AIS 2010 - Special Sessions/Workshops

Special Sessions/Workshops

Cooperative Implementations of Swarming and Foraging Algorithms

Scope

Swarming and foraging algorithms are optimization techniques that were inspired by the behavior of animals, insects, birds or fish. They gained huge popularity since they were extremely effective when applied to many engineering applications. Swarming algorithms are to mimic the swarming and collective intelligence behaviors of groups of individuals while foraging algorithms are inspired by the foraging behavior of individuals when locating food sources. These algorithms include: Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), the Fish Swarm Algorithm (FSA), Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), Bacterial Foraging Optimization Algorithm (BFOA), the Bees Algorithm (BA), Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) and Harmony Search (HS).

In the past few years, many of these algorithms have been used as components in a cooperative environment. Many of these cooperative approaches rely on decomposing the search space either implicitly or explicitly for a more efficient searching behavior. Interested researchers are encouraged to submit their latest research on topics that include (but are not limited to):

New cooperative approaches,
Hybrid cooperative approaches,
Novel information sharing techniques,
Performance assessment of cooperative techniques,
Comparisons of the proposed approaches with the state-of-the-art cooperative algorithms,
Scalability studies of cooperative techniques vs. their individual components,
Mathematical modeling of cooperative algorithms.

Organizers

Mohammed El-Abd
Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering
College of Arts and Sciences
American University of Kuwait
Email:

Paper Submission

Papers should be submitted electronically. For further details, please consult the conference paper submission web page. When you submit your paper, please select "SS-2: Swarming and Foraging Algorithms" from the "Topics" list in the submission page.

Important Dates

Paper submission: March 1, 2010
Author Notification: April 21, 2010
Camera ready: May 21, 2010

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	Special Sessions/Workshops Cooperative Implementations of Swarming and Foraging Algorithms Scope Swarming and foraging algorithms are optimization techniques that were inspired by the behavior of animals, insects, birds or fish. They gained huge popularity since they were extremely effective when applied to many engineering applications. Swarming algorithms are to mimic the swarming and collective intelligence behaviors of groups of individuals while foraging algorithms are inspired by the foraging behavior of individuals when locating food sources. These algorithms include: Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), the Fish Swarm Algorithm (FSA), Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), Bacterial Foraging Optimization Algorithm (BFOA), the Bees Algorithm (BA), Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) and Harmony Search (HS). In the past few years, many of these algorithms have been used as components in a cooperative environment. Many of these cooperative approaches rely on decomposing the search space either implicitly or explicitly for a more efficient searching behavior. Interested researchers are encouraged to submit their latest research on topics that include (but are not limited to): New cooperative approaches, Hybrid cooperative approaches, Novel information sharing techniques, Performance assessment of cooperative techniques, Comparisons of the proposed approaches with the state-of-the-art cooperative algorithms, Scalability studies of cooperative techniques vs. their individual components, Mathematical modeling of cooperative algorithms. Organizers Mohammed El-Abd Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering College of Arts and Sciences American University of Kuwait Email: Paper Submission Papers should be submitted electronically. For further details, please consult the conference paper submission web page. When you submit your paper, please select "SS-2: Swarming and Foraging Algorithms" from the "Topics" list in the submission page. Important Dates Paper submission: March 1, 2010 Author Notification: April 21, 2010 Camera ready: May 21, 2010
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