Schedule
Meetings will be on alternating Thursdays at 3:00 - 4:00pm. The location for the meeting is changed to Burlington 2111. I’ll give some directions for you: Burlington is the Nuclear Engineering building directly across the street (Stinson Drive) from Mann Hall. The easiest way to get to the room is to go around the building to the front entrance (the front of the building faces the Hillsborough St.). Go up the stairs to the second floor, take a left, and room 2111 is just down the hallway. Hopefully I will see you all there! Good luck!
| Date | Presentation | Assignment |
| September 14 | Genetic Algorithms - Introduction to Search and Encoding | Eiben and Smith, Introduction to Evolutionary Computation, Chapter 2Melanie Mitchell, An Introduction to Genetic Algorithms, Chapter 2 (E-book from NCSU library)Ranji Ranjithan, Editorial in Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 2005: “Role of Evolutionary Computation in Environmental and Water Resources Systems Analysis” |
| September 21 | No Meeting | |
| September 28 | Genetic Algorithms - Selection and Elitism | Melanie Mitchell, An Introduction to Genetic Algorithms, Chapter 5 (E-book from NCSU library) |
| October 5 | No Meeting | |
| October 12 | Fall Break | |
| October 19 | Genetic Algorithms - Crossover and Mutation | MATLAB exercise
Taxonomy for the Crossover Operator for Real-coded GAs Melanie Mitchell, An Introduction to Genetic Algorithms, Chapter 5 (E-book from NCSU library) |
| October 26 | No Meeting | |
| November 2 | Genetic Algorithms and Diversity - Niching and Alternatives Generation | Reading |
| November 9 | No Meeting | |
| November 16 | Other Evolutionary Algorithms - Genetic Programming and Evolution Strategies | Reading |
| November 23 | Thanksgiving Break | |
| November 30 | No Meeting | |
| December 7 | Final Wrap-up Meeting |