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CALL FOR PAPERS (Sorry if you receive this message multiple times)
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Workshop on Neutral Evolution in Evolutionary Computation
http://www.improvise.ws/Workshop.htm
to be held as part of the
Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO)
Seattle, Washington USA
June 26-30, 2004 (Saturday - Wednesday)
http://www.isgec.org/gecco-2004/
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DESCRIPTION OF THE WORKSHOP TOPIC:
Kimura#58808; Neutral Theory of Evolution is founded on the premise
that most mutations at the molecular level in evolution are caused by
random genetic drift rather than by natural selection. This contrasts
to Darwin#58808; Theory of Evolution, which considers selection acting
on advantageous mutations as the driving force of evolution. With a
strong Darwinian influence, most Evolutionary Computation (EC) systems
adopt a selectionists?point of view to model evolution. It is only
until recently when neutrality is considered in EC systems. However,
as the implementation varies, the performance results are different
from one to the other. Currently, there is no consensus of the
advantages/disadvantages of neutrality in EC. The purpose of this
workshop is to discuss different views of neutrality and to improve
our understanding of evolutionary search process under neutrality.
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WORKSHOP FORMAT:
The workshop will have two parts: a short paper presentation followed by a panel
discussion.
Relevant subjects include but not limited to:
?amp;nbsp; Different implementation of neutrality;
?amp;nbsp; Characteristics of the search process under neutrality;
?amp;nbsp; Experimental and theoretical results;
?amp;nbsp; Promising directions of future research;
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IMPORTANT DATES:
March 1, 2004 Submission deadline
March 26, 2004 Authors Notification
April 15, 2004 Camera Ready
June 27, 2004 Workshop
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Workshop Organizer:
Tina Yu
http://www.improvise.ws
E-mail: gwoing_yu at yahoo.com; tinayu at addr.com
