Recent Advances In The Theory And Application Of Fitness Landscapes

Author : Hendrik Richter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642418880
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recent Advances in the Theory and Application of Fitness Landscapes written by Hendrik Richter and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is concerned with recent advances in fitness landscapes. The concept of fitness landscapes originates from theoretical biology and refers to a framework for analysing and visualizing the relationships between genotypes, phenotypes and fitness. These relationships lay at the centre of attempts to mathematically describe evolutionary processes and evolutionary dynamics. The book addresses recent advances in the understanding of fitness landscapes in evolutionary biology and evolutionary computation. In the volume, experts in the field of fitness landscapes present these findings in an integrated way to make it accessible to a number of audiences: senior undergraduate and graduate students in computer science, theoretical biology, physics, applied mathematics and engineering, but also researcher looking for a reference or/and entry point into using fitness landscapes for analysing algorithms. Also practitioners wanting to employ fitness landscape techniques for evaluating bio- and nature-inspired computing algorithms can find valuable material in the book. For teaching proposes, the book could also be used as a reference handbook.

Author : Francisco Chicano
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319306987
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization written by Francisco Chicano and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization, EvoCOP 2016, held in Porto, Portugal, in March/April 2016, co-located with the Evo*2015 events EuroGP, EvoMUSART and EvoApplications. The 17 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 44 submissions. The papers cover methodology, applications and theoretical studies. The methods included evolutionary and memetic algorithms, variable neighborhood search, particle swarm optimization, hyperheuristics, mat-heuristic and other adaptive approaches. Applications included both traditional domains, such as graph coloring, vehicle routing, the longest common subsequence problem, the quadratic assignment problem; and new(er) domains such as the traveling thief problem, web service location, and finding short addition chains. The theoretical studies involved fitness landscape analysis, local search and recombination operator analysis, and the big valley search space hypothesis. The consideration of multiple objectives, dynamic and noisy environments was also present in a number of articles.

Author : Hamish Carr
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030430367
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Topological Methods in Data Analysis and Visualization V written by Hamish Carr and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of peer-reviewed workshop papers provides comprehensive coverage of cutting-edge research into topological approaches to data analysis and visualization. It encompasses the full range of new algorithms and insights, including fast homology computation, comparative analysis of simplification techniques, and key applications in materials and medical science. The book also addresses core research challenges such as the representation of large and complex datasets, and integrating numerical methods with robust combinatorial algorithms. In keeping with the focus of the TopoInVis 2017 Workshop, the contributions reflect the latest advances in finding experimental solutions to open problems in the sector. They provide an essential snapshot of state-of-the-art research, helping researchers to keep abreast of the latest developments and providing a basis for future work. Gathering papers by some of the world’s leading experts on topological techniques, the book represents a valuable contribution to a field of growing importance, with applications in disciplines ranging from engineering to medicine.

Author : Antonio M. Mora
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319165496
Total Pages : 914 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Applications of Evolutionary Computation written by Antonio M. Mora and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-16 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 18th International Conference on the Applications of Evolutionary Computation, EvoApplications 2015, held in Copenhagen, Spain, in April 2015, colocated with the Evo 2015 events EuroGP, EvoCOP, and EvoMUSART. The 72 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 125 submissions. EvoApplications 2015 consisted of the following 13 tracks: EvoBIO (evolutionary computation, machine learning and data mining in computational biology), EvoCOMNET (nature-inspired techniques for telecommunication networks and other parallel and distributed systems), EvoCOMPLEX (evolutionary algorithms and complex systems), EvoENERGY (evolutionary computation in energy applications), EvoFIN (evolutionary and natural computation in finance and economics), EvoGAMES (bio-inspired algorithms in games), EvoIASP (evolutionary computation in image analysis, signal processing, and pattern recognition), EvoINDUSTRY (nature-inspired techniques in industrial settings), EvoNUM (bio-inspired algorithms for continuous parameter optimization), EvoPAR (parallel implementation of evolutionary algorithms), EvoRISK (computational intelligence for risk management, security and defence applications), EvoROBOT (evolutionary computation in robotics), and EvoSTOC (evolutionary algorithms in stochastic and dynamic environments).

Author : Adrian-Horia Dediu
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319137492
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theory and Practice of Natural Computing written by Adrian-Horia Dediu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference, TPNC 2014, held in Granada, Spain, in December 2014. The 22 revised full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on nature-inspired models of computation; synthesizing nature by means of computation; nature-inspired materials; and information processing in nature.

Author : Esteban Domingo
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031156404
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Viral Fitness and Evolution written by Esteban Domingo and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-02 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book unifies general concepts of plant and animal virus evolution and covers a broad range of topics related to theoretical and experimental aspects of virus population dynamics and viral fitness. Timely topics such as viral mechanisms to cope with antiviral agents, the adaptability of the virus to new hosts, emergence of new viral phenotypes, and the connections between short- and long-term virus evolution are included. By comparing plant and animal viruses, universal mechanisms responsible for fitness variations, viral emergence and disease mechanisms are explored. Although emphasis is put on specific plant and human viral pathogens, relevant similarities and differences to other viruses are highlighted. Additionally, readers will learn more about the adaptability of coronaviruses, including the recently emerged SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic. The book is aimed at students and scientists interested in basic and applied aspects of plant and animal virus population dynamics and evolution.

Author : Nanda Dulal Jana
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319747754
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Metaheuristic Approach to Protein Structure Prediction written by Nanda Dulal Jana and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces characteristic features of the protein structure prediction (PSP) problem. It focuses on systematic selection and improvement of the most appropriate metaheuristic algorithm to solve the problem based on a fitness landscape analysis, rather than on the nature of the problem, which was the focus of methodologies in the past. Protein structure prediction is concerned with the question of how to determine the three-dimensional structure of a protein from its primary sequence. Recently a number of successful metaheuristic algorithms have been developed to determine the native structure, which plays an important role in medicine, drug design, and disease prediction. This interdisciplinary book consolidates the concepts most relevant to protein structure prediction (PSP) through global non-convex optimization. It is intended for graduate students from fields such as computer science, engineering, bioinformatics and as a reference for researchers and practitioners.

Author : Roberto Moreno-Díaz
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319747185
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2017 written by Roberto Moreno-Díaz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two-volume set LNCS 10671 and 10672 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2017, held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, in February 2017. The 117 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 160 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on: pioneers and landmarks in the development of information and communication technologies; systems theory, socio-economic systems and applications; theory and applications of metaheuristic algorithms; stochastic models and applications to natural, social and technical systems; model-based system design, verification and simulation; applications of signal processing technology; algebraic and combinatorial methods in signal and pattern analysis; computer vision, deep learning and applications; computer and systems based methods and electronics technologies in medicine; intelligent transportation systems and smart mobility.

Author : Arnaud Liefooghe
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030167119
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization written by Arnaud Liefooghe and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-04-10 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization, EvoCOP 2019, held as part of Evo* 2019, in Leipzig, Germany, in April 2019, co-located with the Evo* 2019 events EuroGP, EvoMUSART and EvoApplications. The 14 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 37 submissions. The papers cover a wide spectrum of topics, ranging from the foundations of evolutionary computation algorithms and other search heuristics to their accurate design and application to both single- and multi-objective combinatorial optimization problems. Fundamental and methodological aspects deal with runtime analysis, the structural properties of fitness landscapes, the study of metaheuristics core components, the clever design of their search principles, and their careful selection and configuration. Applications cover domains such as scheduling, routing, partitioning and general graph problems.

Author : Osvaldo Gervasi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319623923
Total Pages : 779 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2017 written by Osvaldo Gervasi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 779 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The six-volume set LNCS 10404-10409 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2017, held in Trieste, Italy, in July 2017. The 313 full papers and 12 short papers included in the 6-volume proceedings set were carefully reviewed and selected from 1052 submissions. Apart from the general tracks, ICCSA 2017 included 43 international workshops in various areas of computational sciences, ranging from computational science technologies to specific areas of computational sciences, such as computer graphics and virtual reality. Furthermore, this year ICCSA 2017 hosted the XIV International Workshop On Quantum Reactive Scattering. The program also featured 3 keynote speeches and 4 tutorials.