CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ARTIFICIAL EVOLUTION 99 - EA'99 November 3-5, 1999 LIL, Université du Littoral Cote d'Opale, Dunkerque, France The 1999 Artificial Evolution Conference is the fourth edition of the conference, and the last of the century, after EA'94 in Toulouse, EA'95 in Brest, and EA'97 in Nîmes. It is hosted by the Laboratoire d'Informatique du Littoral, at the Universit du Littoral Côte d'Opale in Dunkerque, on the Côte d'Opale in France. The conference is dedicated to the various aspects of Evolutionary Computation, both the theoretical and application sides. The reviewing process led to the selection of 28 papers (20 minutes for presentation + 10 minutes for question and short debate) which will be presented during 9 sessions. There will be no parallel session in order to keep its intimacy to the conference and enable optimal interaction among attendees. The conference will open on an invited lecture by Prof. Colin Reeves. Pre-proceedings will be available at the conference. A selection of papers will be published later likewise the two previous issues, EA'95 was published by Springer-Verlag LNCS 1063, EA'97 as LNCS 1363. Though the official language of the conference is French, presentations in English are strongly encouraged. REGISTRATION AND ACCOMMODATION The early registration fee (before 15/10/99) for the conference is only 800 French Francs or 121,96 Euros. The late registration fee is 950 French Francs or 144,83 Euros. This includes a copy of the proceedings, all the lunches for the three days, the welcome cocktail, the Thursday dinner and the social events (sightseeing along the Cote d'Opale and visit of the ``Nausicaa'' sea museum). A selection of hostels and guest houses is available on our Web site http://www-lil.univ-littoral.fr/AE99. Also available is information with regards to travel and travel discounts available in France. CALENDAR : Deadline for early registration October 15, 1999 Conference November 3-5, 1999 CONTACT LIL - Conférence EA99 BP 719 62228 CALAIS Cedex Tel : +33 (0)3 21 97 00 46 Email : EA99@lil.univ-littoral.fr http://www-lil.univ-littoral.fr/AE99 EVOLUTION ARTIFICIELLE'99 - PRELIMINARY PROGRAM MERCREDI 3 NOVEMBRE / Wednesday, November 3rd 9h00 - 09h30 Inscriptions - Café d'accueil / Registrations - Welcome Coffee 9h30 - 10h00 Session d'ouverture / Opening session 10h00 - 11h00 Conférence invitée / Invited Lecture Fitness Landscapes and Evolutionary Algorithms C. REEVES Session 1 : Opérateurs 1 / Operators 1 11h00 - 11h30 On the effectivity of evolutionary algorithms for the multidimensional knapsack problem J. GOTTLIEB 11h30 - 12h00 Characterizing locality in Decoder-Based EAs for the Multidimensional Knapsack problem J. GOTTLIEB, G. RAIDL 12h00 - 12h30 Evolutionary case-based design M. ROSENMAN 12h30 - 14h00 Déjeuner/ Lunch Session 2 : Programmation Génétique / Genetic Programming 14h30 - 15h00 Shorter fitness distance preserving Genetic Programs A. EKART 15h00 - 15h30 Parametric Coding vs Genetic Programming: a Case Study S. BEN HAMIDA, M. SCHOENAUER 15h30 - 16h00 Pause / Break Session 3 : Applications 1 / Applications 1 16h30 - 17h00 On generating HTML style sheets with an interactive genetic algorithm based on gene frequencies N. MONMARCHE, G. NOCENT, G. VENTURINI, P. SANTINI 17h00 - 17h30 Evolving problem-specific data structures A. RATLE 17h30 - 18h00 Hybridation des algorithmes génétiques et recherche taboue pour les problèmes d'emploi du temps M. RAHOUAL, M. MABED 18h00 - 18h30 A Hybrid Evolution Strategy for Mixed Discrete Continuous Constrained Problems L. MOREAU-GIRAUD, P. LAFON 18h00 - Pot de bienvenue / Welcome cocktail 20h00 AG de l'association Evolution Artificielle/ Evolution Artificielle business meeting JEUDI 4 NOVEMBRE / Thursday, November 4th Session 4 : Agents - Coopération / Agents - Cooperation 9h00 - 9h30 Studies on Dynamics in the Classical Iterated Prisonner's P. MATHIEU, B. BEAUFILS, JP. DELAHAYE 9h30 - 10h00 An adaptive Agent Model for Generator Company Bidding in the UK power tool A. BAGNALL, G. SMITH 10h00 - 10h30 Pause / break 10h30 - 11h00 Macro-Evolution in Artificial Life C. LATTAUD 11h00 - 11h30 Evolution of cooperation within a behavior-based perspective S. DELEPOULLE, P. PREUX, JC DARCHEVILLE 11h30 - 12h00 Evolving behavioural animation systems D. GRIFFITHS, A. SARAFOPOULOS 12h00 - 13h30 Déjeuner / Lunch Session 5 : Applications 2 / Applications 2 13h30 - 14h00 Evolution lamarckienne vs evolution darwinienne pour l'adaptation aux changements d'environnment acoustique A. SPALANZANI 14h00 - 14h30 From Hough to Darwin J. LOUCHET 14h30 - 15h00 A new Genetic Algorithm for the Optimal Communication Spanning Tree Problem Y. LI, Y BOUCHEBABA 15h00 - 19h00 Visite du musée de la mer de Boulogne-sur-Mer (Nausicaa) et de la cote Littoral Visit of the Sea museum of Boulogne-sur-Mer (Nausicaa) and guided tour of the coast 20h30 Banquet de la conférence / Conference banquet VENDREDI 5 NOVEMBRE / Friday, November 5th Session 6 : Théorie / Theory 9h00 - 9h30 Modelling and Analysis of Genetic Algorithms with Tournament Selection A. EREMEEV 09h30 - 10h00 An Object Model for Search Spaces and their Transformation I. LANDRIEU, B. NAUDTS 10h00 - 10h30 Pause / Break Session 7 : Heuristiques / Heuristics 10h30 - 11h00 Scout algorithms and genetic algorithms F. ABBATISTA, V. CAROFIGLIO, M. KOEPPEN 11h00 - 11h30 Bagging GA-Optimized Population S. ZEMKE 11h30 - 12h00 Amélioration de la convergence d'un AG par utilisation d'une méthode de recherche locale F. MANSANNE 12h00 - 12h30 Am coop d'un algorithme d'optimisation combinatoire O. ROUX 12h30 - 14h00 Déjeuner/ Lunch Session 8 : Prospectives / Outlooks 14h00 - 14h30 Hitchhikers get around K. VEKARIA, C. CLACK 14h30 - 15h00 Landscapes of the Maximal Constraint Satistaction Problem M. BELAIDOUNI, JK HAO 15h00 - 15h30 Neutralite synthetique pour l'evolution artificielle P. COLLARD, M. CLERGUES, M. DEFOIN-PLATEL 15h30 - 16h00 Pause / Break Session 9 : Opérateurs 2 / Operators 2 16h00 - 16h30 The Bimodal Performance Profile of Evolutionary Search and the Effects of Crossover M. OATES, D. CORNE, R. LOADER 16h30 - 17h00 A Shepherd and a sheepdog to guide EC D. ROBILLIARD, C. FONLUPT