Call for Chapters
Book Title: Agent-Based Evolutionary Search
Publisher: Springer
Over the last two
decades, there has been an increase in the acceptance of Evolutionary
Computation (EC) as a tool for solving complex real life decision making
problems. EC does not require any pre-knowledge of the search space, and the
use of EC can eliminate the need to satisfy necessary mathematical properties of
functions and variables as required to apply conventional search processes. EC
can be designed for parallel processing which is crucial to solve large problems
within an affordable computational time.
A multi-agent system (MAS)
is a paradigm of solving complex problems in which multiple interacting agents
equipped with intelligent capabilities collectively solve the problem.
Recently, multi-agent systems are increasingly being used for solving intractable
problems. Agents of MAS have some of the basic properties such as autonomy,
local view, sociability (communications), learning and adaptive ability.
The performances of EA’s have
been enhanced by integrating features of MAS as evident in the literature. The
agents can bring many interesting features in EAs which are beyond the scope of
traditional evolutionary process and learning.
The aim of this volume is
to reflect recent advances in the field, and increase the awareness of the
computing community on the effectiveness of this technology. In particular, we endeavour
to demonstrate the current state-of-the-art in the theory and practice of Agent
based Evolutionary Search (AES). Topics of interest include (but are not
limited to):
- Novel frameworks
of AESs,
- Analytical and/or
theoretical studies that enhance our understanding of AESs,
- Design of multi-agent
architecture within AESs,
- Design of agent
communication and learning strategies,
- Performance analysis
for various agent types, architectures, cooperation, communication and learning
within AESs,
- Convergence and
complexity analysis of AESs,
- AESs for global,
constrained, dynamic and large scale optimization,
- Multi-objective
AESs, and
- Real-world
applications of AESs.
Chapter Submission
The chapters must be submitted to one of the editors. Chapters
submitted for this book will be peer-reviewed. The chapter format is available in the Springer website.
After the final decision is made, authors will receive a notification letter
accompanied with the reports of the reviewers.
Editors
- Dr. Ruhul Sarker,
UNSW@ADFA, Canberra, Australia (http://seal.tst.adfa.edu.au/~ruhul/)
- Dr. Tapabrata Ray, UNSW@ADFA, Canberra, Australia (http://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/acme/staffpages/ray.html)
Contact Emails:
r.sarker@adfa.edu.au; t.ray@adfa.edu.au
Important
Dates
-
November 30,
2008: Expression of interests
- February 15,
2009: Full chapter due
- July 30, 2009: Finalising
acceptance/rejection
- September 30,
2009: Camera ready Chapter due
- December 15,
2009: Complete book submission to
Springer