Workshop on Nature Inspired Cooperative Strategiesfor Optimization - NICSO 2006Granada, June 29-30 2006 |
Program of Activities
Each speaker will have 15 mins. for presentation plus 5 mins for answering questions.
Laptop and projector will be available. Let us know if you need any special equipment.
June, 29 | |
8:30 | Registration |
10:00 | Opening Session |
10:30 | Plenary Talk |
The biological principles of swarm intelligence | |
Guy Theraulaz, University Paul Sabatier, France | |
11:30 | Coffe Break |
12:00 | Session 1 |
1) Natural Behavior Based Metaheuristics for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Window | |
Rodrigo A. Garrido, Zdenko Koscina | |
2) A Cellular Genetic Algorithm for Multiojective Optimization | |
A. J. Nebro, J. J. Durillo, B. Dorronsoro, F. Luna, E. Alba | |
3) Particle Swarm Optimization and Genetic Algorithms for Portfolio Selection: a Comparison | |
L. Mous, V. A. F. Dallagnol, W. Cheung, and J. van den Berg | |
4) A new ant algorithm for graph coloring | |
Alain Hertz, Nicolas Zufferey | |
13:30 | Lunch |
15:30 | Plenary Talk |
Cooperation/collaboration strategies among bacteria | |
Eshel ben Jacob, Tel Aviv University, Israel | |
16:30 | Coffe Break |
17:00 | Session 2 |
1) Analysis and Comparison of Two Nature-Inspired Cooperative Strategies | |
F. Bonachela, D. Pelta, A. Sancho Royo | |
2) Variance reduction techniques in the Monte Carlo simulation of clinical electron linear accelerators driven by the ant colony Method | |
Salvador Garca-Pareja, Manuel Vilches, and Antonio M. Lallena | |
3) Tradinnova-ACO: Ant Colony Optimization Metaheuristic applied to Stock-Market Investment | |
I.J. Casanova, J.M. Cadenas | |
4) Evolutionary Algorithms for the Level Strip Packing Problem | |
Carolina Salto, Enrique Alba, and Juan M. Molina | |
20:30 | SOCIAL DINNER |
June,30 | |
9:30 | Registration |
10:30 | Plenary Talk |
Artificial Immune Systems and Their Applications | |
Xiao-Zhi Gao, Helsinky University of Technology, Finland | |
11:30 | Coffe Break |
12:00 | Session 1 |
1) A simulation-based ant colony algorithm for assembly line buffer allocation | |
John Kay, Ivan Vitanov | |
2) Automated Self-Assembly Programming Paradigm: A Particle Swarm Realization | |
Lin Li, Natalio Krasnogor, Jon Garibaldi | |
3) CHAC. A MOACO Algorithm for Computation of Bi-Criteria Military Unit Path in the Battlefield | |
A.M. Mora, J.J. Merelo, C. Millan, J. Torrecillas , J.L. Jiménez | |
4) Parallelization of a Fuzzy Heuristic using Multiple Search | |
Carlos Cruz,Juan R. González, José L. Verdegay | |
13:30 | Lunch |
15:00 | Plenary Talk |
Parallelizing Nature Inspired Optimization Methods | |
Enrique Alba Torres, University of Málaga, Spain | |
16:00 | Coffe Break |
16:30 | Session 2 |
1) From Cooperative Team Playing to an Optimization Method | |
Xiaofei Huang | |
2) Cell-Like and Tissue Like Membrane Systems as Recognizer Devices | |
Miguel Gutierrez-Naranjo, Mario Perez Jimenez, A. Riscos Nuñez, Francisco Romero Campero | |
3) A Dynamic Coalition Formation Approach in the Bicriteria Case | |
Houda Derbel | |
17:30 | Plenary Talk |
Nature Inspired Smart Information Systems | |
Davide Anguita, University of Genova, Italy | |
18:30 | Closing Session |
21:00 | Closing Dinner |