| Lecture Notes | |
|---|---|
| Lecture 1 (1/14) | Course Info, Introduction, topics (Introduction) |
| Univ. closed (1/21) | No class |
| Lecture 2 (1/28) | Overview of an evolutionary algorithm. Note: HW1 is posted! |
| Lecture 3 (2/4) | Genetic Algorithms (Part I, Part II.5, Part III.10) |
| Lecture 4 (2/11) | Genetic Algorithms (Cont'd). Linear representations. Design of operators. (Part I, Part II.5, Part III.10, 11) HW#1 is due! Evolutionary Strategies. Self-Adaptation. (Part II. Chapt. 8.) |
| Lecture 5 (2/18) | Constraint handling. More on Self-adaptation. (Part II, Chapt. 7. Part II, Chapt. 9, Chapt. 15) |
| Lecture 6 (2/25) | Evolutionary Programming. Prediction. (Part III, Chapt. 13), Genetic Programming. Tree representation. (Part III, Chapt. 13) |
| Spring break (3/3) | No class |
| Lecture 7 (3/10) | Parameter control. Project Topics. HW3 is due!! |
| Lecture 8 (3/17) | Working with evolutionary algorithms. Hybrid evolutionary algorithms |
| Lecture 9 (3/24) | Project proposal presentation. Proposals are due! |
| Lecture 10 (3/31) | Project proposal presentation (cont'd). Multimodel problems(Part II, Chapt. 8.3) |
| Lecture 11 (4/7) | Optimization in dynamic environments |
| Lecture 12 (4/14) | Selected Topics (Coevolution, fun EC applications, evolving learning systems, EC theory) |
| Lecture 13 (4/21) | More on coevolution |
| Lecture 14 (4/28) | TBD |
| Attention (5/5): | Final exam: 2--4:45pm (Project Presentation) Project is due! |
| Handouts | |
| Handouts References |
C code of a simple genetic algorithm, Comparison, ... EPN slides, EPN paper 1, EPN paper 2, GAInfo, Fogel02 paper, ACO, Dynamic Paper on cooperative and competitive coevolution, DPX operator, |
| Assignments | |
| Homeworks Project |
Homework 1 (due 2/11/2008
, Homework 2 (due 2/25/2008) ,
Homework 3 (due 3/10/2008)
Project |