Swarm Intelligence: 8th International Conference, ANTS 2012, Brussels, Belgium, September 12-14, 2012, Proceedings - Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues 2012 edition

Marc Notes: International conference proceedings.; Includes bibliographical references and author index. Table of Contents: A Particle Swarm Embedding Algorithm for Nonlinear Dimensionality.- ABC-Miner: An Ant-Based Bayesian Classification Algorithm.- Analysing Robot Swarm Decision-Making with Bio-PEPA.- Automatic Generation of Multi-objective ACO Algorithms for the Bi-objective Knapsack.- Bare Bones Particle Swarms with Jumps.- Hybrid Algorithms for the Minimum-Weight Rooted Arborescence Problem.- Improving the "c"Ant-MinerPB Classification Algorithm.- Introducing Novelty Search in Evolutionary Swarm Robotics.- Measuring Diversity in the Cooperative Particle Swarm Optimizer.- Multi-armed Bandit Formulation of the Task Partitioning Problem in Swarm Robotics.- Scalability Study of Particle Swarm Optimizers in Dynamic Environments.- Self-reconfigurable Modular e-pucks.- Task Partitioning via Ant Colony Optimization for Distributed Assembly.- The Self-adaptive Comprehensive Learning Particle Swarm Optimizer.- Towards Swarm Calculus: Universal Properties of Swarm Performance and Collective Decisions.- A Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for the Open Vehicle Routing Problem.- A Self-adaptive Heterogeneous PSO Inspired by Ants.- A Thermodynamic Approach to Multi-robot Cooperative Localization with Noisy Sensors.- AcoSeeD: An Ant Colony Optimization for Finding Optimal Spaced Seeds in Biological Sequence Search.- Analysis of Ant-Based Routing with Wireless Medium Access Control.- Ant-Based Approaches for Solving Autocorrelation Problems.- Collision-Induced Priority Rule Governs Efficiency of Pheromone-Communicating Swarm Robots.- Dynamic Load Balancing Inspired by Cemetery Formation in Ant Colonies.- Feasibility of an Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Multi-leaf Collimator (MLC) Aperture Definition and Beam Weighting in Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) Radiotherapy Treatment Planning.- Ant Swarm Foraging from Physical to Virtual and Back Again.- Improving Peer Review with ACORN: ACO Algorithm for Reviewer s Network.- Learning Finite-State Machines with Ant Colony Optimization.- Mobbing Behavior and Deceit and Its Role in Bio-inspired Autonomous Robotic Agents.- Performance of Bacterial Foraging Optimization in Dynamic Environments.- Piecewise Linear Approximation of n-Dimensional Parametric Curves Using Particle Swarms.- Probabilistic Stochastic Diffusion Search.- Self-organized Clustering of Square Objects by Multiple Robots.- Self-reproduction versus Transition Rules in Ant Colonies for Medical Volume Segmentation .- Swarm Interpolation Using an Approximate Chebyshev Distribution.- Using MOPSO to Solve Multiobjective Bilevel Linear Problems.- Clustering Moodle Data via Ant Colony Optimization .- Continuous Trait-Based Particle Swarm Optimisation (CTB-PSO).- Exploring Different Functions for Heuristics, Discretization, and Rule Quality Evaluation in Ant-Miner .- Fuzzy-Based Aggregation with a Mobile Robot Swarm.- Maturity of the Particle Swarm as a Metric for Measuring the Particle Swarm Intelligence .- Multi-objective Firefly Algorithm for Energy Optimization in Grid Environments .- Particle Swarm Optimization with Random Sampling in Variable Neighbourhoods for Solving Global Minimization Problems."

Contributor Bio:  Blum, Christian Christian Blum, B. A., wurde 1984 in Eisenach geboren. Nach einer abgeschlossenen Ausbildung zum Kfz-Mechaniker erwarb er 2008 die Fachhochschulreife. Sein Studium der Sozialen Arbeit an der Fachhochschule Erfurt schloss er 2013 mit dem akademischen Grad Bachelor of Arts als staatlich anerkannter Sozialarbeiter und Sozialpadagoge ab. Bereits wahrend des Studiums befasste er sich intensiv mit philosophischen Fragen und deren Bedeutung fur die Soziale Arbeit. Contributor Bio:  Engelbrecht, Andries P Prof Andries P. Engelbrecht, Computational Intelligence Research Group, Department of Computer Science, School of Information Technology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa His areas of expertise include: artificial neural networks, swarm intelligence, evolutionary computation, data mining and artificial immune systems. He has been active in this area since 1994 and he is one of the few people in the field leading a very active research group in Swarm Intelligence, specifically in Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). Particularly he is currently developing a number of new PSO approaches which are unique contributions to the field. His research group has produced about 150f the total number of articles on PSO. Contributor Bio:  St Tzle, Thomas Thomas St tzle is Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at Darmstadt University of Technology. Contributor Bio:  Dorigo, Marco Marco Dorigo is a research director of the FNRS, the Belgian National Funds for Scientific Research, and co-director of IRIDIA, the artificial intelligence laboratory of the Universite Libre de Bruxelles. He is the inventor of the ant colony optimization metaheuristic. His current research interests include swarm intelligence, swarm robotics, and metaheuristics for discrete optimization. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Swarm Intelligence, and an Associate Editor or member of the Editorial Boards of many journals on computational intelligence and adaptive systems. Dr. Dorigo is a Fellow of the ECCAI and of the IEEE. He was awarded the Italian Prize for Artificial Intelligence in 1996, the Marie Curie Excellence Award in 2003, the Dr. A. De Leeuw-Damry-Bourlart award in applied sciences in 2005, the Cajastur "Mamdani" International Prize for Soft Computing in 2007, and an ERC Advanced Grant in 2010. Contributor Bio:  Stutzle, Thomas Thomas Stutzle is Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at Darmstadt University of Technology.