Applications of Evolutionary Computing EvoWorkshops 2006: EvoBIO, EvoCOMNET, EvoHOT, EvoIASP, EvoINTERACTION, EvoMUSART, and EvoSTOC, Budapest, Hungary, April 10-12, 2006, Proceedings

EvoBIO Contributions.- Functional Classification of G-Protein Coupled Receptors, Based on Their Specific Ligand Coupling Patterns.- Incorporating Biological Domain Knowledge into Cluster Validity Assessment.- A Novel Mathematical Model for the Optimization of DNA–Chip Design and Its Implementation.- A Hybrid GA/SVM Approach for Gene Selection and Classification of Microarray Data.- Multi-stage Evolutionary Algorithms for Efficient Identification of Gene Regulatory Networks.- Human Papillomavirus Risk Type Classification from Protein Sequences Using Support Vector Machines.- Hierarchical Clustering, Languages and Cancer.- Robust SVM-Based Biomarker Selection with Noisy Mass Spectrometric Proteomic Data.- On the Use of Variable Complementarity for Feature Selection in Cancer Classification.- Comparison of Neural Network Optimization Approaches for Studies of Human Genetics.- Obtaining Biclusters in Microarrays with Population-Based Heuristics.- Multiple Sequence Alignment Based on Set Covers.- A Methodology for Determining Amino-Acid Substitution Matrices from Set Covers.- Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm for Discovering Peptide Binding Motifs.- Mining Structural Databases: An Evolutionary Multi-Objetive Conceptual Clustering Methodology.- Optimal Selection of Microarray Analysis Methods Using a Conceptual Clustering Algorithm.- Microarray Probe Design Using ?-Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms with Thermodynamic Criteria.- An Algorithm for the Automated Verification of DNA Supercontig Assemblies.- From HP Lattice Models to Real Proteins: Coordination Number Prediction Using Learning Classifier Systems.- Conditional Random Fields for Predicting and Analyzing Histone Occupancy, Acetylation and Methylation Areas in DNA Sequences.- DNA Fragment Assembly: An Ant Colony System Approach.- EvoCOMNET Contributions.- BeeHiveGuard: A Step Towards Secure Nature Inspired Routing Algorithms.- Optimal Broadcasting in Metropolitan MANETs Using Multiobjective Scatter Search.- Evolutionary Design of OAB and AAB Communication Schedules for Interconnection Networks.- A Multiagent Algorithm for Graph Partitioning.- Tracing Denial of Service Origin: Ant Colony Approach.- EvoHOT Contributions.- Optimisation of Constant Matrix Multiplication Operation Hardware Using a Genetic Algorithm.- Finding Compact BDDs Using Genetic Programming.- Efficient Evolutionary Approaches for the Data Ordering Problem with Inversion.- GRACE: Generative Robust Analog Circuit Exploration.- On the Practical Limits of the Evolutionary Digital Filter Design at the Gate Level.- EvoIASP Contributions.- Image Space Colonization Algorithm.- Enhancement of an Automatic Fingerprint Identification System Using a Genetic Algorithm and Genetic Programming.- Evolutionary Singularity Filter Bank Optimization for Fingerprint Image Enhancement.- Evolutionary Generation of Prototypes for a Learning Vector Quantization Classifier.- Automatic Classification of Handsegmented Image Parts with Differential Evolution.- Mixed-Integer Evolution Strategies and Their Application to Intravascular Ultrasound Image Analysis.- The Honeybee Search Algorithm for Three-Dimensional Reconstruction.- Improving the Segmentation Stage of a Pedestrian Tracking Video-Based System by Means of Evolution Strategies.- An Adaptive Stochastic Collision Detection Between Deformable Objects Using Particle Swarm Optimization.- Genetic Programming for Automatic Stress Detection in Spoken English.- Localisation Fitness in GP for Object Detection.- Immune Multiobjective Optimization Algorithm for Unsupervised Feature Selection.- Classifying and Counting Vehicles in Traffic Control Applications.- A Neural Evolutionary Classification Method for Brain-Wave Analysis.- Differential Evolution Applied to a Multimodal Information Theoretic Optimization Problem.- Artificial Life Models in Lung CTs.- Learning High-Level Visual Concepts Using Attributed Primitives and Genetic Programming.- Evolutionary Denoising Based on an Estimation of Hölder Exponents with Oscillations.- Probability Evolutionary Algorithm Based Human Body Tracking.- EvoINTERACTION Contributions.- On Interactive Evolution Strategies.- An Experimental Comparative Study for Interactive Evolutionary Computation Problems.- Creating Chance by New Interactive Evolutionary Computation: Bipartite Graph Based Interactive Genetic Algorithm.- Interactive Evolutionary Computation Framework and the On-Chance Operator for Product Design.- Practically Applying Interactive Genetic Algorithms to Customers’ Designs on a Customizable C2C Framework: Entrusting Select Operations to IGA Users.- Evaluation of Sequential, Multi-objective, and Parallel Interactive Genetic Algorithms for Multi-objective Floor Plan Optimisation.- EvoMUSART Contributions.- Supervised Genetic Search for Parameter Selection in Painterly Rendering.- Robot Paintings Evolved Using Simulated Robots.- Consensual Paintings.- Using Physiological Signals to Evolve Art.- Science of Networks and Music: A New Approach on Musical Analysis and Creation.- Continuous-Time Recurrent Neural Networks for Generative and Interactive Musical Performance.- Synthesising Timbres and Timbre-Changes from Adjectives/Adverbs.- Modelling Expressive Performance: A Regression Tree Approach Based on Strongly Typed Genetic Programming.- Evolutionary Musique Concrète.- A Connectionist Architecture for the Evolution of Rhythms.- MovieGene: Evolutionary Video Production Based on Genetic Algorithms and Cinematic Properties.- Audible Convergence for Optimal Base Melody Extension with Statistical Genre-Specific Interval Distance Evaluation.- A Two-Stage Autonomous Evolutionary Music Composer.- Layered Genetical Algorithms Evolving into Musical Accompaniment Generation.- EvoSTOC Contributions.- A Preliminary Study on Handling Uncertainty in Indicator-Based Multiobjective Optimization.- Fluctuating Crosstalk as a Source of Deterministic Noise and Its Effects on GA Scalability.- Integrating Techniques from Statistical Ranking into Evolutionary Algorithms.- The Role of Representations in Dynamic Knapsack Problems.- The Effect of Building Block Construction on the Behavior of the GA in Dynamic Environments: A Case Study Using the Shaky Ladder Hyperplane-Defined Functions.- Associative Memory Scheme for Genetic Algorithms in Dynamic Environments.- Bayesian Optimization Algorithms for Dynamic Problems.- Prudent-Daring vs Tolerant Survivor Selection Schemes in Control Design of Electric Drives.