Modeling Applications and Theoretical Innovations in Interdisciplinary Evolutionary Computation

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Samuelson Hong, Wei-Chiang
IGI Global, Mar 31, 2013 - Computers - 357 pages

Evolutionary computation has emerged as a major topic in the scientific community as many of its techniques have successfully been applied to solve problems in a wide variety of fields.

Modeling Applications and Theoretical Innovations in Interdisciplinary Evolutionary Computation provides comprehensive research on emerging theories and its aspects on intelligent computation. Particularly focusing on breaking trends in evolutionary computing, algorithms, and programming, this publication serves to support professionals, government employees, policy and decision makers, as well as students in this scientific field.

 

Contents

Ant Colony Optimization
1
Feature Selection Based on Minimizing the Area Under the Detection Error Tradeoff Curve
16
Application of Genetic Algorithm to Minimize the Number of Objects Processed and Setup in a OneDimensional Cutting Stock Problem
32
A Fast Boosting Based Incremental Genetic Algorithm for Mining Classification Rules in Large Datasets
46
Simultaneous Tolerance Synthesis for Manufacturing and Quality using Evolutionary Algorithms
54
A Survey
73
Experimental Study on Recent Advances in Differential Evolution Algorithm
111
An Application of Computational Finance
134
An Evolutionary Functional Link Neural Fuzzy Model for Financial Time Series Forecasting
189
Firm Size Transmission Effect and PriceVolume Relationship Analysis During Financial Tsunami Periods
206
Recursive Learning of Genetic Algorithms with Task Decomposition and Varied Rule Set
226
LZW Encoding in Genetic Algorithm
248
Usage Profile Generation from Web Usage Data Using Hybrid Biclustering Algorithm
260
An Effective Hybrid SemiParametric Regression Strategy for Rainfall Forecasting Combining Linear and Nonlinear Regression
273
Compilation of References
290
About the Contributors
320

Differential Operators Embedded Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm
149
Appropriate Evolutionary Algorithm for Scheduling in FMS
164
GBF Trained NeuroFuzzy Equalizer for Time Varying Channels
176

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Wei-Chiang Samuelson Hong is an associate professor in the Department of Information Management at the Oriental Institute of Technology, Taiwan. His research interests mainly include computational intelligence (neural networks and evolutionary computation), and application of forecasting technology (ARIMA, support vector regression, and chaos theory), and tourism competitiveness evaluation and management. Dr. Hong s articles have been published in Applied Math¬ematics and Computation, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Applied Soft Computing, Control and Cybernetics, Current Issues in Tourism, Decision Support Systems, Electric Power Systems Research, Energy, Energies, Energy Conversion and Management, Energy Policy, Hydrological Processes, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, Journal of Systems and Software, Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Neural Computing and Applications, Neurocomputing, and Water Resources Management, among others. Dr. Hong is currently on the editorial board of several journals, including International Journal of Applied Evolutionary Computation, Neurocomputing, Applied Soft Computing, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, and Energy Sources Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy. Dr. Hong presently teaches courses in the areas of forecasting methodologies and applications, hybridizing evolutionary algorithms, and conducts research in the areas of prediction modeling, simulation and optimization; artificial neural network, and novel forecasting development. Dr. Hong serves as the program committee of various international conferences including premium ones such as IEEE CEC, IEEE CIS, IEEE ICNSC, IEEE SMC, IEEE CASE, and IEEE SMCia, etc.. In May 2012, his paper had been evaluated as Top Cited Article 2007-2011 by Elsevier Publisher (Netherlands). In Sep. 2012, once again, his paper had been indexed in ISI Essential Science Indicator database as Highly Cited Papers, in the meanwhile, he also had been awarded as the Model Teacher Award by Taiwan Private Education Association. Dr. Hong is a senior member of IIE and IEEE. He is indexed in the list of Who's Who in the World (25th-29th Editions), Who's Who in Asia (2nd Edition), and Who's Who in Science and Engineering (10th and 11th Editions). [Editor]

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