11023] |
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Susan Khor |
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Concordia University, Canada |
| 8:30AM |
Evolutionary Design of Specialization [#11030] |
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A. E. Eiben, G. S. Nitschke and M. C. Schut |
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 9:00AM |
The Evolution of Structural Design Through Artificial Embryogeny [#11050] |
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Taras Kowaliw, Peter Grogono and Nawwaf Kharma |
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Dept. Comp. Sci., Concordia University, Canada; Dept. Elec. and Comp. Eng., Concordia University, Canada |
| 9:30AM |
Speciation through Exaptation [#11054] |
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Lee Graham and Franz Oppacher |
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Carleton University, Canada |
Session SO17: Applications
Thursday, April 5, 10:15AM-12:15PM, Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2
| 10:15AM |
Adaptive Power System Stabilizers Using Artificial Immune System [#11061] |
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Mani Hunjan and Ganesh Venayagamoorthy |
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RTPIS, University of Missouri-Rolla, United States |
| 10:45AM |
Control-theoretic Synthesis of Hierarchical Dynamics for Embodied Cognition in Autonomous Robots [#11056] |
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Nebu John Mathai and Takis Zourntos |
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Texas A and M University, United States |
| 11:15AM |
Biasing XCS with Domain Knowledge for Planning Flight Trajectories in a Moving Sector Free Flight Environment [#11064] |
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Kuang-Yuan Chen, Hai Huong Dam, Peter Lindsay and Hussein Abbass |
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University of Queensland, Australia; University of New South Wales, Australia |
| 11:45AM |
Agent-Based Modelling of House Price Evolution [#11079] |
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Terry Bossomaier, Siti Amri and James Thompson |
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Charles Sturt University, Australia; Charles Sturt University, Austria |
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