A recurring theme in metaheuristics research is to consider the balance between Exploration and Exploitation. An often forgotten area of research is the effect of Selection on Search/Exploration. A method of selection that rejects all exploratory search solutions can cause any metaheuristic to stall, and elitist fitness-based selection in continuous domains often behaves in this fashion. A building body of research suggests that alternate methods of selection are required, and that these methods of selection should be specifically matched to the employed methods of exploration.
We invite all interested researchers to join our workshop to expand upon related research topics such as
- Benchmark problems for exploration
- Methods for exploration (and their verification)
- Observation of optima hopping behaviours in metaheuristics
- Comparison of selection in combinatorial and continuous domains
- Measurements of stall and/or selection errors
- Non-fitness based methods of selection (for exploration)
- A review of selection
Workshop participation is open to all conference attendees. If you would like to present relevant research during a plenary session of the workshop, please contact the organizers:
Stephen Chen, Associate Professor, School of Information Technology, York University, Canada
Marjan Mernik, Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, Slovenia
We look forward to seeing you in Yokohama!
https://www.yorku.ca/sychen/research/workshops/CEC2024_Search_and_Selection_Workshop.html
Intriguing workshop focus! While the exploration-exploitation balance is well-trodden, selection's nuances, especially in continuous domains, merit deeper dives. Recall many works on evolutionary algorithms, selection's subtleties often get overshadowed. Excited about the emphasis on alternate selection methods and the observation of optima hopping. Non-fitness-based methods could be the game-changer here. Eager to glean insights from continuous domains. Kudos to you for spotlighting this. Should be illuminating! 👏📚🔍
We are beginning to finalize the organization of the workshop. It will be a full day with presentations/updates in the morning and small-group breakout sessions in the afternoon. If you are interested in attending (with or without a presentation), please let us know.
I am very happy to see that the Workshop has evolved since its last occurrence!
I am very interested in seeing the outcome and the observations of the accepted studies. Unfortunately, this time, I will not be able to participate but I hope I will have the opportunity to do so the next time.
I leave a comment here for higher exposure. Moreover, I urge my network to consider participating in this Workshop. It provides a place for interesting discussions touching upon the mechanisms of Evolutionary Computation and Swarm Intelligence.
Dear Friends and Colleagues, I hope your travel plans for WCCI2024 in Yokohama are going well. We invite you to join us at our workshop for an intense discussion on the fundamental, but poorly understood, concepts of exploration, exploitation, and selection for metaheuristics in the continuous domain. We will publish a full agenda shortly. https://lnkd.in/gJRhidDG Please contact us if you are interested in participating and/or presenting at the workshop. We look forward to seeing you in Yokohama! Sincerely, Stephen and Marjan
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