Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Changing Range Genetic Algorithm: A New Optimization Approach with Improved Performance
(Adil Amirjanov, Konstantin Sobolev, Department of Computer Science, Near East University, Nicosia, N. Cyprus, and others)

Model-Free Deconvolution of Transient Signals Using Genetic Algorithms
(László Bengi, Balázs Kovács, Máté Bezdek, Ernő Keszei, Eötvös University Budapest, Department of Physical Chemistry, and Reaction Kinetics Laboratory, Budapest, Hungary)

Application of Genetic Algorithm Optimisation Technique in Beam Steering of Circular Array Antenna
(A.D. Adebola, R.A. Abd-Alhameed, M.M. Abousitta, Mobile and Satellite Communications Research Centre, Bradford University, Bradford, United Kingdom)

Examination of Two Different Mathematical Techniques for Determining the Important Factors Affecting Indoor Air Quality
(Akhil Kadiyala, Ashok Kumar, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA)

Optimization with Genetic Algorithms of a Hybrid Distillation/Melt Crystallization Process
(Cristofer Bravo-Bravo, Juan Gabriel Segovia-Hernández, Salvador Hernández, Fernando Israel Gómez-Castro, Claudia Gutiérrez-Antonio, Abel Briones-Ramírez, Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus Guanajuato, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Guanajuato, Gto., México, and others)

Hybrid Genetic Algorithms: Modeling and Application to the Scheduling Problems
(Jorge J. Magalhães Mendes, Civil Engineering Department, School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto, Porto, Portugal)

GA Optimization for a Space-Constrained Machine Room Using Multi-Layer Sound Absorbers and One-Layer Acoustical Hoods
(Min-Chie Chiu, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Chung Chou University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, ROC)

Genetic Algorithm with Optimal Genotypic Feedback: A New Evolutionary Optimization Approach
(S.R. Upreti, D. Joshi, F. Ein-Mozaffari, A. Lohi, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

Geometrical Optimization in Gas Turbines Applying Computational Fluid Dynamics and Genetic Algorithms
(A. Gallegos-Muñoz, V. Ayala-Ramírez and J.A. Alfaro-Ayala, Faculty of Engineering, University of Guanajuato, Comunidad de Palo Blanco, Salamanca, Gto., México)

Study of the Influence of Forest Canopies on the Accuracy of GPS Measurements by Using Genetic Algorithms
(P.J. García Nieto, C. Ordóñez Galán, J. Martínez Torres, M. Araújo, E. Giráldez, Department of Mathematics, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain, and others)

Roundness Evaluation by Genetic Algorithms
(Michele Lanzetta, Andrea Rossi, Department of Mechanical, Nuclear and Production Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy)

Influence of Building Codes in the Behavior of a Modified Elitist Genetic Algorithm Applied to the Optimization of Steel Structures
(P.J. García Nieto, J.J. del Coz Díaz, M.B. Prendes Gero, A. Bello García, F.P. Álvarez-Rabanal, Department of Mathematics, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain, and others)

Genetic Algorithms for Single Machine Scheduling Problems: A Trade-Off between Intensification and Diversification
(Veronique Sels, Mario Vanhoucke, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Tweekerkenstraat, Ghent, Belgium, and others)

Optimal Sizing of Analog Integrated Circuits by Applying Genetic Algorithms
(S. Polanco-Martagon, G. Reyes-Salgado, Luis G. De la Fraga, E. Tlelo-Cuautle, I. Guerra-Gomez, G. Flores-Becerra, M. Fakhfakh, CENIDET, Computer Department, Mexido, and others)

Genetic Algorithms to Maximize the Lyapunov Exponent in Chaotic Oscillators
(Luis Gerardo de la Fraga, Esteban Tlelo-Cuautle, Cinvestav, Computer Science Department, Mexico City, Mexico, and others)

Application of Particle Swarm Optimization to Packing Problem
(Eisuke Kita, Young-Bin Shin, Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University, Japan)

Application of Advanced Grammatical Evolution to Function Identification Problem
(Eisuke Kita, Hideyuki Sugiura, Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University, Japan)

Index