Memetic Algorithms
Cotta, C., Mathieson, L., Moscato, P. (2025). Memetic Algorithms. In: Martí, R., Pardalos, P.M., Resende, M.G. (eds) Handbook of Heuristics. Springer, Cham. DOI:10.1007/978-3-032-00385-0_29
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Our keynote speaker today at #GECCO2025 🦎 is Amparo Alonso, who is talking about sustainable AI.
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GECCO 2025 is officially open! 🎉
Kicking things off with @bogdanf.bsky.social, our General Chair, welcoming an amazing community of researchers in evolutionary computation 🧬.
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GECCO 2025 🦎 officially kicks off tomorrow, right here in Málaga, Spain! We're incredibly excited to welcome all of you for a week packed with groundbreaking research, insightful discussions, and fantastic networking opportunities in evolutionary computation.
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I just presented our #Bio4Res work on the compiler impact on the energy consumption of EAs at the #MAEB2025 conference.
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The submission deadline for the upcoming ERCIM News issue dedicated to Swarm Computing is fast approaching! Don't miss this great opportunity to showcase your cutting-edge research to a wider audience.
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Evaluating the Impact of Hysteretic Phenomena and Implementation Choices on Energy Consumption in Evolutionary Algorithms
I just presented our work on hysteretic energy consumption in evolutionary algorithms at the EvoStar conference. Great attendance and many interesting questions! The paper is available at doi.org/10.1007/978-...
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25.04.2025 10:57 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Evaluating the Impact of Hysteretic Phenomena and Implementation Choices on Energy Consumption in Evolutionary Algorithms
C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, J. Martínez-Cruz, Evaluating the Impact of Hysteretic Phenomena and Implementation Choices on Energy Consumption in Evolutionary Algorithms, EvoApplications 2025, LNCS 15613, pp. 227-239, Springer @springer1842.bsky.social, 2025, doi.org/10.1007/978-...
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23.04.2025 10:38 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The code used in the experimentation on the Aircraft Landing Scheduling Problem is available at github.com/Bio4Res/airc...
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05.02.2025 09:07 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Harnessing memetic algorithms: a practical guide
Our paper "Harnessing memetic algorithms: a practical guide" is now available with open access in @springer1842.bsky.social TOP journal. Check it out at doi.org/10.1007/s117...
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05.02.2025 09:04 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
An overview of Meta-Analytics: The Promise of Unifying Meta-heuristics and Analytics
F. Glover, C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, An overview of Meta-Analytics: The Promise of Unifying Meta-heuristics and Analytics, New Ideas in Business and Customer Analytics, de Vries and Moscato (eds.), pp. 693-702, Springer @springer1842.bsky.social, 2019, doi.org/10.1007/978-...
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29.01.2025 18:49 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
An Accelerated Introduction to Memetic Algorithms
P. Moscato, C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, An Accelerated Introduction to Memetic Algorithms, Handbook of Metaheuristics, M. Gendreau, J.-Y. Potvin (eds.), pp. 275-309, Springer, 2019
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18.01.2025 09:51 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Energy Consumption Analysis of Batch Runs of Evolutionary Algorithms
C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, J. Martínez-Cruz, Energy Consumption Analysis of Batch Runs of Evolutionary Algorithms, GECCO '24 Companion: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion Proceedings, pp. 87-88, ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2024
doi.org/10.1145/3638...
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05.01.2025 12:34 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Tackling Adversarial Faults in Panmictic Evolutionary Algorithms
C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, Tackling Adversarial Faults in Panmictic Evolutionary Algorithms, GECCO '23 Companion: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion Proceedings, pp. 59-60, ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2023
doi.org/10.1145/3583...
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27.12.2024 07:31 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Using an Agent-Based Cellular Automaton for Emergency Evacuation Simulation
D. Bueno, C. Cotta, J.E. Gallardo, Using an Agent-Based Cellular Automaton for Emergency Evacuation Simulation, Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, P. Mathieu and F. De la Prieta (eds.), pp. 324-329, LNCS 15157, Springer, 2024
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21.12.2024 13:34 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Navigating the Aisles: Evolutionary Algorithms for Supermarket Evacuation Planning
C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, Navigating the Aisles: Evolutionary Algorithms for Supermarket Evacuation Planning, GECCO '24 Companion, pp. 89-90, ACM, New York, NY, 2024
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25.12.2024 16:10 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Enhancing Evolutionary Optimization Performance under Byzantine Fault Conditions
C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, Enhancing Evolutionary Optimization Performance under Byzantine Fault Conditions, Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems. HAIS 2023, García Bringas, P. et al. (eds.), pp. 341–351, LNCS 14001, Springer, Cham, 2023
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24.12.2024 09:24 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Optimization-Driven Workplace Evacuation using Evolutionary Algorithms and Derivative-Free Methods
C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, Optimization-Driven Workplace Evacuation using Evolutionary Algorithms and Derivative-Free Methods, 8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Metaheuristics & Swarm Intelligence, pp. 86-91, ACM, Singapore, 2024
doi.org/10.1145/3665...
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23.12.2024 09:35 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Resilient Bioinspired Algorithms: A Computer System Design Perspective
C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, G. Olague @gustavo-olague.bsky.social, Resilient Bioinspired Algorithms: A Computer System Design Perspective, Applications of Evolutionary Computation - EvoApplications 2022, LNCS 13224, pp. 619-631, Springer, Cham, 2022
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22.12.2024 11:06 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
New perspectives on the optimal placement of detectors for suicide bombers using metaheuristics
C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, J.E. Gallardo, New perspectives on the optimal placement of detectors for suicide bombers using metaheuristics, Natural Computing 18, 249-263, 2019
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21.12.2024 13:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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